A New 'Champion of Mental Health Care'
Welcome new legislation has the potential to further mental health research and improve patient care. (Source: Medscape Med Students Podcast)
Source: Medscape Med Students Podcast - April 4, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Paying Living Donors: Could a Trial Clarify the Issues?
Dr. Jeffrey Berns talks with Dr. Peter Reese about the benefits of conducting a trial with paid kidney donors to help sort out the ethical issues involved. (Source: Medscape Med Students Podcast)
Source: Medscape Med Students Podcast - March 31, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
JAMA 2014-03-25, Vol. 311, No. 12, Audio from Weekly Author Video Interview
Interview with Nicholas J. Horton, ScD, author of Web-Based Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for University Students: A Randomized Trial (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - March 25, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
RFA vs surveillance for Barrett esophagus, web-based alcohol screening for university students, HbA1c and CVD, and more.
Editor's Audio Summary by Edward H. Livingston, MD, Deputy Editor, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the March 26, 2014 issue (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - March 25, 2014 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Web-Based Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for University Students: A Randomized Trial
Interview with Nicholas J. Horton, ScD, author of Web-Based Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for University Students: A Randomized Trial (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - March 25, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
What Happens When Kids Who Had Cancer Grow Up?
Are adult medicine clinicians prepared to care for adults who survived a childhood cancer? (Source: Medscape Med Students Podcast)
Source: Medscape Med Students Podcast - March 10, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Just 10 Minutes! Getting Older Patients to Exercise
A new approach with your older patients -- 10 minutes, 3 times a day -- might overcome the usual objections to exercise. (Source: Medscape Med Students Podcast)
Source: Medscape Med Students Podcast - February 24, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 272: Give peas a chance
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiV team describes aphid control by using a viral capsid protein to deliver a spider toxin to plants, and a human endogenous retrovirus that enhances expression of a neuronal gene.
Links for this episode
Toxin delivery to plants by viral capsid protein (Nat Biotech)
Pea enation mosaic virus (ViralZone)
Image credit: Aphid membrane feeding chamber (Sci Rep)
Aphid feeding chamber (YouTube)
Parafilm (Wikipedia)
Human endogenous retrovirus enhances neural gene (PNAS)
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Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - February 16, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
The Future of Nephrology
' We need to be truly expert ' in managing chronic kidney disease, says Dr. Jeffrey Berns, in order to preserve the specialty of nephrology. (Source: Medscape Med Students Podcast)
Source: Medscape Med Students Podcast - December 13, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Should You Report a Colleague Who Makes a Medical Error?
Some doctors who have informed administrators about another physician who made a medical error were called 'snitches' or 'rats.' Are those terms unfair? (Source: Medscape Med Students Podcast)
Source: Medscape Med Students Podcast - December 9, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Should You Report a Colleague Who Makes a Medical Error?
Some doctors who have informed administrators about another physician who made a medical error were called ' snitches ' or ' rats. ' Are those terms unfair? (Source: Medscape Med Students Podcast)
Source: Medscape Med Students Podcast - December 9, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
So Near, Yet So Far: Achieving Parity in Mental Health Care
APA president Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman on how mental health parity and healthcare reform might affect the field of psychiatry. (Source: Medscape Med Students Podcast)
Source: Medscape Med Students Podcast - December 5, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
