Should universal distribution of high dose vitamin A to children cease?
Up to $500m a year could be put to better use by stopping ineffective and potentially harmful supplementation programmes in poorer countries, argues John Mason, professor emeritus at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
However Keith West, professor of infant and child nutrition at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health disagrees, saying that such programmes have been proved to save millions of lives and should be withdrawn only when robust evidence permits.
Read the full head to head debate:
http://www.bmj.com/content/360/bmj.k927 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 1, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
MVA85A trial investigation - press conference.
Trial MVA85A - monkey trials for a booster vaccine for BCG, developed by researchers at Oxford University, is the subject of an investigation published on bmj.com.
Experts warn that today’s investigation is just one example of “a systematic failure” afflicting preclinical research and call for urgent action “to make animal research more fit for purpose as a valuable and reliable forerunner to clinical research in humans.”
The press conference is l ed by Dr Fiona Godlee, the editor-in-chief of the BMJ, who provides a background to the investigation. The panel members are:
Dr Deborah Cohen, author of the invest...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 11, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
MVA85A trial investigation - press conference.
Trial MVA85A - monkey trials for a booster vaccine for BCG, developed by researchers at Oxford University, is the subject of an investigation published on bmj.com.
Experts warn that today’s investigation is just one example of “a systematic failure” afflicting preclinical research and call for urgent action “to make animal research more fit for purpose as a valuable and reliable forerunner to clinical research in humans.”
The press conference is led by Dr Fiona Godlee, the editor-in-chief of the BMJ, who provides a background to the investigation. The panel members are:
Dr Deborah Cohen, author of the investig...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 11, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
The accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests for detecting typhoid and paratyphoid (enteric) fever
Point-of-care rapid diagnostic tests which use a small amount of blood are available for infectious diseases such as malaria and HIV, and make an important contribution to patient management. Cochrane reviews of the accuracy of such tests have influenced WHO policy and, in May 2017, they were added to with a new Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy review of rapid tests for typhoid and paratyphoid fevers. Lalith Wijedoru from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in UK tells us more in this podcast. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - October 23, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplements to prevent the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
Age-related macular degeneration is a progressive and sight-threatening disease affecting the central area of the retina. Two updated Cochrane Reviews from July 2017 present the evidence for the use of antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplements to prevent it or slow down progression. Lead author, Jenny Evans from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the UK tells us more in this podcast.Note: the other Cochrane Reviews this podcast refers to isAntioxidant vitamin and mineral supplements to slow down the progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - October 11, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplements to slow down the progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
Age-related macular degeneration is a progressive and sight-threatening disease affecting the central area of the retina. Two updated Cochrane Reviews from July 2017 present the evidence for the use of antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplements to prevent it or slow down progression. Lead author, Jenny Evans from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the UK tells us more in this podcast.Note: the other Cochrane Reviews this podcast refers to isAntioxidant vitamin and mineral supplements to prevent the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - October 11, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplements to slow down the progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
Age-related macular degeneration is a progressive and sight-threatening disease affecting the central area of the retina. Two updated Cochrane Reviews from July 2017 present the evidence for the use of antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplements to prevent it or slow down progression. Lead author, Jenny Evans from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the UK tells us more in this podcast.The other Cochrane Review this podcast refers to can be found here:Antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplements to prevent the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - October 11, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplements to prevent the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
Age-related macular degeneration is a progressive and sight-threatening disease affecting the central area of the retina. Two updated Cochrane Reviews from July 2017 present the evidence for the use of antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplements to prevent it or slow down progression. Lead author, Jenny Evans from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the UK tells us more in this podcast.The other Cochrane Review this podcast refers to can be found here:Antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplements to slow down the progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - October 11, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Future Earth - linking health and environmental research
The rapid changes in the global environment have led many scientists to conclude that we are living in a new geological epoch —the Anthropocene—in which human activities have become the dominant driving force transforming the Earth’s natural systems.
A recent joint publication by the World Health Organization and Convention on Biological Diversity articulated the myriad connections between biodiversity and health an d the threats to both posed by environmental change.
Andy Haines, professor of public health and primary care, at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine joins us to talk about a new research...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - June 2, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Future Earth - linking health and environmental research
The rapid changes in the global environment have led many scientists to conclude that we are living in a new geological epoch—the Anthropocene—in which human activities have become the dominant driving force transforming the Earth’s natural systems.
A recent joint publication by the World Health Organization and Convention on Biological Diversity articulated the myriad connections between biodiversity and health and the threats to both posed by environmental change.
Andy Haines, professor of public health and primary care, at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine joins us to talk about a new research p...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - June 2, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Teenage pregnancy: The Lancet: May 23, 2016
Kaye Wellings from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine discusses a halving of teenage pregnancy in England since the introduction of a government-led intervention in 1999. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - May 24, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
The Weekend Effect - what ’s (un)knowable, and what next?
We do we know about the weekend effect? As Martin McKee puts it in an editorial on thebmj.com, "almost nothing is clear in this tangled tale"
In this roundtable, Navjoyt Ladher, Analysis editor for The BMJ is joined by some of the key academics who have published research and commented on the weekend effect to make sense of what we know and don’t know about weekend care in hospitals.
http://www.bmj.com/weekend
Taking part in the discussion are:
Cassie Aldridge, HiSLAC study project manager at the University of Birmingham
Rachel Meacock, research fellow in health economics at Manchester University
Nick Black, professo...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - May 20, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Travellers' diarrhoea
Travellers ’ diarrhoea is one of the most common illnesses in people who travel internationally, and depending on destination affects 20-60% of the more than 800 million travellers each year. In most cases the diarrhoea occurs in people who travel to areas with poor food and water hygiene.
Mike Brown, consu ltant in infectious diseases and tropical medicine at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, explains the approach to the prevention and treatment of diarrhoea in travellers.
Read the full review:http://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i1937 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - May 13, 2016 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
