Wondering how a plant-based diet might benefit your patients and the climate? We sit down with plant-based diet expert Dr Shireen Kassam to discuss the climate impact of diet, the evidence for a plant-based diet in reversing chronic diseases, and how we can discuss it with our patients. Links mentioned: https://plantbasedhealthprofessionals.com/ https://www.pcrm.org/ https://ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs-eating-local?country= https://www.nationalfoodstrategy.org/  Important...

Trying to keep up with the medical literature but... You’ve just watched Squid Games, you’re feeling a bit stressed, and you thought some light-hearted medical education was just the ticket? Your ears are in the right place. Tonight your ears are joined by Barney, Cami and Alvin as we wade through an amazing collection of medical literature to bring you the best, most interesting and practice-changing information out there... In order: Respiratory RS - what O2 to use in COVID? AF - to...

Trying to keep up with the medical literature but...  As it’s change-over time, you are far more preoccupied with finding where the staff toilet is, the code for this, and where on earth you can buy coffee? Your ears are in the right place In Ep40 we get our favourite Haematology Professor, Beverley Hunt OBE, to discuss our last Round Up's key articles. Including: Do we REALLY believe the idea that we should give treatment dose anticoagulant to moderate Covid but a  prophylactic dose to...

Trying to keep up with the medical literature but you are too busy considering whether not driving to work for the environment might mean you could ward round from home today? Your ears are in the right place. Today's interview is with the awesome Professor Richard Smith, author of Lancet article: A strategy to reduce the carbon footprint of clinical trials We cover: Love Island bodies Richard's career UK health Alliance and their work  - their global editorial, A Call For Emergency Action,...

JournalSpotting is back from its summer break. Jon & Barney are joined by Dr. Dave McCreary all the way from Australia. Dave runs the RCEM podcast and joins JournalSpotting to bridge the chasm between A&E and medics and share some evidence-based pearls. We cover: Why COVID is still *****How does the delta variant present and does my microchip work?Have we figured out how to anticoagulate in COVID-19?More evidence for age-adjusted D-dimers?Do you use D-Dimers in Pregnancy?Do we still...

Welcome to after the summer break! LJ, Katia, Barney, and Jon kick off a new series and get their teeth stuck into the link between climate change and health. In this introduction episode we bring you up to speed with what climate change what climate change actually is and why its a health problem. Topics discussed: What is climate changeWhy is climate change a health crisis?What is the role of healthcare professionals?What is the role of the health service (in particular the NHS)?Listen up...

Trying to keep up with the medical literature but England have just scored a goal against an average team in  Euro 2020 and you just can’t help singing 3 lions on a shirt over and over… Your ears are in the right place.  In this bumper episode, Jon and Barney are joined by the RCP podcast superstar Dr Amie Burbridge as we digest the key practice changing articles from the last month or so. Listen to the end to change how you view ventilation, and bums, forever. To LP or not when suspecting...

Want to know your CD4s from CD8s? Your protease inhibitors from your integrase inhibitors? We chat with Dr. Tristan Barber, HIV consultant at the Royal Free Hospital, London. He helps us go through some exciting and important developments in HIV medicine including: - Back to the basics of HIV management - Two drug regimens - Injectable drugs - Chronic inflammation and chronic disease risk - Vaccines for HIV - Cure of HIV - HIV and COVID- any lessons to learn?  A big thank you to Tristan...

Trying to keep up with the medical literature but apparently JournalSpotting HQ has a team of actual beavers who chew and digest all the articles then present them in a light-hearted podcast.  So why bother? In #33 Dr Barney Hirons and Dr Jon Hudson  cover the latest and greatest in medical literature. Including:   - What BP is optimum based on the latest meta-analysis? - What to give for generalised epilepsy - Valporate or Keppra? - How Mushrooms really could  reduce the risk of cancer -...

For full episode details and show notes, head to journalspotting.comTrying to keep up with the medical literature but the pubs are open, the sun is out and you have no idea how long it will last?!Your ears are in the right placeThis episode rounds up...

The JournalSpotters chat to the fist author of the ATTIRE trial, a big RCT looking at albumin use in cirrhosis patients.Dr. Louise China is a senior clinical fellow at the Royal Free Hospital, London and has spent many years investigating the role of...

Have you been wondering how that busy congested main road you commute along every day is bad for your health and the health of your patients?We chat with Professor Frank Kelly world expert on the impact of air pollution on health. This conversation will...

For full show notes and more check out journalspotting.com-----------Trying to keep up with the medical literature butSQUIRREL!! .... You keep getting distracted?Your ears are in the right place.Happy International Women's Day! Check out our chosen...

This is part 2 of our BTS Winter 2021 special.The JournalSpotters packed their virtual backpacks and headed to the British Thoracic Society’s Winter Conference 2021. This a huge international conference, covering all things lung.We've brought together...

The JournalSpotters packed their virtual backpacks and headed to the British Thoracic Society’s Winter Conference 2021. This a huge international conference, covering all things lung.We've brought together some of the best speakers along with some new...

Have you been trying to keep up with the medical literature, but you don’t have the time, don’t know where to start, and would like someone to do the legwork for you?Your ears are in the right place.We cover:Alteplase and improved stroke...

Looking for the right gateway drug to help start up an insatiable medical literature habit? JournalJunkies, your ears are in the right place!Today we interview Dr James Galloway, rheumatologist, semi- ornithologist, clinical lecturer, and head of the...

Have you been trying to keep up with the COVID literature, but too shattered after work these days to read anything except the local take out menu?Your ears are in the right place, we help you get up to date on what you need to know in COVID-19,...

Want to know how to be more green at work, but you can only sigh as you plop your 1 millionth item of pristine plastic PPE from that morning into the bin?Your ears are in the right place.Today we interview Ms Chantelle Rizan; mountain biker, ENT fellow...

💊 STATINS...everyone's on them and lots of people stop them!In this JournalChat, we caught up cardiologist Dr. James Howard, one of the co-authors of the SAMSON trial published in last months New England Journal of Medicine and featured in last months...

Trying to keep up with the general medicine literature but, in an environmentally friendly frenzy, you’ve used up all your shiny BMJs as wrapping paper?Your ears are in the right place.In this episode, Jon and Barney are joined by Alvin and Camille, and...

Have you been trying to keep up with the medical literature, but you’ve been too busy trying to keep track of vote counts for Biden in small counties in Arizona you’ve never heard of?We have an awesome Round-Up of the key medical articles from September...

Trying to keep up with COVID literature but there are more important things to consider, like, is your pumpkin carved as Trump even orange enough?Your ears are in the right place.COVID-19 is back (and never actually left)! After a blockbuster opening...

Trying to keep up with the literature but you’re too exited IT'S AUTUMN! Whoo-Hoo! Oh wait, it’s cold, wet, and Christmas is still months away. At least we have conkers. ----------We have an awesome Round Up of the key medical articles from September...

Trying to read up on Latent TB but the thought of wading through complicated literature about a dormant bug makes you wish you were, well, dormant? Your ears are in the right place!A comprehensive Interview on everything you need to know about Latent TB...