Podcast Episodes

Should doctors be prescribing cannabinoids?

Michael Farrell, professor and director of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, talks to Mab…

12 years, 4 months ago

Using HbA1c to diagnose type 2 diabetes

Glycated Haemoglobin (HbA1c) is used to measure glucose control in patients with diabetes, but can now be used as an alternative test to glucose conc…

12 years, 4 months ago

How to manage the first seizure in an adult

First seizure covers a wide range of manifestations, but picking up the minor events can prevent a patient from experiencing a major event, so early …

12 years, 4 months ago

Tamiflu US Press Conference

Tamiflu (oseltamivir) is a neuraminidase inhibitor, developed by Roche, for the treatment of seasonal and pandemic influenza. Yet for the first time …

12 years, 4 months ago

Triptans for the acute treatment of migraine

Mabel Chew talks to Tamara Pringsheim, from the University of Calgary, about the use of triptans for acute treatment of migraine. When, how, and what…

12 years, 4 months ago

Friends and family test: Don’t just collect data, use it

The NHS has been collecting data on patients’ experience of care for over 10 years but few providers are systematically using the information to impr…

12 years, 5 months ago

Who, when and how: Screening for MRSA

Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) remains one of the foremost hospital acquired pathogens.

Patients colonised or infected with MRSA …

12 years, 5 months ago

ParkinsonNet: a new approach to management of chronic disease

Read the full analysis of ParkinsonNet: http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g1838

Patients with Parkinson’s disease need long term support to manage t…

12 years, 5 months ago

Recognising a subdural haematoma in the elderly

Subdural haematoma is more common in elderly patients, yet the condition is easy to miss in this group.

John Young, a consultant geriatrician at Brad…

12 years, 5 months ago

The Health and Social Care bill: An end of year report

Each year at the Nuffield Trust Health Policy Summit, The BMJ hosts a breakfast roundtable. It has been one year since the Health and Social Care Bil…

12 years, 5 months ago