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In this narrative, Dr. Paul Moorehead reflects on a young patient’s wise words to him. The story is true.Dr. Moorehead is a pediatric hematologist oncologist at Janeway Children’s Health and Rehabilitation Centre in St. John’s, Newfoundland.He wrote a Humanities Encounters article published in CMAJ called "The truth about going home."To read the article: https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.190424Podcast transcript: https://www.cmaj.ca/transcript-190424-----------------------------------Music: Heartbreaking, YouTube audio library-----------------------------------For more stories like this one, get your copy of CMAJ’s Encounters Book. This anthology of prose and poetry of some 100 Canadian authors including Drs. David Goldbloom, Shane Neilson, Allan Peterkin and Monica Kidd, has been specially curated and includes a study guide. shop.cma.ca/products/encounters-----------------------------------Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page or you can visit www.cmaj.ca/page/multimedia/podcasts.

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In this podcast, Dr. Jonathan Fuller and Prof. Matthew Parrott discuss delusions, a concept that raises several questions from a philosophical perspective. They share their views on the nature of belief, and what is going on in a person’s mind during delusional thinking.Professor Matthew Parrott is from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham in the UK. Dr. Jonathan Fuller is assistant professor of history and philosophy of science at the University of Pittsburgh and a recent graduate of the University of Toronto medical school. For more philosophical discussions related to medicine, visit www.philosophersonmedicine.comFull humanities article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.190048-----------------------------------Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Overcast, Instacast, or your favourite podcast app. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page or you can visit www.cmaj.ca/page/multimedia/podcasts.

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Dr. Harald Gjerde reads his poem called "Le fou Bonnet." The poem is written from the perspective of a man with Charles Bonnet Syndrome, which causes complex visual hallucinations. Dr. Gjerde is a fifth year ophthalmology resident at Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia.To read his article, published in CMAJ: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.190276-----------------------------------Music: I Miss You, YouTube audio library-----------------------------------For more stories like this one, get your copy of CMAJ’s Encounters Book. This anthology of prose and poetry of some 100 Canadian authors including Drs. David Goldbloom, Shane Neilson, Allan Peterkin and Monica Kidd, has been specially curated and includes a study guide. shop.cma.ca/products/encounters-----------------------------------Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Overcast, Instacast, or your favourite app. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page or you can visit www.cmaj.ca/page/multimedia/podcasts.

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In this interview, Dr. George du Toit and Dr. Amitha Kalaichandran discuss how to safely reduce an infant’s risk of peanut allergy with early introduction of peanut protein. They talk about the evidence behind why this works to reduce risk and they explain the recommended timing, frequency, and amount of peanut that should be given to infants.Dr. George du Toit is a pediatric allergy physician at Evelina London Children's Hospital in London, UK. He is also one of the lead researchers for the LEAP (Learning Early About Peanut Allergy) study. Dr. Amitha Kalaichandran is a pediatrics resident physician and epidemiologist based in Ottawa.They co-authored a practice article published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Full article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.181613Additional resources:Canadian Paediatric Society Practice Point — Timing of introduction of allergenic solids for infants at high riskhttps://www.cps.ca/en/documents/position/allergenic-solidsNEJM LEAP Studyhttps://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1414850NEJM EAT Studyhttps://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1514210NEJM LEAP-ON Studyhttps://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1514209Review — Early introduction of foods to prevent food allergyhttps://aacijournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13223-018-0286-1 Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunologyhttps://csaci.ca Food Allergy Canada patient support grouphttps://foodallergycanada.ca/our-impact-advocacy-and-services/programs-and-services/support-groups/----------------------------------------------------------------------This podcast episode is brought to you by Audi Canada.The Canadian Medical Association has partnered with Audi Canada to offer CMA members a preferred incentive on select vehicle models. Purchase any new qualifying Audi model and receive an additional cash incentive based on the purchase type. Details of the incentive program can be found at www.audiprofessional.ca.-----------------------------------Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Overcast, Instacast, or your favourite aggregator. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page or you can visit www.cmaj.ca/page/multimedia/podcasts.

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In this interview, Dr. Steve Morgan and Dr. Kai Yeung discuss a possible framework for pharmacare. They argue and explain that setting copayments based on drugs’ clinical and economic value can promote patient choice and encourage cost-conscious selections.Dr. Kai Yeung is a pharmacist and pharmaceutical economist at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle, Washington, and Dr. Steve Morgan is a health economist and professor of health policy at University of British Columbia, in Vancouver.They co-authored an analysis article published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Full article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.181721----------------------------------------------------------------------Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Overcast, Instacast, or your favourite aggregator. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page or you can visit www.cmaj.ca/page/multimedia/podcasts.

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In this interview, Dr. Hans Rosenberg and Dr. Melise Keays discuss testicular torsion, a condition in which the spermatic vessels twist and cut off circulation to the testis. They explain the symptoms, how to diagnose it and how to treat it. They also explain how this condition can happen and why it's important to diagnose it in a timely manner.Dr. Hans Rosenberg is an emergency physician at The Ottawa Hospital and Dr. Melise Keays is a pediatric urologist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa.They co-authored a practice article published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Full article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.190158-----------------------------------Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Overcast, Instacast, or your favourite aggregator. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page or you can visit www.cmaj.ca/page/multimedia/podcasts.

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In this narrative, Kacper Niburski remembers when, for a short while, his father was unrecognizable to him.Mr. Niburski is a medical student at McGill University in Montréal, Québec, and editor of the CMAJ student humanities blog.He wrote a Humanities Encounters article published in CMAJ called "Cough."To read the article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.190314-----------------------------------Music: Impromptu in Quarter, YouTube audio library-----------------------------------For more stories like this one, get your copy of CMAJ’s Encounters Book. This anthology of prose and poetry of some 100 Canadian authors including Drs. David Goldbloom, Shane Neilson, Allan Peterkin and Monica Kidd, has been specially curated and includes a study guide. shop.cma.ca/products/encounters-----------------------------------Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Overcast, Instacast, or your favourite app. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page or you can visit www.cmaj.ca/page/multimedia/podcasts.

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In this interview, Dr. Natasha Crowcroft comments on the measles outbreaks in Canada and globally, what many roots of the problem are, and what she thinks needs to happen to address the outbreaks.Dr. Natasha Crowcroft is chief science officer for Public Health Ontario in Toronto and an expert consultant for the World Health Organization.She co-authored a commentary article published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Full article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.190559Podcast transcript: https://www.cmaj.ca/transcript-190559----------------------------------------------------------------------This podcast episode is brought to you by Audi Canada.The Canadian Medical Association has partnered with Audi Canada to offer CMA members a preferred incentive on select vehicle models. Purchase any new qualifying Audi model and receive an additional cash incentive based on the purchase type. Details of the incentive program can be found at www.audiprofessional.ca.-----------------------------------Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page or you can visit www.cmaj.ca/page/multimedia/podcasts.

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In this narrative, Dr. Brian Deady reflects back on a time when a four-legged friend entered his life and instilled in him a sense of empathy he didn’t know he lacked. The story is read by Troy Acres.Dr. Deady is an emergency physician in Vancouver, British Columbia.He wrote a Humanities Encounters article published in CMAJ called "The unbearable rightness of two-ball fetch."To read the article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.190213-----------------------------------Music: Evening Fall Harp by Kevin MacLeod, YouTube audio library-----------------------------------For more stories like this one, get your copy of CMAJ’s Encounters Book. This anthology of prose and poetry of some 100 Canadian authors including Drs. David Goldbloom, Shane Neilson, Allan Peterkin and Monica Kidd, has been specially curated and includes a study guide. shop.cma.ca/products/encounters-----------------------------------Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Overcast, Instacast, or your favourite app. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page or you can visit www.cmaj.ca/page/multimedia/podcasts.

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In this interview, Dr. Robin Scheffler talks about the history of childhood cancer vaccine research. He explores the turn from polio vaccine research to cancer vaccine research and the power of children in marketing campaigns, especially in the context of raising funds for children’s hospitals or finding cures for childhood diseases. CMAJ is partnering with New Books Network for this episode. NBN connects scholars to book authors and publishes modern book reviews in the form of a podcast. https://newbooksnetwork.com/category/science-technology/medicine/Dr. Robin Scheffler is a historian of biological and biomedical sciences and associate professor in the science, technology, and society program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Dr. Scheffler just published a book called “A Contagious Cause: The American Hunt for Cancer Viruses and the Rise of Molecular Medicine.”His Medicine and Society article is titled “Protecting children: the American turn from polio to cancer vaccines.” The article is published in CMAJ: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.181630-----------------------------------Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Overcast, Instacast, or your favourite aggregator. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page or you can visit www.cmaj.ca/page/multimedia/podcasts.

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