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Mifepristone –Science, Abortion Care, and Politics
The US Supreme Court will soon decide a case challenging the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) approval of mifepristone. Author Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, MBE, University of Pennsylvania, joins JAMA Executive Editor Gregory Curfman, MD, to discuss the science and politics surrounding this significant case. Related Content: The FDA in the Crosshairs—Science, Politics, and Abortion Provision of Medications for Self-Managed Abortion Before and After the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization Decision Understanding the Impacts of the Supreme Court Case FDA v Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - March 25, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

Special Edition: A Focus on Obesity, Part 2 – March 2024
In this special series on obesity, our host, Dr. Neil Skolnik, discusses the obesity epidemic with some of the foremost experts in the world. In Part 2 of the series, Dr. Skolnik is joined by Drs. Deborah Horn, Thomas Wadden, and Donna Ryan. Together, they discuss, in detail, approaches to obesity including lifestyle, medications and bariatric surgery. The Focus on Obesity series is a collaborative project of the American Diabetes Association and the American Academy of Family Physicians. The entire program will comprise a total of seven episodes: four episodes of Diabetes Core Update, which will cover topics of interest f...
Source: Diabetes Core Update - March 18, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Authors: American Diabetes Association Source Type: podcasts

Delivering Effective Messages in the Patient-Clinician Encounter
Introducing JAMA's new Communicating Medicine series, JAMA Associate Editor Anne Cappola, MD, ScM, discusses strategies for delivering effective messages in the patient encounter with authors Joseph Cappella, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania, and Richard Street, PhD, of Texas A&M University and Baylor College of Medicine. Related Content: Delivering Effective Messages in the Patient-Clinician Encounter (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - March 5, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

Visiting utopias, fighting heat death, and making mysterious ‘dark earth’
A book on utopias and gender roles, India looks to beat climate-induced heat in cities, and how ancient Amazonians improved the soil First up on this week’s show: the latest in our series of books on sex, gender, and science. Books host Angela Saini discusses Everyday Utopia: In Praise of Radical Alternatives to the Traditional Family Home with ethnographer Kristen Ghodsee, professor of Russian and Eastern European studies at the University of Pennsylvania. See this year’s whole series here. Also this week, as part of a special issue on climate change and health, host Sarah Crespi speaks with Vaishnavi Chandrashe...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 28, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts

Putting organs into the deep freeze, a scavenger hunt for robots, and a book on race and reproduction
On this week’s show: Improvements in cryopreservation technology, teaching robots to navigate new places, and the latest book in our series on sex and gender First up this week on the show, scientists are learning how to “cryopreserve” tissues—from donor kidneys to coral larvae. Contributing Correspondent Warren Cornwall joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about the latest in freezing and thawing technology. Next up: How much does a robot need to “know” about the world to navigate it? Theophile Gervet, a Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University, discusses a scavenger hunt–style experiment that involv...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - June 29, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 1017: From Nature, not a lab
Vincent travels to the University of Pennsylvania to meet up with Susan, Rick, Gigi and David to discuss the origin of SARS-CoV-2, how the FBI might have reached its conclusion on the matter, and public and political perception of scientific risk. Host: Vincent Racaniello Guests: Susan Weiss, Rick Bushman, Gigi Gronvall, and David Joanson Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Huanan Seafood Market early COVID-19 epicenter (Science) Spillover market with Michael Worobey (TWiV 876) Unclassified intelligence on SARS-...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - June 18, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

Challenges to Racial and Ethnic Diversity Policies in Undergraduate and Medical School Admissions
In the wake of new legal challenges to race-conscious admission policies, JAMA Interim Executive Editor Gregory Curfman, MD, discusses racial and ethnic diversity in undergraduate and medical school admission policies with Roy H. Hamilton, MD, MS, from the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Related Content: Defending Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Undergraduate and Medical School Admission Policies (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - January 10, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

Approaches to Reducing Firearm Violence
JAMA Network Open Editor Frederick Rivara, MD, MPH, discusses approaches to reducing firearm violence with several JAMA Viewpoint authors: Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH (Boston University), Elinore J. Kaufman, MD, MSHP (University of Pennsylvania), and Roger A. Mitchell Jr, MD (Howard University). Topics include the state-level response to firearm-related harms, the paucity of data on firearm violence, and the pervasive health effects of firearm violence on neighborhoods and in the carceral system. Related Content: The Epidemiology of Firearm Injuries in the US: The Need for Comprehensive, Real-time, Actionable Data Violence and ...
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - September 27, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

Making Electronic Health Records More Supportive for Clinicians
Electronic health records (EHRs) hold great promise to assist clinicians, but current versions are less user-friendly than ideal. JAMA Associate Editor Tracy Lieu, MD, MPH, spoke with Kevin B. Johnson, MD, MS, University of Pennsylvania, and William W. Stead, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, about how to improve EHRs to protect cognitive attention and optimize their potential to provide cognitive support to health care professionals. Related Content: Making Electronic Health Records Both SAFER and SMARTER (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - August 9, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

SCCM Pod-459: Processed EEG Monitoring in the ICU
This podcast will educate clinicians on the unfamiliar parameters of processed EEG (pEEG). Host Pamela M. Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP, FACSM, is joined by Meghan B. Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, FCCM, to discuss the benefits of pEEG for monitoring sedated mechanically ventilated patients and patients undergoing neuromuscular blockade. Dr. Lane-Fall is an associate professor of anesthesiology, critical care, and epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania. This podcast is sponsored by Medtronic. (Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care)
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - June 21, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts

Looking back at 20 years of human genome sequencing
This week we’re dedicating the whole show to the 20th anniversary of the publication of the human genome. Today, about 30 million people have had their genomes sequenced. This remarkable progress has brought with it issues of data sharing, privacy, and inequality. Host Sarah Crespi spoke with a number of researchers about the state of genome science, starting with Yaniv Erlich, from the Efi Arazi School of Computer Science and CEO of Eleven Biotherapeutics, who talks about privacy in the age of easily obtainable genomes. Next up Charles Rotimi, director of the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health at th...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - February 4, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts

Looking back at 20 years of human genome sequencing
This week we’re dedicating the whole show to the 20th anniversary of the publication of the human genome. Today, about 30 million people have had their genomes sequenced. This remarkable progress has brought with it issues of data sharing, privacy, and inequality. Host Sarah Crespi spoke with a number of researchers about the state of genome science, starting with Yaniv Erlich, from the Efi Arazi School of Computer Science and CEO of Eleven Biotherapeutics, who talks about privacy in the age of easily obtainable genomes. Next up Charles Rotimi, director of the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health at the Na...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - February 4, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts

Looking back at 20 years of human genome sequencing
This week we ’re dedicating the whole show to the 20th anniversary of the publication of the human genome. Today, about 30 million people have had their genomes sequenced. This remarkable progress has brought with it issues of data sharing, privacy, and inequality. Host Sarah Crespi spoke with a number of res earchers about the state of genome science, starting with Yaniv Erlich, from the Efi Arazi School of Computer Science and CEO of Eleven Biotherapeutics, who talks about privacy in the age of easily obtainable genomes. Next up Charles Rotimi, director of the Center for Research on Genomics and Glob al Health at th...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - February 1, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts