Nature Podcast: 5 March 2015
This week, the human family tree gets even more tangled, should universities stop investing in fossil fuels, and Ebola’s impact on mothers-to-be. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy (Source: Nature Podcast)
Source: Nature Podcast - March 4, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
" Tumor Boomer " -- The Discovery Files
The first preclinical study of an anti-cancer technology developed by Rice and Northeastern Universities found that a novel combination of existing clinical treatments can instantaneously detect and kill only cancer cells. (Source: The Discovery Files)
Source: The Discovery Files - August 8, 2014 Category: Science Authors: National Science Foundation Source Type: podcasts
Is advice to cut down smoking wrong?
New NICE guidance says that smokers should be encouraged to cut down on the number of cigarettes they smoke, as well as trying to quit.
In a head to head, published on bmj.com, Paul Aveyard, professor of behavioural medicine at the University of Oxford, says that reducing smoking is a worthwhile step towards cessation, but Gerard Hastings, professor of social marketing at Stirling and Open Universities, argues that the lifelong nicotine replacement therapy being recommended in support may benefit industry more than public health.
Read the full head to head:
http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g2787 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - May 23, 2014 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Corticosteroids for the prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants: an overview of Cochrane reviews
A set of Cochrane reviews have been published looking at the efficacy and safety of inhaled or systemic corticosteroids for preventing bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants. An overview integrating evidence from these different systematic reviews was published in the November 2013 edition of Evidence-Based Child Health, by researchers from the Universities of Ottawa and Alberta in Canada. Today we are joined by Dr. read more (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - December 20, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Cochrane Collaboration Tags: Evidence Based Child Health Source Type: podcasts
" Rat Error " -- The Discovery Files
A study by Brown and Yale Universities shows that the brains of humans and rats adapt in a similar way to errors by using low-frequency brainwaves in the medial frontal cortex to synchronize neurons in the motor cortex. (Source: The Discovery Files)
Source: The Discovery Files - November 21, 2013 Category: Science Authors: National Science Foundation Source Type: podcasts
" Eat, Pray, Decompose " -- The Discovery Files
A Yale And Hebrew Universities' study of grasshoppers' diets shows that animals are an important part of organic matter decomposition. (Source: The Discovery Files)
Source: The Discovery Files - July 18, 2012 Category: Science Authors: National Science Foundation Source Type: podcasts
" Status Simian " -- The Discovery Files
A study by the University of Notre Dame and Princeton and Duke universities finds that high-ranking male baboons recover more quickly from injuries and are less likely to become ill than other males. (Source: The Discovery Files)
Source: The Discovery Files - May 29, 2012 Category: Science Authors: National Science Foundation Source Type: podcasts
" Wing Talkers " -- The Discovery Files
When African Grey parrots talk, do they mimic sounds or consciously understand their speech? Irene Pepperberg, a comparative psychologist at both Brandeis and Harvard universities believes African Greys actually know what they're talking about. (Source: The Discovery Files)
Source: The Discovery Files - August 3, 2011 Category: Science Authors: National Science Foundation Source Type: podcasts
