Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRabies in humans
Rabies is the archytypical zoonotic disease, and only by vaccination in animals will we prevent infections in people. In two podcasts linked to our l…
11 years, 7 months ago
Is the Hep C screening expansion justified?
Until recently, hepatitis C screening was offered to people at increased risk of infection - such as intravenous drug users - but now, the US Centers…
11 years, 7 months ago
Being a human guinea pig
Drug development happens in stages – pre-clinical, phase I, II, III, and so on. But how much do trial participants know about what has happened befo…
11 years, 8 months ago
Operating theatre time, where does it all go?
Waiting times in theatre can be a source of friction – but is the delay due to mandatory anaesthetic faff around time (MAFAT), or AWOL surgeons? Eli…
11 years, 8 months ago
Grumpy old doctors
Those who rise to the top in medicine see themselves as hardworking extroverts with a caring nature, suggests an unscientific analysis of the answers…
11 years, 8 months ago
Can you trust the advice of TV doctors?
How much can you trust the advice given by TV doctors? A new research paper on thebmj.com has analysed over 40 episodes of popular American TV shows,…
11 years, 8 months ago
Turning back the tide of appointments
In AD 1028 King Canute tried to command the tide to turn back. History records that the king of all lands surrounding the North Sea got very cross, w…
11 years, 8 months ago
Men are idiots
Winners of the Darwin Award must eliminate themselves from the gene pool in such an idiotic manner that their action ensures one less idiot will surv…
11 years, 8 months ago
Musical (operating) theatre
One hundred years ago, Pennsylvanian surgeon Evan Kane penned a brief letter to JAMA in which he declared himself a rigorous proponent of the “benefi…
11 years, 8 months ago
Great leap backwards - austerity measures are hitting the vulnerable hardest
The UK’s austerity programme has disproportionately affected children and people with disabilities, says David Taylor-Robinson, a senior clinical lec…
11 years, 9 months ago