BMJ talk medicine

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez is joined by Dr. Dimitrios Nasioudis. Dr. Nasioudis is a Gynecologic Oncology Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. His current research focuses on translational therapeutics and population-based research. Highlights: The utility of surgical staging for patients with locally advanced cervical cancer has not been established...

This BJSM podcast discusses how health care professionals can learn from the sports psychology world. Noting the similarities between athletes and health care professionals Dr Helen Church has put together a new PERFORM (Performance Enhancing Routine for Optimisation of Readiness using Metacognition) framework, using Performance Enhancing Routines to improve clinical performance. She provides prac...

Survival for glioblastoma remains very poor despite decades of research, with a 5-year survival of only 5%. Technological improvements that have revolutionized treatment of ischemic stroke and brain aneurysms have great potential in providing more precise and selective delivery of cancer therapeutic agents to brain tumors. In this podcast, JNIS Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Felipe C. Albuquerque speaks wit...

In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) provide an overview of the July 2022 issue of DTB. They discuss the proposed reclassification of estradiol vaginal tablets from Prescription Only Medicine to a Pharmacy medicine (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/60/7/98) and review a study that assessed pharmaceutical industry funding of All Party Parliamentary Groups...

ADC Fetal and Neonatal’s Associate Editor, Jonathan Davis, and the Edition Editor of the journal, Ben Stenson, discuss the highlights from the March 2022 issue. The Fantoms article: https://fn.bmj.com/content/107/2/115 Please listen to our regular podcasts and subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer. And...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Virend Somers from The Mayo Clinic. They discuss the connections between sleepiness and cardiovascular risk. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2 Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2022/01/30/he...

There is much political, professional, and cultural debate around the impact that cannabinoids, good or bad, have on health and wellbeing. This month’s “RAPM Focus,” evaluates the relationship between cannabis use and sleep patterns among adult Americans. Editor-in-Chief Brian Sites, MD, interviews authors Calvin Diep, MD, and Karim Ladha, MD, on the paper “Recent cannabis use and nightly sleep du...

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez is joined by Dr. Mario Preti to discuss the ESGO, ISSVD, ECSVD, and EFC consensus statements on pre-invasive vulvar lesions. Dr. Preti received his Specialization in Gynecology and Obstetrics and Specialization in Medical Oncology at the University of Torino. He is Associate Professor at the Department of Surgical Sciences, Uni...

At medical school, we learn about the importance of healthy health behaviours and promote them to patients at consultations. But do you always do what you preach? In this episode, we chatted about the importance of self-care, admitting to the inability to be infallible, and whether your health habits would affect the way you counsel your patients. Expert guest: Professor Erica Frank (erica.frank@u...

One of the silver linings of COVID-19 pandemic is the increased adoption of telehealth in allied health and sports medicine services for people with musculoskeletal conditions. In this podcast we talk to Dr Allison Ezzat about the experiences and attitudes of patients and clinicians in using telehealth. Allison has led the creation of a telehealth toolkit for patients and clinicians and discusses...

Dr Philip Smith, Digital and Education Editor of Gut and Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK, interviews Dr Marietta Iacucci, Associate Professor in Gastroenterology, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham and Consultant Gastroenterologist, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom, on the...

Clio Barnard is multi-award winning British Film writer, director and producer. In this conversation with Medical Humanities' film and media correspondent, Khalid Ali, she revisits her 'Bradford Film Trilogy'; 'The Arbor' (2010), 'The Selfish Giant' (2013), and 'Ali & Ava' (2021). The uniqueness and diversity of Bradford community portrayed as a love story between two unlikely characters made 'Ali...

Living with Long Covid is a different experience for each person, and can have significant ramifications for their personal lives and careers. In this last podcast of a series about Long Covid, Dr Alison Twycross, Editor in Chief of Evidence-Based Nursing, hears from Alison Love(1), Lynn Biggerstaff(2) and Sue Campion(3). The EBN podcast series of three episodes on Long Covid is produced by Letíci...

Editor-in-Chief Dr. Richard McCallum and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and the Director of Pediatric Undergraduate Medical Education at Duke University School of Medicine, Dr. Samrat Das, discuss what it has been like to be the president of the American Federation of Medical Research (AFMR) over the last year. Join us as we honor Dr. Das during his final days as president of AFMR. Dr. Das disc...

Dr. Amy Ross Russell(1), interviews Assoc. Prof. Todd Hardy(2) and Dr. James Triplett(3), about their recent paper detailing the clinical approach to diagnosis and management of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES). Read this latest Editor’s Choice paper on the Practical Neurology website (https://pn.bmj.com/content/22/3/183) and the June print issue of the journal. The paper is als...

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez is joined by Dr. Andreas Obermair. Dr. Obermair is a gynecological oncologist in Brisbane, Australia, promoting surgery with proven better patient outcomes. Highlights: - Facing and dealing with adversity in life - Goals for making gynecological oncology safer, less invasive, and smarter; ensuring that patients are not scared o...

This month, Dr Rachel Agbeko, Senior Editor of ADC, is joined by paediatric oncologist Dr Amanda Friend(1) to discuss the methods employed for fertility preservation for children of various ages and sexes who are undergoing cancer treatment. Read the paper 'Inconsistencies in fertility preservation for young people with cancer in the UK' for free for one month on the ADC website: https://adc.bmj.c...

The highlights of the latest edition of the journal brought to you by the Editor-in-Chief of Frontline Gastroenterology Mark Beattie. Read the UpFront of the May 2022 issue of Frontline Gastroenterology: https://fg.bmj.com/content/13/3/183 The full issue is now online: https://fg.bmj.com/content/13/3 Listen to our regular podcasts and subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Spot...

In this week's episode, Helen Macdonald is joined by Joseph Ross, US research editor for The BMJ, and Juan Franco, editor of BMJ EBM. They begin by discussing a review of obesity interventions in primary care, and Joe wonders if GPs are really the best people to tackle the issue. https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2021-069719 Cervical screening in the UK now includes HPV testing, and they look at...

In this podcast, we are joined by Dr James Robson and Professor Craig Ritchie to discuss all things ‘brain health’. We discuss what is meant by this term, why it is important, and what some of the steps people can take to optimise their brain health. Related resources: Lancet Commission https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736(20)30367-6/fulltext Sport and Exercise for Brain Health MOOC https:...

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr. James Rudd, is joined by Dr. Buber from Seattle. They discuss all aspects of CPET testing for heart failure and many other indications. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2 Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2022/04/10/he...

A recent investigation, by The BMJ, showed a worrying increase in incidence of violence, directed to wards GPs, and reported to the police. In this episode of Deep Breath in, Tom and Jenny are joined by Gareth Iacobucci, assistant news editor for The BMJ who broke the story. They'll hear from a GP affected, and get some advice on preventing violence, and deescalation, from two mental health expert...

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez is joined by Dr. David Viveros-Carreño. Dr. Viveros-Carreño is a Gynecologic Oncologist at Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Clínica Universitaria Colombia and Clínica Los Nogales in Bogotá, Colombia. Highlights: - Fertility-sparing surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in cervical cancer >4 cm is feasible, but the evidence...

This month we chat with three students recently awarded for their papers at the SAVIR injury conference in the USA. Stephen Oliphant is a Doctoral Candidate, School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University; Kelsey Conrick is a Doctoral Student, School of Social Work, University of Washington; and Mudia Uzzi is a Doctoral Candidate, Health Policy Research Scholar at Robert Wood Johnson Founda...

Dr Philip Smith, Digital and Education Editor of Gut and Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK, interviews Dr Maria Arechederra, young researcher at the Hepatology Program in the Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA) from the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain, on the paper "Next-generation sequencing of bile cell-free DNA for the early detection o...