BMJ talk medicine

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. Robert Coleman. Dr. Coleman is a Gynecologic Oncologist and Chief Medical Officer at Sarah Cannon Research Institute (SCRI) in Nashville, TN. His research interests include drug development, clinical trial design and global medical education in gynecologic oncology.

Highlights:

- Strong mentorship is vital to personal and academic development. However, it is a two-way street. True synergy will come from bilateral engagement.

- Remember your clinic is your “laboratory” – keep a keen eye for clinical relationships, build hypotheses, and practice the exercise of how to best test it. Even in resource-constrained situations, the process of discovery and hypothesis testing will arm one to be a better investigator and to most appropriately interrogate the literature.

- A strong balance between personal and professional responsibilities will provide the environment for sustainability – this is the long game!

In this podcast, Dr. Javier Rodríguez-Carrio talks to Dr. Pavel Ovseiko and Prof. Laura Coates about the recent paper on gender equity in academic rheumatology which emerged from a EULAR task force. They discuss the current situation of gender equity in academic rheumatology across Europe, the pros and cons of potential interventions to accelerate gender-equitable career advancement in this field and how and these be applied in the short- and long-term. Link to the viewpoint: https://rmdopen.bmj.com/content/8/2/e002518.long

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Editor-in-Chief of the Archives of Disease in Childhood, Dr. Nick Brown, and Senior Editor of ADC, Dr. Rachel Agbeko, bring you the monthly Atoms - the highlights of the March 2023 issue.

Read it on the Archives of Disease in Childhood website: https://adc.bmj.com/content/108/3/i

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In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Professor James Rudd, is joined by Professor Vijay Kunadian from Newcastle, UK. They discuss all aspects of NSTEACS in women - from risk factors to management and outcomes, plus what we all need to do to improve matters. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2

Link to published paper:

https://heart.bmj.com/content/108/21/1682

https://www.thelancet.com/commissions/women-cardiovascular-disease

In this episode of Talk Evidence, Helen Macdonald is joined by Juan Franco and Joe Ross, to bring you the newest evidence in The BMJ.

First, chronic pain. As prescribers move away from opioids, Juan finds an overview of systematic reviews asking whether anti-depressants might help.

Joe finds new research on the link between six healthy lifestyle markers and cognitive decline.

Helen looks at a trial to reduce prescribing among older people with suspected urinary tract infection or UTI.

Juan has a nuanced take on the updated evidence on masks to reduce the spread of respiratory viruses.

Finally, an international group of researchers traced the health claims made about infant formula milk back to the evidence or lack of it

Reading list:

Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of antidepressants for pain in adults

https://www.bmj.com/content/380/bmj-2022-072415

Association between healthy lifestyle and memory decline in older adults

https://www.bmj.com/content/380/bmj-2022-072691

Effect of a multifaceted antibiotic stewardship intervention to improve antibiotic prescribing for suspected urinary tract infections in frail older adults

https://www.bmj.com/content/380/bmj-2022-072319

Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses

https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub6/full

Health and nutrition claims for infant formula

https://www.bmj.com/content/380/bmj-2022-071075

In this podcast, James Cave (Editor-in-Chief) and David Phizackerley (Deputy Editor) talk about the March 2023 issue of DTB. They discuss incorrect penicillin allergy labels and ways that these can be corrected (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/61/3/34). They review clinical trial results for lecanameb in early Alzheimer's disease (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/61/3/37) and also talk about a new combined oral contraceptive that contains estetrol and drospirenone (https://dtb.bmj.com/content/61/3/39). They begin by discussing a proposal from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to lower the threshold for offering statins for primary prevention.

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BJSM’s Liam West talks to Dr. Richard Weiler about concussion in Para Sport. Dr. Weiler and colleagues have investigated concussion experiences of blind male footballers turning up some very interesting results. To ensure that these findings are accessible to visually impaired individuals, they have gone down the novel route of creating an audio file of the entire paper – the link for this can be found below.

Links -

"Concussion through my eyes" audio paper

https://on.soundcloud.com/XQb2T

Concussion in para sport: the first position statement of the Concussion in Para Sport (CIPS) Group - https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/55/21/1187

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2023/02/14/bjsports-2022-106256

In this episode of the IJGC podcast, Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Pedro Ramirez, is joined by Dr. David M. Gershenson to discuss updates on germ cell tumors. Dr. Gershenson is Professor and former Chair of the Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. His major focus is on the clinical and translational research or rare ovarian cancers.

Highlights:

- The treatment of malignant ovarian germ cell tumor has evolved over the last 5 decades to represent one of our most remarkable success stories, with cure in 95+% of patients with stage I/II and approximately 75% of patients with stage III/IV.

- AGCT1531 is a very important trial, which, if positive, will reduce toxicity by extending surveillance to patients with stage IA or IB malignant ovarian germ cell tumors, including grade 2 and 3 immature teratomas, yolk sac tumors, and non-gestational choriocarcinomas and will result in the substitution of carboplatin for cisplatin in the regimen for treatment of stage IC-III.

- Fertility-sparing surgery is possible in the majority of young patients with malignant ovarian germ cell tumor, related to the following: a) 95% are confined to one ovary ; b) approximately 2/3s are stage I; and c) most patients are in their teenage years, 20s, and 30s and have not completed childbearing.

- Major controversies differentiating the treatment of children and adults by pediatric oncologists/pediatric surgeons and gynecologic oncologists, respectively, include the extent of surgical staging and the role of postoperative chemotherapy in patients with pure immature teratoma.

- For patients with malignant ovarian germ cell tumors who recur following primary therapy, BEP is recommended for those who have been treated with surgery alone. For those who have previously received BEP, standard management generally includes high-dose chemotherapy with stem cell rescue.

- Aspects of management of malignant ovarian germ cell tumors that require further study include the role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and the role of secondary cytoreductive surgery.

Sudden Unexpected Postnatal Collapse can be a really disturbing event, and one where the whole team need to pull together. A trio of international neonatologists considered if therapeutic hypothermia might be an option for the baby - while we summarise in this podcast their full thoughts are seriously worth a read: https://adc.bmj.com/content/108/3/236.1

We would love for you to be involved in Archi [adc.bmj.com/pages/authors/#archimedes] - and your index problem can be far more mundane, and doesn’t have to be neonatal.

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Maybe you’ve been following BMJ Student for a really long time, or maybe you’re new to following us. Perhaps you only know about Sharp Scratch, or you’ve written and worked with us before. However much you know about BMJ Student, we hope today’s episode will be a look behind the scenes at what it means to work at The BMJ.

Today we’ve got four current/former Editorial Scholars ready to talk all about our experiences working at The BMJ, as well as how you can get involved via the Clegg Scholarship, the Editorial Scholarship, Sharp Scratch, and writing articles! We’ll dive into any worries we had before joining, and unpick our experiences to hopefully allow you to get a better insight into the inner workings of a medical journal!

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