JournalSpotting
General Medicine Podcast which keeps you up to date with the latest and greatest medical literature.
#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.
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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...
#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 (spoiler... EVERYWHERE).
Why what you wear matters.
Their effect on...
#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:
Alcohol and sugar binging,
Cold exposure,
Kissing,
...
#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...
#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:
#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 healthcare professionals NEED to do.
Ideas for QIPs!
A...
#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
Fasting in cancer
Bin the v...
#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 also discuss tips on talking to work...
#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?
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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.
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