Retracting abortion papers, deafness in the clinic, and 70 years of a medical orchestra
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a case on the approval of mifepristone for medical abortion - a case which could change the availability of the drug in the US, and which hinges on papers linking abortion to mental distress. However, those papers are contested, and some have been retracted already - Julia Littell and Antonia Biggs tell us how that science is being used in court, and why retraction is essential.
Awakening from anaesthetic is difficult enough, but imagine you're three and only communicate through sign language - which no one can understand. We hear from Kirsten, a mother who thinks everyone should learn at ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 1, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Decolonising health and medicine: Episode 5 - Getting our house in order: Decolonising the British Medical Association
Organisational and student leaders explore the responsibilities of the British Medical Association and The BMJ to understand and respond to its colonial history.
Our panel
Kamran Abassi, editor in chief, The BMJ, London, UK
Omolara Akinnawonu, Foundation year doctor, Essex, UK, and outgoing co-chair of the BMA medical students committee
Latifa Patel, elected chair of the UK BMA's Representative Body and BMA EDI lead (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - October 17, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
UK's First Living Donor Uterus Transplant a Success
After 25 years ' preclinical research, a British surgical team reported the UK ' s first living donor uterus transplant, with both donor and recipient doing well 10 weeks post-operatively. (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - August 23, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape 210869 Source Type: podcasts
SCCM Pod-487: The Intersection of Climate Change and Critical Care
According to the United Nations, climate change is the defining crisis of our time and is happening more quickly than anticipated. Can critical care professionals be the spark that lights the fire of change? Kyle B. Enfield, MD, FSHEA, FCCM, was joined by Srinivas Murthy, MD, MDCM, MHSc, at the 2023 Critical Care Congress to discuss the intersection of climate change and critical care. Dr. Murthy is a pediatric infectious diseases and intensive care physician at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver British Columbia, Canada. His academic and clinical interests are in emerging and severe infections, innovative cli...
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - August 16, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts
Addiction in doctors
Everyone has coping mechanisms, but sometimes those ways of coping become problem behaviours - addictions.
In this episode of Doctor Informed, we're focussing on how to spot the signs that you may be sliding into addiction, how to have conversations with friends and colleagues if you worry about their behaviour, and how seeking treatment is the best way to avoid GMC scrutiny.
Joining Clara Munro are Liz Croton and Zaid Al-Najjar, GPs who work for NHS Practitioner health - a mental health and addiction service specifically for health professionals. They are also joined by Ruth Mayall, a retired consultant anaesthetist who...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Addiction in doctors
Everyone has coping mechanisms, but sometimes those ways of coping become problem behaviours - addictions.
In this episode of Doctor Informed, we're focussing on how to spot the signs that you may be sliding into addiction, how to have conversations with friends and colleagues if you worry about their behaviour, and how seeking treatment is the best way to avoid GMC scrutiny.
Joining Clara Munro are Liz Croton and Zaid Al-Najjar, GPs who work for NHS Practitioner health - a mental health and addiction service specifically for health professionals. They are also joined by Ruth Mayall, a retired consultant anaesthetist who...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - April 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 960: Getting funky with Dan Wilson
Dan Wilson of Debunk the Funk joins TWiV to explain why he decided to take on science misinformation and how he critiques people who promulgate incorrect information. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker Guest: Dan Wilson Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support MicrobeTV with a Spike t-shirt (Vaccinated.us) with promo code MicrobeTV International Scientific Coordinator Position (agajewski at icsnicaragua.org for more info) Debunk the Funk (YouTube) Letters read on TWiV 960 Timestamps by Jolene. Th...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 4, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Embodied Cognition with Evan Thompson (BS 198)
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This month's episode of Brain Science is a free encore playing of my interview with Evan Thompson about his book Mind in Life: Biology, Phenomenology, and the Sciences of Mind. We discuss how the enactive approach to embodied cognition offers potential clues to the mystery of how the brain can generate Consciousness. A free episode transcript is also available.The embodied cognition movement is an approach within cognitive neuroscience that includes philosophers, neuroscientists, psychologists and computer scientists. The key idea is that...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - July 22, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Encore Episode Books Embodiment Interviews Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts
Webb Space Telescope makes history after tense launch
In this episode of the Nature Podcast, we catch up on the biggest science stories from the holiday period by diving into the Nature Briefing.We’ll hear about: the latest manoeuveres from the James Webb Space Telescope; a new fossil dubbed “one of the greatest finds in British palaeontological history”; the verdicts in the trials of Charles Lieber and Elizabeth Holmes; and a goldfish that can drive a tank.News: Landmark Webb observatory is now officially a telescopeNature Video: Hubble moments: Mike MassiminoThe Guardian: Huge ‘sea dragon’ named one of UK’s greatest fossil findsNews: Elizabeth Holmes verdict: re...
Source: Nature Podcast - January 12, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
The folate debate, and rewriting the radiocarbon curve
Some 80 countries around the world add folic acid to their food supply to prevent birth defects that might happen because of a lack of the B vitamin—even among people too early in their pregnancies to know they are pregnant. This year, the United Kingdom decided to add the supplement to white flour. But it took almost 10 years of debate, and no countries in the European Union joined them in the change. Staff Writer Meredith Wadman joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss the ongoing folate debate.
Last year, a highly anticipated tool for dating ancient materials was released: a new updated radiocarbon calibration curve. The c...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - November 4, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
The folate debate, and rewriting the radiocarbon curve
Some 80 countries around the world add folic acid to their food supply to prevent birth defects that might happen because of a lack of the B vitamin—even among people too early in their pregnancies to know they are pregnant. This year, the United Kingdom decided to add the supplement to white flour. But it took almost 10 years of debate, and no countries in the European Union joined them in the change. Staff Writer Meredith Wadman joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss the ongoing folate debate.
Last year, a highly anticipated tool for dating ancient materials was released: a new updated radiocarbon calibration curve. T...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - November 4, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Coronapod: the latest on COVID and sporting events
Early in 2021 the United Kingdom, along with several other countries, allowed mass gatherings as part of a series of controlled studies aimed at better understanding the role events could play in the pandemic. The goal was to inform policy - however early results have provided limited data on viral transmission. As the Olympic games kick off in Tokyo, we delve into the research, asking what the limitations have been, if more data will become available and whether policy makers are likely to take the findings into account in the future.News: COVID and mass sport events: early studies yield limited insightsNews:&nb...
Source: Nature Podcast - July 24, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Coronapod: the latest on COVID and sporting events
Early in 2021 the United Kingdom, along with several other countries, allowed mass gatherings as part of a series of controlled studies aimed at better understanding the role events could play in the pandemic. The goal was to inform policy - however early results have provided limited data on viral transmission. As the Olympic games kick off in Tokyo, we delve into the research, asking what the limitations have been, if more data will become available and whether policy makers are likely to take the findings into account in the future.News: COVID and mass sport events: early studies yield limited insightsNews:&nb...
Source: Nature Podcast - July 24, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Probiotics for prevention of necrotising enterocolitis in very preterm or very low birthweight infants
The Cochrane Neonatal Group has produced more than 400 reviews in the last 25 years and strives to keep these up to date as new research becomes available. In October 2020, they produced the third update of the review of probiotics to prevent necrotising enterocolitis in very preterm or very low birth weight infants. We asked lead author, William McGuire from the University of York in the United Kingdom, to tell us about the latest evidence. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - January 11, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
