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Molecular Biologist Guy Caldwell (BS 204)
Guy Caldwell (click to play, r click to download This month's episode is an encore presentation of an interview with Dr. Guy Caldwell from the University of Alabama. Dr. Caldwell explains how tools from molecular biology make it possible to use the famous C. Elegans roundworm to improve our understanding of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease.Dr. Caldwell will return to Brain Science next month to give us an update on his work. Free audio Mp3 Free Episode Transcript Listen in your Favorite Audio app: Audible, Amazon music, Pandora, Spotify, Y...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - January 27, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Brain Research dopamine Encore Episode Interviews Neuroscience Source Type: podcasts

Formal Training Pathways, are they really all that?
One size doesn ’t fit all - so what are the alternative career paths of doctors in the NHS? The treadmill of medical school, to foundation training, to specialist training, to a consultant position takes years and is not very trainee-centric in it’s design. So are there other ways for doctors to be able to wo rk in the NHS, still progress their career, but also tailor the job to themselves? And what are the drawbacks of trying to do that?In this podcast, Clara Munro is joined by Flo Wedmore and new panelist Jason Ramsingh, a surgical trainee in Newcastle. They speak to Rob Fleming an SAS (speciality and associate spec...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 6, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Formal Training Pathways, are they really all that?
One size doesn’t fit all - so what are the alternative career paths of doctors in the NHS? The treadmill of medical school, to foundation training, to specialist training, to a consultant position takes years and is not very trainee-centric in it’s design. So are there other ways for doctors to be able to work in the NHS, still progress their career, but also tailor the job to themselves? And what are the drawbacks of trying to do that? In this podcast, Clara Munro is joined by Flo Wedmore and new panelist Jason Ramsingh, a surgical trainee in Newcastle. They speak to Rob Fleming an SAS (speciality and associate spec...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 6, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

JAMA Psychiatry : Effect of Technology-Enhanced Screening Plus Standard Clinician Education on the Duration of Untreated Psychosis
Interview with Cameron S. Carter, MD, author of Effect of Technology-Enhanced Screening in Addition to Standard Targeted Clinician Education on the Duration of Untreated Psychosis: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. Hosted by John Torous, MD, MBI, and Kara Bagot, MD. Related Content: Effect of Technology-Enhanced Screening in Addition to Standard Targeted Clinician Education on the Duration of Untreated Psychosis (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - January 4, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

Diabetes Core Update – January 2023
Diabetes Core Update is a monthly podcast that presents and discusses the latest clinically relevant articles from the American Diabetes Association’s four science and medical journals – Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Clinical Diabetes, and Diabetes Spectrum. Each episode is approximately 20 minutes long and presents 5-6 recently published articles from ADA journals. Intended for practicing physicians and health care professionals, Diabetes Core Update discusses how the latest research and information published in journals of the American Diabetes Association are relevant to clinical practice and can be applied in a treatmen...
Source: Diabetes Core Update - December 28, 2022 Category: Endocrinology Authors: American Diabetes Association Source Type: podcasts

Highlights from Brain Science in 2022 (BS 203)
click to play; right click to download mp3 This month's episode (BS 203) celebrates the 16th Anniversary of Brain Science with the annual review episode. This is a listener favorite providing highlights and key ideas from the episodes of Brain Science that were posted in 2022. Topics included hearing, grief, emotion, embodied cognition, consciousness and more. Another highlight of 2022 was Dr. Campbell’s induction into the Podcast Hall of Fame.Note: This month's episode transcript is FREE Free audio mp3 free episode transcript Listen in your Favorite Audio...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - December 23, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Cognitive Science Consciousness Embodiment For Newbies Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Review Episode Source Type: podcasts

COVID deaths: three times the official toll
In this episode:00:47 Estimating pandemic-associated mortalityThis week, a team of researchers working with the World Health Organization have used statistical modelling to estimate the number of excess deaths associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021. The work estimates that there were almost 15 million deaths either directly or indirectly attributed to the pandemic, almost three times higher than the official toll.Research article: Msemburi et al.News and Views: Global estimates of excess deaths from COVID-19Editorial: Missing data mean we’ll probably never know how many people died of COVID08:35 Research ...
Source: Nature Podcast - December 14, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts

Mindfulness Training and Exercise for Cognitive Function in Older Adults, Lifestyle Interventions in Adults With Obesity, Guidelines for Reporting Outcomes in Trial Reports, and more
Editor's Summary by Mary McDermott, MD, Deputy Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the December 13, 2022, issue. Related Content: Audio Highlights (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - December 13, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

Audio long read: Science and the World Cup — how big data is transforming football
Big data is playing an increasingly important role in football, with technologies capturing huge amounts of information about players' positions and actions during a match.To make sense of all this information, most elite football teams now employ data analysts plucked from top companies and laboratories. Their insights are helping to steer everything from player transfers to the intensity of training, and have even altered how the game is played.This is an audio version of our Feature: Science and the World Cup: how big data is transforming football Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. (Source: Nature Podcast)
Source: Nature Podcast - November 25, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts

Is Meditation a "Mind Science?" with Evan Thompson (BS 202)
Brief Audience Survey Evan Thompson (click to play, right click to download mp3 The idea that meditation is a "mind science" is popular, but in this interview Canadian philosopher Evan Thompson argues that this claim does not stand up to either scientific or philosophical scrutiny. As one of the pioneers of the Embodied Cognition movement Thompson reminds us that the Mind is not restricted to the Brain and we must also consider how ot...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - November 25, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Embodiment Interviews Meditation and the Brain Neuroscience Source Type: podcasts

The satellite-free alternative to GPS
00:45 Precision positioning without satellitesSatellite navigation has revolutionized how humans find their way. However, these systems often struggle in urban areas, where buildings can interfere with weak satellite signals. To counter this, a team has developed an alternative, satellite-free system, which could improve applications that require precise positioning in cities, such as self-driving cars.Research Article: Koelemeij et al.News and Views: Phone signals can help you find your way in cities even without GPS09:19 Research HighlightsHow deforestation is the biggest threat to a rare lemur’s existence, and ultravi...
Source: Nature Podcast - November 23, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts

#MedTwitter - a force for good or evil?
#MedTwitter consists of an online community of researchers, health practitioners and students who have created an open source decentralised forum for information sharing, medical education and professional networking. #MedTwitter also provides a space for publications to be shared and promoted. While many will credit Twitter with giving a voice to clinicians, it also comes with challenges, the potential for abuse, or the spread of misinformation. Joining Clara to discuss are; Jonathan Guckian, a dermatology registrar in Leeds, and director of social media and communications at the Association for the Study of Medical Edu...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - November 22, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 955: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update Dr. Griffin discusses the four things to know about RSV, the burden of respiratory syncytial virus in healthy term-born infants in Europe, the diagnostic accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests for Ebola virus disease, evaluating the accuracy of self-collected swabs for the diagnosis of monkeypox, tecovirimat is effective against human monkeypox virus in vitro at nanomolar concentrations, acute and postacute sequelae associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection, clinical course of SARS-CoV-2 infection and recovery in lung transplant recipients, effectiveness of a third BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccina...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - November 19, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

Mammoth ivory trade may be bad for elephants, and making green electronics with fungus
On this week’s show: The potentially harmful effects of prehistoric ivory on present-day elephants, and replacing polymers in electronics with fungal tissue First up this week on the podcast, we hear about the effect of mammoth and mastodon ivory on the illegal elephant ivory trade. Online News Editor Michael Price joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss how as melting permafrost has uncovered fossilized ivory from these extinct creatures, more has entered the ivory trade. The question is: Does the availability of this type of ivory reduce the demand for ivory from elephants, or does it endanger them more? Next, making elec...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - November 17, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts