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JournalSpotting

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67 episodes

2 months ago

Are you well aware of the health risks to adults from air pollution, but want to know more about the risk to pregnant women and their unborn children? Your ears are in the right place. The wonderful Professor Cathy Thornton helps us pick apart: The effects of air pollution on mothers, fetuses and pregnancy outcomes. The long-term effects on children. The evidence behind this. What you can do to help. We will be having a break from JournalSpotting for a few months! But don't unsubscribe. We ...

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Are you well aware of the health risks to adults from air pollution, but want to know more about the risk to pregnant women and their unborn children? Your ears are in the right place. The wonderful Professor Cathy Thornton helps us pick apart: The effects of air pollution on mothers, fetuses and pregnancy outcomes. The long-term effects on children. The evidence behind this. What you can do to help. We will be having a break from JournalSpotting for a few months! But don't unsubscribe. We ...

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JournalSpotting

#65 ClimateZone12// Air Pollution and pregnancy outcomes with Prof Thornton

Are you well aware of the health risks to adults from air pollution, but want to know more about the risk to pregnant women and their unborn children? Your ears are in the right place. The wonderful Professor Cathy Thornton helps us pick apart: The effects of air pollution on mothers, fetuses and pregnancy outcomes. The long-term effects on children. The evidence behind this. What you can do to help. We will be having a break from JournalSpotting for a few months! But don't unsubscribe. We ...

2 years ago

1 hour

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#64 Journal Round Up// Big dementia trials, stop LPs for SAH, Vit C in pregnant smokers

Wondering how we have reached 2023, you still are the only one in the hospital who can do an LP overnight, half your patients have dementia with no cure, and people are still researching vitamin C? Your ears are in the right place Dr Barney Hirons flies solo and covers: The best dementia trials from the last few months: Blood pressure reduction reduces risk. Ultra-processed food worsens cognition. Correcting hearing loss corrects the risk. Ketones for Alzheimer’s. Really? Lecanemab in Alzhe...

2 years ago

30 minutes

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#63 ClimateZone11// Microplastics and health with Prof Barbro Melgert

Aware that microplastics are bad for the environment but want to better understand their effects on human health? Your ears are in the right place. We chat with the brilliant Professor Barbro Melgert from the University of Groningen, Netherlands. Don't know her? She is an expert performing cutting-edge research on the effects of microplastics on humans and shares with us her fascinating, if not daunting, findings. We cover: What microplastics are. How they form. Where they are found (...

2 years ago

58 minutes

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#62// 🎄🎶 Christmas songs: health hazard or healthful?

Love a Christmas tune? Ever wondered if the lyrics are detrimental or beneficial to health? Your ears are in the right place! LJ and Barney, with help from Jon, performed a thematic analysis of the top 41 Christmas song lyrics from 2021, then completed a semi-systematic review analysing their risks and benefits to health! The conclusion? A list of recommendations on which songs to listen to, and which to avoid based on their underlying health messages. We cover the risks and benefits of: ...

2 years ago

47 minutes

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#61 ClimateZone10// How to save the oceans with Dr Richard Hixson

Worried that the ocean is dying, and your favourite dolphin may well become extinct?! Want to know what you can do to help? Your ears are in the right place Firstly LJ and Barney outline the good and bad of COP27. Barney then interviews the inspiring Dr Richard Hixson, chair of Healthcare Ocean. We cover: Why the oceans are essential for the planet. Why the oceans are at risk. The biggest problem sources. The role of healthcare. The importance of NHS procurement, and what needs to change. W...

2 years ago

1 hour 25 minutes

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#60 Journal Round Up: exercise + vaccines, salt + heart failure, magnesium + COPD, race + CPR + much more

Barney, LJ, and Jon are back with all the most interesting and practice-changing articles published in the last month: 💉Should I exercise before my next COVID Jab? Does magnesium work in COPD exacerbations and should we give fewer antibiotics? 📽Is a colonoscopy a good way to screen for cancer? 🧂Should we restrict salt in HFPEF? Why does skin colour matter when it comes to CPR? 🕺Things you can do: Support the show by buying us a coffee (or monetary equivalent)!Visit the website Follow u...

2 years ago

44 minutes

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#59 ClimateZone9// Pharmacy and Climate Change with Tracy Lyons and Minna Eii

Want to understand the planetary impact of the medications you prescribe, whilst enjoying your high tea? Your ears are in the right place. ClimateZone host Dr LJ Smith discusses the role of pharmacy with the awesome Tracy Lyons and Minna Eii, co-founders of the excellent organisation Pharmacy Declares. In the interview, we discuss: Carbon lifecycles of medications. How Carbon is not the whole problem. How climate change is affecting procurement and storage of vital meds. What healthc...

3 years ago

53 minutes

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#58 Journal Round Up// Latest in topics of Diet and AF. Time restricted eating, mortaliTEA, bin vitamins, AF due to infection, AF post op... and MORE

Wondering what to do with the post-op patient in front of you with new AF, who drinks buckets of tea, takes multivitamins for dinner, and is just getting over pneumonia? Your ears are in the right place. Jon and Barney tackle 2 topics of recent research: latest evidence in diet and 'secondary' AF. Articles we digest for your spongey brains: Diet etc: Tea reduces mortality! MortaliTEA! Flavanoids in CVD / cerebrovascular disease Link with Ca and hot tea Time-restricted eating vs not Fa...

3 years ago

36 minutes

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#57 ClimateZone8// Medical Students Fighting Climate Change

Want to get active fighting Climate Change, but need some inspiration on things to do, people to talk to and a large dose of Climate Joy? Your ears are in the right place. We talk to the incredible medical students: MEHAJABEEN FARID, MARINA POLITIS, & LIZZIE O'BRIEN. They are fighting Climate Change. This wide-ranging discussion covers COP26, activism, medical education, Climate anxiety, Climate Joy, the pressure on the younger generation, and how YOU can get involved. LJ and Barney al...

3 years ago

1 hour 16 minutes

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#56 The Age of Psychedelic Medications with Prof Allan Young

Were your school teachers right? Are psychedelics really dangerous tree hugging hippy drugs? Or are they safe medications that might play a crucial role in modern medicine? Your ears are in the right place. Fascinating discussion with psychedlic medicine expert Prof Allan Young on: The history of Psychedlics. How they work. The evidence behind them. The risks & the benefits. What is currently being investgated. What the future holds. Get up to date. Help us grow! Share us everyw...

3 years ago

58 minutes

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#55 Journal Round Up// 🍄Magic mushrooms and psychedelic meds, ⏰4-hr targets, ☕Sweet Coffee for life, 💰Scrap Low Value Care, 🧘Yoga for Migraines, 🧃forget Vit C, 💯Pulse oximeters & colour, 🥒Pickle Juice cures cramps?! And more.

Confused over which drink to offer your patients? Orange juice or Coffee? Is the sugar bad for them, or is caffeine worse? Which has more fibre? Don’t those septic people need vitamin C? Your ears are in the right place. Dr Camille and Barnaby Hirons cover the latest and greatest in the medical literature including: 4-hour ED targets - useless government orders or life savers? Choosing wisely - the most low-value care which we need to scrap Thunderstorm Asthma - it exists! And it may pose ...

3 years ago

40 minutes

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#54 ClimateZone7// Climate Crisis and Paediatrics with Dr. Rosie Spooner

Feel even more anxious about the climate crisis after the termostat hit 40 degrees? Your ears are in the right place. LJ interviews the inspiring Dr. Rosie Spooner We cover: How the climate crisis will affect children and their health How to talk about the climate crisis with children How to find hope while facing the climate crisis. The CliamteZone team then discuss their latest challenge: try and cut out fast fashion! Excellent links for you to browse, amuse and amaze: Children, Ci...

3 years ago

58 minutes

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#53 War in Ukraine// Talk with Frontline Military Doctor Taras

*Warning* the experiences and stories described may be disturbing for some listeners. Are you trying to imagine what it might be like for a medic, maybe such as yourself, on the front line of a war? Do you want to understand how you can help? Your ears are in the right place. We speak with Taras, a doctor working in the closest hospital to the frontline in the South of Ukraine. He takes us through his life, his daily routine, the cases he sees and the devastating impact this is having...

3 years ago

36 minutes

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#52 Journal Round Up// X-ray & HTN in pregnancy, steroid in OA, Hypertensive inpatients, death of Aspirin, Tai Chi or Sing🎶 for health, AND Nasal👃 or Rectal🍑 cardioversion sir?...

Wondering if you should get that X-ray on your pregnant lady who is suffering from hip pain whilst doing Tai Chi, which is associated with inpatient hypertensive spikes that might (just might) be related to your bad singing? No? Well, your ears are still in the right place. Today you have Jon, Barney and Alvin delving into the latest and greatest of medical literature! We cover: Steroid injections for OA - sure?Radiology in pregnancy - risky?Pregnancy HTN - treat?IP Hypertensive episodes - l...

3 years ago

55 minutes

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#51 War in Ukraine// Talk with Doctors: Andrei Semikhodskii and Uliana Pidvalna

Worried about the effect the awful war in Ukraine is having on their doctors and healthcare system? Want to hear their experiences first-hand and find out how you can help? Your ears are in the right place. A change from our usual Round-Ups and Climate shake-ups, today we talk candidly to two inspiring Ukrainian doctors. Dr Andrei Semikhodskii: A geneticist living in England, who set up a wonderful charity which sends ambulances with bespoke medicine and equipment directly to Ukraini...

3 years ago

1 hour 12 minutes

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#50 Journal Round Up// Sats & Skin Colour, Paracetamol Danger, Sugar vs Sweetener, Latest in Flozins, Banning Tanning, AF with RVR, Exercise or death, Beer Faces

Want to hear key medical literature facts to help become that awesome doctor, whilst also being able to tell if people like beer by their facial expressions? Your ears are in the right place. Dr LJ Smith, Dr Camille Hirons, Dr Jonathan Hudson and Dr Barnaby Hirons scour and digest the latest and greatest medical literature out there... and some other fun stuff too: Why pulse oximeters miss deadly hypoxia in people of colour. How paracetamol and sodium can kill. Are sweeteners a saf...

3 years ago

59 minutes

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#49 ClimateZone6// Dr Alex Wilkinson: Sustainable inhalers- what YOU can do

Want to do more to combat climate change but current events and your state of Weltshmerz is holding you back? Do you need some positive practice-changing, actionable advice? Your ears are in the right place! LJ and Katia interview the brilliant Dr Alex Wilkinson. We cover: The huge carbon cost of inhalers. The key stats and evidence. Why change is needed and how to make it. Barriers to change and how to overcome them. With Barney & Jon we discuss our latest climate challenge...

3 years ago

1 hour 1 minute

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#48 Journal Round Up// Myocarditis & COVID, Antimicrobial Resistance, Weight-loss & sleep, Eosinophilia & COPD, NEWS scores...and more.

We're back for another Journal Roundup and check out www.journalspotting.com for the full backcatalogue. Barney, LJ, Katia, and Jon cover: We unpick the facts and figures behind COVID-19 vaccination and the risk of myocarditis. 🧫The looming threat of antimicrobial resistance 😴Why more sleep might help people lose weight. 🛌 Trying to let patients sleep better in hospitals 🎲Why diabetes CV risk prediction scores don't work that well. The use of eosinophilia in COPD. 🧬Mendellian random...

3 years ago

53 minutes

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#47 Climatezone5 // Heat, Pollution & the Heart

Listen to interview with world experts on the links between climate change and cardiovascular disease. Featuring: Professor Annette Peters director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Helmhotz Zentrum, Germany Dr. Mark Miller Senior Research Fellow within the University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science at the University of Edinburgh. 🔗 Links: 📜 Professor Peters recent review in Nature Reviews Cardiology 📜 Study on high temperatures and MI in Germany 📜 A great British ...

3 years ago

1 hour 7 minutes

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#46 Journal Round Up// with MDTea hosts! Mirtazapine in Agitation, physical activity in hospital, subsegmental PEs & anticoag risk, AF from exercise, bisphosphonate benefits, POCUS focus... & MORE

Do you love your medical podcasts, but sometimes wish your favourite shows would just team up for the odd awesome episode?? Your ears are definitely in the right place. Jon and Barney are joined by brilliant MDTea hosts Dr Iain Wilkinson and Dr Stephen Collins. Together they deliver a masterclass in many aspects of elderly care and we uncover the greatest medical literature in the world! (From the last few months). 1) Physical Activity in Hopital patients - They do too little but you can hel...

3 years ago

1 hour 2 minutes