In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez is joined by Drs. Diego Raimondo and Giulia Rovero. Dr. Raimondo works as medical director and assistant researcher at the Division of Gynecology and Pathophysiology of Human Reproduction, Bologna, Italy, directed by Prof. Renato Seracchioli. He received his PhD on new technologies for endometriosis surgical removal from the University of Bologna in 2021. He is an Advisory Board Member of the ESGE (European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy) and member of the Special Interest Group in Robotics. His research interests are ..read more

In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) talk about the June 2023 issue of DTB. They discuss new guidelines on post-exposure prophylaxis for varicella or shingles during pregnancy (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/61/6/82). They review the effect of low-dose aspirin on fractures and falls (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/61/6/85), and talk about a study that does not provide meaningful cardiovascular outcome data for inclisiran (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/61/6/86). The main review article explores hospitalisation as a consequence of medication-related harm a ..read more

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Ramirez is joined by Dr. Ramez N. Eskander to discuss NRG-018 pembrolizumab and chemotherapy in uterine cancer. Dr. Eskander is a gynecologic oncologist who specializes in the comprehensive management of female reproductive system cancers, including ovarian, uterine, cervical, vulvar and vaginal cancer. His expertise includes diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including minimally invasive (robotic) surgery, chemotherapy and novel drugs. Highlights: • NRG-GY018 showed that the addition of pembrolizumab to chemotherapy, followed ..read more

In this podcast, JNIS Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Felipe C. Albuquerque, speaks with Dr. Marco Colasurdo (1) and Prof. Dheeraj Gandhi (2), authors of the original research article, "Predictors for large vessel recanalization before stroke thrombectomy: the HALT score" - https://jnis.bmj.com/content/early/2023/04/25/jnis-2023-020220 This paper is free-to-access for a month following the publication of this podcast. Please subscribe to the JNIS Podcast via all podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify, to get the latest episodes. Also, please consider leaving us ..read more

Editor-in-Chief of the Archives of Disease in Childhood, Dr. Nick Brown, and Senior Editor of ADC, Dr. Rachel Agbeko, bring you the monthly Atoms - the highlights of the June 2023 issue. Read it on the Archives of Disease in Childhood website: https://adc.bmj.com/content/108/6/i 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 if you enjoy the podcast, please leave us a review at https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/adc-podcast/id333278832 ..read more

Dr Kerry Costello and Dr Deepak Kumar discuss a BSJM paper that investigated gait and physical activity predictors of cartilage worsening in people with knee osteoarthritis from the MOST study, using a machine learning model. Kerry and Deepak do a brilliant job of explaining the biomechanical variables, and the advantages of machine learning, and what these findings might mean for clinicians treating people with knee osteoarthritis. Link to paper: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2023/03/02/bjsports-2022-106142 Connect with Kerry: https://mae.ufl.edu/people/faculty/primary/profiles/kerry-cos ..read more

Practical Neurology Editors Phil Smith and Geraint Fuller talk you through the highlights of the June 2023 issue of the journal. Please subscribe to the Practical Neurology podcast via all podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify, to get the latest podcast every month. If you enjoy our podcast, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the Practical Neurology Podcast iTunes page (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pn-podcast/id942932053). The PN podcast is produced by Letícia Amorim and edited by Brian O'Toole. Thank you for listening ..read more

There are concerns that junior healthcare professionals do not use decision support as they don’t see senior staff using it. There are concerns that seniors don't use clinical decision support as they worry about looking things up people in front of people. So a complex issue to discuss. To find out more about this, listen to this interview with Dr Tom Foley, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with expertise in digital health ..read more

In this episode of the podcast, Andrew Perry discusses with Dr. Albert the barriers to implementing guideline-directed medical therapy in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and how to improve matters. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2 ..read more

Dr. Anna Wolska from the Lupus Foundation of America interviews Dr. Andrea Fava from Johns Hopkins University about Belimumab treatment in lupus nephritis. Dr Fava elucidates on the correlation between the decrease in urinary CD163 levels and the response to Belimumab treatment in Lupus Nephritis trials. The conversation provides important insights into the efficacy of this treatment option and potential biomarker use for personalized and precision medicine in the future. Read the article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/lupus-2022-000763 ..read more