Going Viral

By HealthedMedicine Health & Fitness

Going Viral episodes

July 08, 2020 Going Viral: COVID-19 Tests - Swab, Saliva, Serum, or Stool?
In this Episode:
Nasopharyngeal swab is still the gold standard
What about false positives and weak positives?
Understanding the saliva test, point of care tests
Host: Dr David Lim, GP
Guest: Dr Michael Wehrhahn, Clinical Microbiologist and Infectious Disease Physician, Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology.
Total time: 23 mins
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26 min
July 07, 2020 Going Viral: Insights and lessons from the Victorian outbreak, is air-conditioning the missing link?
In this Episode:
The Victorian situation
More on masks
Is air conditioning a big risk?
Host: Dr David Lim, GP
Guest: Prof Robert Booy, Infectious Diseases Specialist; Senior Professorial Fellow, NCIRS; Professor, Child & Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead.
Total time: 23 mins
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24 min
July 06, 2020 Going Viral: Misunderstandings about virus survival on surfaces, how to approach dental procedures
In this Episode:
Studies on how long the virus survives on surfaces are often very misleading
More advice on masks, gloves and hygiene
Dental procedures
Host: Dr David Lim, GP
Guest: Dr Gary Grohmann, Virologist; Vaccine Manufacturing expert; Former Director of Immunobiology and WHO ERL at the TGA, Office of Laboratories and Scientific services.
Total time: 23 mins
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24 min
July 03, 2020 Going Viral: Stock up on supplies in case the lockdown expands, mutations and post infection sequelae
In this Episode:
New mutations - what are the clinical implications?
Post-COVID sequelae can be subtle, still being understood
Stay vigilant, stockpile supplies now in preparation for the next spike
Host: Dr David Lim, GP
Guest: Prof Raina MacIntyre, Head of Biosecurity, UNSW Kirby Institute.
Total time: 13 mins
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14 min
July 02, 2020 Going Viral: Long term lung problems post COVID infection
In this Episode:
When to suspect post-COVID pulmonary fibrosis
GPs have key role in promoting social responsibility
More advice on masks
Host: Dr David Lim, GP
Guest: Prof Hubertus Jersmann, Senior Respiratory Physician, SA Health; Senior Consultant, Adelaide Hospital; Professor, Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide.
Total time: 31 mins
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32 min
July 01, 2020 Going Viral: The BRACE trial & off-target benefits of vaccines
In this Episode:
What is the BRACE trial?
What are the off-target benefits of vaccines?
Should health professionals be getting the BCG?
Measles, marrow suppression and generalised vulnerability to illness
Host: Dr David Lim, GP
Guest: Dr Rama Kandasamy, Paediatrician, Sydney Children’s Hospital; NHMRC Emerging Leader Fellow; Conjoint Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Research, UNSW
Total time: 38 mins
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39 min
June 30, 2020 Clinical Takeaway: Obesity is a disease….here’s an insight into the science and why treatment is important but difficult
In this Episode:
Impact of obesity on reproduction is widely underestimated
Reproductive impacts of obesity begin in childhood
Male sub-fertility can often be improved by managing obesity
Reproductive impacts of obesity can be inter-generational
Host: Dr David Lim, GP
Guest: Prof John Dixon, Adjunct Professor; Iverson Health Innovations Institute, Swinburne University, Melbourne.
Total time: 38 mins
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39 min
June 29, 2020 Going Viral: Melbourne must use more masks
The WHO’s shifting messaging about masks is not evidence based
N95 masks > surgical masks >>cloth masks >>> no mask
COVID-19 is MORE airborne than SARS1 or MERS
The role of the GP in helping people understand the social contract
Host: Dr David Lim, GP
Guest: Prof Raina MacIntyre, Head of Biosecurity, UNSW Kirby Institute
Total time: 23 mins
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24 min
June 26, 2020 Going Viral: The Race to a Vaccine 5
A look at the most promising vaccines about to enter human trials
Human trials are just the beginning of an extremely complicated process
Even if the human trials are successful, it doesn't mean it works
Host: Dr David Lim, GP
Guest: Dr Gary Grohmann, Virologist; Vaccine Manufacturing expert; Former Director of Immunobiology and WHO ERL at the TGA, Office of Laboratories and Scientific services.
Total time: 30 mins
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31 min
June 25, 2020 Clinical Takeaway: Obesity Impacts on Reproduction
In this Episode:
Impact of obesity on reproduction is widely underestimated
Reproductive impacts of obesity begin in childhood
Male sub-fertility can often be improved by managing obesity
Reproductive impacts of obesity can be inter-generational
Host: Dr David Lim, GP
Guest: Prof Rob Norman, Medical Director and Fertility Specialist, Fertility SA
Total time: 26 mins
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27 min

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