BMJ Group podcasts

Lung regeneration after influenza and the role of stem cells

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:06:55 +0000

Jennifer Quint (Thorax’s Journal Club editor) talks to Frank McKeon (Genome Institute of Singapore, Harvard Medical School) about his work into the extent of lung regeneration following catastrophic damage and the potential role of adult stem cells. Dr McKeon’s latest paper, published in Cell,...

The International Olympic Committee with Lars Engebretsen

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Thu, 9 Feb 2012 12:08:22 +0000

In anther podcast recorded at the UKSEM conference held in London in November, Karim Khan (BJSM editor) talks to Lars Engebretsen, head of science and research for the International Olympic Comittee. They discuss the IOC’s work in trauma research, health promotion, and the BJSM-IOC special issues.

Cancer treatment induced gastrointestinal symptoms

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:44:58 +0000

In the UK chronic gastrointestinal symptoms after cancer therapies have a similar impact as IBD. However, in contrast to patients with IBD, most of these patients won’t see a gastroenterologist. In this month’s Gut Editor’s Choice the causes of these side effects of cancer treatment are...

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy revisited; lifestyle and mortality after stroke; understanding motor output patterns

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:20:27 +0000

This month, cerebral amyloid angiopathy. David Werring (Stroke Research Group, UCL Institute of Neurology and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery) discusses the importance of detecting it, especially as he feels it is under-recognised by physicians. What impact does a healthy...

Running a prison sexual health service in the UK

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:18:53 +0000

Dr Alan Tang from Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, discusses approaches to setting up and running a prison based sexual health service with Éamonn O’Moore, unit director for Thames Valley Health Protection Unit of the HPA. See also: Review: How to run a prison sexually transmitted infection...

Journal club: Cytisine for smoking cessation

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:38:01 +0000

Many treatments available for smoking cessation are unaffordable for the majority of smokers, however cytisine is one exception. Jennifer Quint (Thorax’s journal club editor) talks to Robert West (Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London) about the mechanism of the...

Journal club: Efficacy of a tyrosine kinase inhibitor in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:30:12 +0000

Only one treatment is licensed for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and this only in Europe. Luca Richeldi (Center for Rare Lung Diseases, University of Modena, Italy) describes his phase 2 trial of a tyrosine kinase inhibitor to see if it could be safely and effectively used in patients with the...

STI programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:08:21 +0000

King Holmes (director, Center for AIDS and STD, University of Washington; past president of the IUSTI) talks to Patricia Garcia (dean of the School of Public Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru; regional director for IUSTI in Latin America and the Carribbean) about the progress in...

Hamstring injuries with Carl Askling

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:11:12 +0000

Hamstring injuries are the most prevalent muscle injuries in sport. Symptoms can be particularly prolonged, healing response poor, and the risk of re-injury high. Carl Askling (Karolinska Institute, Stockholm) has been trialling a new way of categorising these injuries, thinking about them as...

Journal club: Airway bypass for emphysema

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:18:07 +0000

Jennifer Quint (Thorax’s journal club editor) talks to Pallav Shah (a respiratory physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital, UK) about his trial of airway bypass for patients with severe emphysema, recently published in the Lancet. Dr Shah explains the procedure and how effective it was. See...

Michael Turner on tennis

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:30:40 +0000

BJSM editor Karim Khan talks to Michael Turner about his time as chief medical adviser of the Lawn Tennis Association, including the medical scandals that have cropped up and the advances he’s seen in the game’s sports medicine. Dr Turner is also chief medical adviser for the British Horseracing...

Cycle tracks versus the street - from Injury Prevention

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:10:19 +0000

Compelling data that ‘bicycle paths’ are safer than riding in traffic are discussed in this podcast from our sister journal Injury Prevention. You might think that is a no-brainer. However the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has a ‘Guide for the development of...

PUFAS and neoplasms

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Mon, 9 Jan 2012 10:56:24 +0000

Mairi McLean, Gut education editor, talks to Professor Mark Hull, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, about his research into the action of polyunsaturated fatty acids on the formation of neoplams. See also: Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids for the treatment and prevention of colorectal cancer

The early days of chronic fatigue syndrome research; Clues to functional weakness mechanism from the nature of onset

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:25:55 +0000

In this first podcast of 2012 editor Matthew Kiernan talks about JNNP’s new impact commentaries - a series which will explore influential papers from the journal. A paper by Simon Wessely (King’s College London) comparing postviral fatigue with that of neuromuscular and affective disorders is the...

Journal club: Lebrikizumab treatment in adults with asthma

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:51:31 +0000

Jennifer Quint (Thorax’s journal club editor) talks to Dr John Matthews (Genentech) about his New England Journal of Medicine published study into whether lebrikizumab, an interleukin-13 monoclonal antibody, can improve asthma control. Dr Matthews explains the proposed mechanism behind the...

Organising the olympics, with Richard Budgett

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Mon, 5 Dec 2011 16:54:59 +0000

We’re well down the road to London 2012, but getting here has taken a herculean feat of organisation. In this BJSM podcast Richard Budgett, Chief Medical Officer British Olympic Association, explains how LOCOG has prepared to meet the medical needs of the olympians, their entourage, and their fans.

Journal club: Azithromycin and increased mycobacterial infections in cystic fibrosis patients

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Thu, 1 Dec 2011 16:33:25 +0000

In this inaugural Thorax journal club podcast, Jennifer Quint (Thorax’s journal club editor) talks to Dr Andres Floto (University of Cambridge) about how he’s confirmed long-term use of azithromycin in cystic fibrosis patients can lead to increased nontuberculous mycobacteria infections. Having...

Return to exercise after ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injury, with Dr Richard Frobell

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:23:58 +0000

Coming together at the UKSEM conference in London, Professor Lars Engebretsen (Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center and IOC medical commission) talks to Dr Richard Frobell (Lund University, Malmo, Sweden) about his work on return to exercise after ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injury. Dr Frobell...

Australia’s HPV vaccination programme and disappearing genital warts

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:26:20 +0000

Dr Colm O’Mahony (consultant at the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK) talks to Professor Christopher Fairley (director of the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, University of Melbourne, Australia) about the near disappearance of genital warts in Australia’s young women following...

Undernutrition in India

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:07:50 +0000

Tessa Richards (BMJ’s analysis editor) and Duncan Jarvies (BMJ’s multimedia producer) talk to Veena Rao (adviser at Karnataka Nutrition Mission, India) about the issue of undernutrion in the country (4.42). And David Payne (BMJ’s web editor) gives us a run-down of the new bmj.com (0.14). See...

Diagnosing delirium

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:17:41 +0000

This month we discuss the issue of diagnosing delirium in older hospital patients. Despite being linked to a range of poor outcomes, the syndrome is often missed and evidence on its measurement is sparse. Professor Alasdair MacLullich tells us how a device he’s designed with colleagues at the...

Surveillance and treatment of antibiotic resistance

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Wed, 9 Nov 2011 16:38:33 +0000

Catherine Ison and Gwenda Hughes, Health Protection Agency UK, and Craig Tipple, Imperial College London, discuss strategies for the surveillance and treatment of antibiotic resistance bacteria. See also: High prevalence of macrolide resistant Treponema pallidum strains in a London centre

Watching receptionists, watching weight

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 4 Nov 2011 17:35:50 +0000

One way of tackling obesity is by attending a weight loss club, such as WeightWatchers . There are many such schemes available on the NHS, but which one is the most effective? We find out the results of an RCT that aims to find out. Also this week, ethnographic studies aren’t just limited to lost...

Diagnosing conversion disorder; exercise to prevent falls in Parkinson’s patients

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 10:04:51 +0000

In this edition Richard Kanaan (Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London) talks about his work on conversion disorder, and gives his advice for neurologists and psychiatrists on making this tricky diagnosis. And Vicki Goodwin (Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Exeter)...

Decriminalisation of drugs in Portugal

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:04:09 +0000

In 2001 Portugal abolished all criminal penalties for personal possession of drugs – effectively decriminalising their use. Health journalist Nigel Hawkes talks to João Goulão, Portugal’s drug tsar, to find out how effective this policy change has been (9.53). Also, the General Medical Council is...

Biomechanical overload and lower limb injuries, with Andrew Franklyn-Miller

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:22:27 +0000

Diagnosing chronic exertional compartment syndrome relies on measuring intramuscular pressure, however Andrew Franklyn-Miller (Sports Surgery Clinic, Dublin; education director at BASEM) has shown the criteria for this are flawed (2.51). He talks to BJSM editor Karim Khan about what clinicians can...

Treating tendinopathy with Professor Håkan Alfredson

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:34:54 +0000

Whether to opt for exercise treatment, new ‘biological therapies’ like platelet-rich plasma (PRP), or surgery is a clinical challenge. Sweden’s Professor Håkan Alfredson has unique experience in considering these options for patients with Achilles pain. He has 15 years experience as an...

Climate, health, and security

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:23:36 +0000

Hugh Montgomery, director of the University College London Institute for Human Health & Performance, talks about the space where climate, health, and international security meet. Christabel Owens, head of mental health research at the Devon Partnership NHS Trust, explains why warning signs for...

Celebrating the collaboration between BJSM and the Netherlands Association of Sports Medicine - with Adam Weir and Anja Bruinsma (in Dutch)

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:47:16 +0000

Zoals u weet heeft de VSG deze zomer een samenwerking gesloten met de British Journal of Sports Medicine. Door de samenwerking heeft sportarts Adam Weir een podcast opgenomen met directeur Anja Bruinsma van de Vereniging voor Sportgeneeskunde. Anja Bruinsma gaat in op: Samenwerking VSG en BJSM,...

Regulating education, and respiratory infections

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:50:31 +0000

The Health and Social Care Bill for England has now reached the House of Lords. With the proposed demise of deaneries, questions still remain about how medical training will be carried out in the future. Niall Dickson, chief executive of the General Medical Council, explains how the council hopes...

Interview with Dr Mary Fortune Working in Western Australia

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:15:08 +0000

Highland GP Doctor Mary Fortune talks about her experiences of working in Western Australia and what it was like to make a television documentary.

Interview with Dr Steve Mowle Career opportunities in general practice

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:13:42 +0000

Steve Mowle talks applying for GP training, competition ratios, number of posts available, careers opportunities and life as a GP.

Interview with Steve Buggle A quick guide to specialty recruitment 2012

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:13:01 +0000

Steve Buggle covers the key facts in applying for specialty training in 2012, what’s changed and how to navigate the recruitment process.

Interview with Catherine Walker and Corisha Brain, Immigration New Zealand Living and working in New Zealand

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:12:19 +0000

This podcast gives an overview of what it would be like to work in New Zealand, include the Kiwi lifestyle, finding a job and getting the right visa.

Interview with Sally Blake Making sense of the medical career pathway

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:11:20 +0000

What really happens after Foundation Training? Confused by talk of pathways, core, run-through, LATs and LASs? This podcast will explain all, dispel myths and demonstrate the interactive career map.

Interview with Dr Louis Christie, New South Wales, Australia A great place to live and work

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:10:36 +0000

This podcast is aimed at health professionals who are interested in living and working in New South Wales Australia. It outlines the benefits of living and working in metropolitan, regional or rural settings, and employment opportunities within the NSW Health public health system.

Interview with Dr Jeremy Levy Core medical training and beyond

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:09:40 +0000

Dr Jeremy Levy talks about core medical training and where that can lead to for anyone who wishes to undertake the two years of training. He covers routes in to CMT, the nature of rotations and programmes, and all the possible exit routes for those who have finished the training programme.

Interview with Gary Waltham Recruitment 2012 in London

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:09:00 +0000

This podcast is aimed at any doctors or dentists considering applying for a training programme managed by the Deanery in 2012.. It offers a brief overview on national selection and details of the Deanery’s recruitment portal, applicant support systems and online resources.

Interview with Dr Andrew Long Maintaining your portfolio

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:07:40 +0000

Andrew Long talks about how to use portfolios, supported by an understanding of the evidence base from his profession. The use of portfolios within medical training is now accepted although there is still controversy over their use and means of collation. This podcast will aims to aid you in...

Interview with Dr Caroline Elton Building career resilience

webmaster@bmj.com (BMJ Group) — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:04:44 +0000

Caroline Elton talks through how to increase one’s careers resilience when faced with the inevitable setbacks of life. This can be anything from failing exams, events in one’s personal life, or ill health.