Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchJunior doctors second strike - from the picket line
This week, junior doctors in England have taken industrial action for the second time in as many months after failing to reach agreement with the gov…
10 years, 7 months ago
Stopping the overtreatment of malaria
The Rapid diagnostic tests have the potential to reduce the overtreatment of malaria by 95%, but time and extensive logistical, behavioural, and tech…
10 years, 7 months ago
The role of stenting in stable angina
Iqbal Malik, consultant cardiologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London, joins Mabel Chew to discuss the role of angioplasty and ste…
10 years, 7 months ago
Could campaigns like Dry January do more harm than good?
Are you having a dry January? In this podcast Ian Gilmore, honorary professor at Liverpool University, and Ian Hamilton, a lecturer in the Department…
10 years, 8 months ago
Exercise induced bronchoconstriction
James Smoliga, from High Point University, North Carolina, and Ken Rundell, from The Commonwealth Medical College, Pennsylvania, join us to discuss h…
10 years, 8 months ago
CKD In the elderly - disease, or disease label
Around half of people aged over 75 meet the diagnostic criteria for chronic kidney disease (CKD), but there is debate about what this means for pati…
10 years, 8 months ago
Cancer screening - does it save lives?
The claim that cancer screening saves lives is based on fewer deaths due to the target cancer. Vinay Prasad, assistant professor at Oregon Health and…
10 years, 8 months ago
Why are Dutch GPs happier than British ones?
General practice is similar in the Netherlands and the UK yet it appeals far more to young Dutch doctors than to their British counterparts. In colla…
10 years, 8 months ago
In search of the Christmas spirit
Is the Christmas sprit divinely inspired, or does it reside within the body? Researchers from Denmark have tried to answer that age-old philosophical…
10 years, 8 months ago
The big (research) book of British teeth
Despite what hollywood says, science has proven that British teeth are actually better than American. Richard Watt, head of the Research Department o…
10 years, 8 months ago