Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchToo much blood: when transfusions do more harm than good
Blood transfusions have been identified as one of the most overused therapies both in the United States and the UK. In this podcast Lawrence Tim Goo…
11 years, 9 months ago
Zero tolerance for competing interests
The BMJ has a new policy on competing interestings - from 2015 we will have zero tolerance for them in authors who write education articles or editor…
11 years, 9 months ago
Simon Stevens - saving the NHS?
Eight months into the NHS’s top job, Simon Stevens’s intelligent refusal to enforce a “one size fits all” solution on the service’s ills is, so far, …
11 years, 9 months ago
Self monitoring of hypertension in pregnancy
Guidelines encourage the use of self monitoring of blood pressure in pregnancy, and research suggests that women prefer it. But Richard McManus, GP a…
11 years, 9 months ago
Crohn’s disease - a patient’s perspective
The incidence and prevalence of Crohn’s disease is increasing worldwide, and a clinical review on thebmj.com provides a practical approach to the dia…
11 years, 9 months ago
The diagnosis and management of Menieres disease
A clinical review on thebmj.com looks at Meniere’s disease. One of the review's authors, Jonny Harcourt, a consultant otologist at Charing Cross Hosp…
11 years, 9 months ago
Menieres disease - a patient perspective
A clinical review on thebmj.com looks at Meniere's disease. Corine from The Netherlands discusses her experience of having the disease and explains h…
11 years, 9 months ago
Should we still be using hydroxyethyl starch?
Large trials show that hydroxyethyl starch increases the risk of death, kidney injury, and bleeding. So why does the European Medicines Agency still …
11 years, 9 months ago
Atul Gawande - It’s about having a good life not a good death
Surgeon, writer, and researcher, Atul Gawande is best known for the development of surgical checklists, but the death of his father has inspired him …
11 years, 9 months ago
It’s time to change surgical training in the UK
In a GMC survey last year, the UK’s surgical trainees came bottom of the list when it came to satisfaction about their training. Today, Craig McIlhe…
11 years, 10 months ago