Talk Evidence - re-hospitalistion for covid-19, remote hypertension intervention
The evidence geekery continues, and this week Helen Macdonald and Duncan Jarvies are joined by Joe Ross, The BMJ's US research editor, and professor of medicine and public health at Yale. This week we pick up on a preprint in medRxiv, which has been attracting attention on social media - it tries to look at the longer term effects of covid hospitalisation. Joe explains why he thinks propensity matching can be summarised as "doing your best". Finally, as more and more care moves remotely, we discuss a trial on a digital intervention to help manage poorly controlled hypertension remotely. Reading list: Epidemiology of po...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - February 12, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

A (non-systematic) evidence review of 2020
As 2021 hoves into view, we look back at a year of extraordinary evidence. Helen Macdonald is joined by Joe Ross, one of The BMJ's research editors, as well as a researcher at Yale.They discuss the way in which clinical pre-prints have become an important part of the research ecosystem, especially during the pandemic, and pick up on some of the non-coronavirus things you might have missed in the deluge of data. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 3, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

A (non-systematic) evidence review of 2020
As 2021 hoves into view, we look back at a year of extraordinary evidence. Helen Macdonald is joined by Joe Ross, one of The BMJ's research editors, as well as a researcher at Yale. They discuss the way in which clinical pre-prints have become an important part of the research ecosystem, especially during the pandemic, and pick up on some of the non-coronavirus things you might have missed in the deluge of data. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 3, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

Coronavirus Update with Nicholas Christakis
Yale Sterling Professor Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH, returns to JAMA's Q&A series to discuss the surge in US cases and other recent pandemic developments. Dr Christakis is author of the recently published book "Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live." Recorded November 23, 2020.   (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - November 25, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

Fighting Europe ’s second wave of COVID-19, and making democracy work for poor people
First up this week, Contributing Correspondent Kai Kupferschmidt talks with host Sarah Crespi about rising numbers of coronavirus cases in Europe. Will what we’ve learned this summer about how the virus is transmitted and treated help prevent a second peak? Read all of our coronavirus news coverage.  And as part of a special issue on democracy, Rohini Pande, a professor in the department of economics at Yale University, joins Sarah to discuss her review that asks the question: Can democracy work for poor people? Read more from the special issue on democracy. This week’s episode was produced with help fr...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 3, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts

Fighting Europe ’s second wave of COVID-19, and making democracy work for poor people
First up this week, Contributing Correspondent Kai Kupferschmidt talks with host Sarah Crespi about rising numbers of coronavirus cases in Europe. Will what we’ve learned this summer about how the virus is transmitted and treated help prevent a second peak? Read all of our coronavirus news coverage.  And as part of a special issue on democracy, Rohini Pande, a professor in the department of economics at Yale University, joins Sarah to discuss her review that asks the question: Can democracy work for poor people? Read more from the special issue on democracy. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. ...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 3, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts

Fighting Europe ’s second wave of COVID-19, and making democracy work for poor people
First up this week, Contributing Correspondent Kai Kupferschmidt talks with host Sarah Crespi about rising numbers of coronavirus cases in Europe. Will what we ’ve learned this summer about how the virus is transmitted and treated help prevent a second peak? Read all of our coronavirus news coverage. And as part of a special issue on democracy, Rohini Pande, a professor in the department of economics at Yale University, joins Sarah to discuss her review that asks the question: Can democracy work for poor people? Read more from the special issue on democracy. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. Liste...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - September 3, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts

Fighting Europe ’s second wave of COVID-19, and making democracy work for poor people
First up this week, Contributing Correspondent Kai Kupferschmidt talks with host Sarah Crespi about rising numbers of coronavirus cases in Europe. Will what we ’ve learned this summer about how the virus is transmitted and treated help prevent a second peak? Read all of our coronavirus news coverage. And as part of a special issue on democracy, Rohini Pande, a professor in the department of economics at Yale University, joins Sarah to discuss her revie w that asks the question: Can democracy work for poor people? Read more from the special issue on democracy. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. ...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - August 31, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 655: Minority health with Robert Fullilove
Sociomedical scientist Robert Fullilove joins TWiV to discuss disparities in minority health; FDA announces an EUA on Yale's SalivaDirect, protection of the upper and respiratory tract of mice after intranasal inoculation with an adenovirus-vectored SARS-CoV-2 spike gene, and listener questions. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Guest: Robert Fullilove Click arrow to play Download TWiV 652 (69 MB .mp3, 114 min)Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Health of racial and ethnic minority groups (CDC) COVID-19 deat...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - August 20, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

Counting the ways Donald Trump failed in the pandemic
The Trump administration was left a playbook for pandemics when they entered the Whitehouse, but even before covid-19 was a threat systematically dismantled the public health protections put in place to follow that playbook. In this podcast, Nicole Lurie, Gavin Yamey and Gregg Gonsalves talk about how the US response to public health was mismanaged, how it has become politicized, and what that playbook suggested should have been done. They also talk about rebuilding public health in the US after this is all over. Our guests; Nicole Lurie, former Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response under the Obama administr...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - June 5, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Counting the ways Donald Trump failed in the pandemic
The Trump administration was left a playbook for pandemics when they entered the Whitehouse, but even before covid-19 was a threat systematically dismantled the public health protections put in place to follow that playbook. In this podcast, Nicole Lurie, Gavin Yamey and Gregg Gonsalves talk about how the US response to public health was mismanaged, how it has become politicized, and what that playbook suggested should have been done. They also talk about rebuilding public health in the US after this is all over. Our guests; Nicole Lurie, former Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response under the Obama administra...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - June 5, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

Talk evidence covid-19 update - natural history of covid, include patients in guidelines
For the next few months Talk Evidence is going to focus on the new corona virus pandemic. There is an enormous amount of uncertainty about the disease, what the symptoms are, fatality rate, treatment options, things we shouldn't be doing. We're going to try to get away from the headlines and talk about what we need to know - to hopefully give you some insight into these issues. This week: (1.20) Carl gives us an update on the England and Wales admission data. (3.00) Helen talks about ways in which spread and severity of infectio n amongst household contacts. (8.20) We talk natural history of covid-19, and Harlan Krum...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - May 9, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts