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
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
The relative safety and effectiveness of different epoetin drugs for treating anaemia in people with chronic kidney disease
Many patients with moderate or severe chronic kidney disease will develop anaemia and a variety of treatments are available. In February 2023, the Cochrane Review of studies testing a range of erythropoietin drugs was updated and we asked first author, Edmund Chung from The Children ' s Hospital at Westmead in Australia to tell us about the latest findings in this podcast. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - May 11, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Intrapartum Azithromycin and Neonatal and Maternal Outcomes, Olamkicept for Ulcerative Colitis, FDA Mandate Limiting Acetaminophen in Combination Opioid Products and Liver Failure, and more
Editor’s Summary by Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, Editor in Chief of JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association, for the March 7, 2023, issue. (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - March 7, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Limiting Acetaminophen in Prescription Combination Opioid Products
In 2011, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a mandate to limit acetaminophen (paracetamol) to 325 mg/tablet in combination acetaminophen and opioid medications, with manufacturer compliance required by early 2014. In this podcast, JAMA Deputy Editor Mary M. McDermott, MD, interviews Jayme E. Locke, MD, MPH, and Babak J. Orandi, MD, PhD, about their JAMA study describing results of the FDA announcement on subsequent rates of hospitalizations for acute liver failure due to toxicity from acetaminophen-containing opioid drugs. Related Content: Association of FDA Mandate Limiting Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) in ...
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - March 7, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Visiting a mummy factory, and improving the IQ of … toilets
On this week’s show: New clues to the chemicals used for mummification, and the benefits and barriers to smart toilets
First up this week: What can we learn from a mummy factory? Contributing Correspondent Andrew Curry talks with host Sarah Crespi about mummy chemistry and why we don’t know much about what was used to preserve these ancient bodies. Online News Editor Michael Price makes a special appearance.
Next up, how having a smart toilet can contribute to your health. Seung-Min Park, an instructor in the Department of Urology at Stanford University School of Medicine, wrote this week in Science Translational Med...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - February 2, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Visiting a mummy factory, and improving the IQ of … toilets
On this week’s show: New clues to the chemicals used for mummification, and the benefits and barriers to smart toilets
First up this week: What can we learn from a mummy factory? Contributing Correspondent Andrew Curry talks with host Sarah Crespi about mummy chemistry and why we don’t know much about what was used to preserve these ancient bodies. Online News Editor Michael Price makes a special appearance.
Next up, how having a smart toilet can contribute to your health. Seung-Min Park, an instructor in the Department of Urology at Stanford University School of Medicine, wrote this week in Science Translational Med...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - February 2, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
JAMA Internal Medicine : Association of Pretransplant Coronary Heart Disease Testing With Early Kidney Transplant Outcomes
Interview with Xingxing S. Cheng, MD, MS, author of Association of Pretransplant Coronary Heart Disease Testing With Early Kidney Transplant Outcomes. Hosted by Rita Redberg, MD. Related Content: Association of Pretransplant Coronary Heart Disease Testing With Early Kidney Transplant Outcomes (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - January 3, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
SCCM Pod-463 CCM: Clazakizumab for COVID-19: Friend or Foe?
Clazakizumab is a monoclonal antibody against human interleukin-6 that may benefit patients hospitalized with severe or critical COVID-19 accompanied by hyperinflammation. Although not yet FDA approved, clinical trials of clazakizumab for treatment of COVID-19 are under way worldwide. Samantha Gambles Farr, MSN, NP-C, CCRN, RNFA, is joined by Bonnie E. Lonze, MD, PhD, to discuss the article, A Randomized Double-Blinded Placebo Controlled Trial of Clazakizumab for the Treatment of COVID-19 Pneumonia With Hyperinflammation, published in the September 2022 issue of Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Lonze is a faculty transplant sur...
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - December 21, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts
Diabetes Core Update – December 2022
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 - November 25, 2022 Category: Endocrinology Authors: American Diabetes Association Source Type: podcasts
Special Edition: Reducing Barriers to Utilization of Time in Range – November 2022
In this special episode on continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and time in range Dr. Celeste Thomas joins our host, Dr. Neil Skolnik to discuss understanding and reducing barriers to utilization of time in range. This special episode is supported by an independent educational grant from Abbott and LifeScan. Presented by: Neil Skolnik, M.D., Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health Celeste Thomas, M.D. Dr. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Associate Director of the Kov...
Source: Diabetes Core Update - November 14, 2022 Category: Endocrinology Authors: American Diabetes Association Source Type: podcasts
JAMA Internal Medicine : Association Between Nephrologist Ownership of Dialysis Facilities and Clinical Outcomes
Interview with Eugene Lin, MD, MS, author of Association Between Nephrologist Ownership of Dialysis Facilities and Clinical Outcomes, and Paul J. Eliason, PhD, author of Physicians as Owners and Agents—A Call for Further Study. Hosted by J. Michael McWilliams, MD, PhD. Related Content: Association Between Nephrologist Ownership of Dialysis Facilities and Clinical Outcomes Physicians as Owners and Agents—A Call for Further Study (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - November 7, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
SCCMPod-463 CCM: Clazakizumab for COVID-19: Friend or Foe?
Clazakizumab is a monoclonal antibody against human interleukin-6 that may benefit patients hospitalized with severe or critical COVID-19 accompanied by hyperinflammation. Although not yet FDA approved, clinical trials of clazakizumab for treatment of COVID-19 are under way worldwide. Samantha Gambles Farr, MSN, NP-C, CCRN, RNFA, is joined by Bonnie E. Lonze, MD, PhD, to discuss the article, A Randomized Double-Blinded Placebo Controlled Trial of Clazakizumab for the Treatment of COVID-19 Pneumonia With Hyperinflammation, published in the September 2022 issue of Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Lonze is a faculty transplant sur...
Source: SCCM PodCast - iCritical Care - October 6, 2022 Category: Intensive Care Authors: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Tags: Medicine Source Type: podcasts
Diabetes Core Update – October 2022
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 - September 24, 2022 Category: Endocrinology Authors: American Diabetes Association Source Type: podcasts
Preventing Kidney Injury From Coronary Angiography, Decreasing Musculoskeletal Diagnostic Imaging, Review of Myelodysplastic Syndromes, and more
Editor's Summary by Gregory Curfman, MD, Deputy Editor of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the September 6, 2022 issue. (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - September 6, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
