STI Podcast

By BMJ Group

The Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) podcast offers the latest updates on the transmission, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of STIs and HIV. Each episode features in-depth interviews with ren... more

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The podcast currently has 88 episodes available.

STI Podcast episodes:

November 27, 2015 Seasonal differences in sexual behaviour and sexually transmissible diseases in Melbourne, Australia
In this podcast Dr Katy Turner talks to Dr Vincent Cornelisse about his recently published paper "Summer Heat: A cross-sectional analysis of seasonal differences in sexual behaviour and sexually transmissible diseases in Melbourne, Australia".
They discuss the seasonal differences in sexual activity and disease transmission across different sexual pairings and the seasons.
Full text: http://sti.bmj.com/content/early/2015/11/05/sextrans-2015-052225.full?sid=1b9dd132-b40c-4e25-afb6-995380d28d03
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19min
November 10, 2015 ISSTDR conference - Jane Hocking
In this podcast Dr Katy Turner talks to Dr Jane Hocking at the ISSTDR conference in Brisbane, Australia. They discuss Dr Hocking's preliminary results from a Chlamydia screening trial across Australia and the logistics for testing and collecting data across such a large area.
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9min
November 10, 2015 ISSTDR conference - Hayley Denison
In this podcast Dr Katy Turner talks to PhD student Hayley Denison at the ISSTDR conference in Brisbane. They discuss the differences studying for a PhD in New Zealand compared to the UK and how social media has helped people keep up to date at conferences.
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7min
July 03, 2015 Sex, drugs, and men who have sex with men
How does drug use feed into STI transmission in men who have sex with men? What kinds of behaviours happen, and how can clinicians discuss these issues with men and best help them?
In this podcast Adam Bourne, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and David Stuart, substance use lead at the 56 Dean Street sexual health clinic, discuss the issues and offer their advice.
Read the related article:
Illicit drug use in sexual settings (‘chemsex’) and HIV/STI transmission risk behaviour among gay men in South London: findings from a qualitative study http://goo.gl/u6xubb
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15min
January 22, 2015 The disruptive influence of syphilis cures within specialist venereal systems
Simon Barton, Clinical Director, HIV & Sexual Health, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London, talks to Joseph D Tucker, International Diagnostics Centre, Keppel Street, London, about his editorial on how the history of syphilis cures provides some guidance on preparing for a HIV cure. More information about the working group can be found here http://searchiv.web.unc.edu/
Read the full editorial:
http://sti.bmj.com/content/91/1/2.full
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20min
October 23, 2014 Scrotal recall
Nicola Low, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland, talks to Tom Edge, writer of the Channel 4 sitcom Scrotal Recall, a drama where a young man explores his past relationships via contact tracing after discovering he has chlamydia.
Tom discusses the medicine and research behind the writing, and the tensions between storytelling and science.
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14min
October 06, 2014 Gonorrhoea and chlamydia screening in HIV clinics: time for new tools and targets
Prevalence studies indicate approximately 10% of patients in HIV clinics may be infected with Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) and/or Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) at any given time, and a study recently published in STI by Burchell and colleagues reveals that a modest increase in testing in their clinic did not improve detection of CT and NG.
Khalil Ghanem, STI associate editor, asks Stephen Berry, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, to comment on the paper and what can be done to improve detection of NG and CT.
Read Dr Berry's full editorial: http://goo.gl/ABefHz
Read Burchell et al's paper: Modest rise in chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing did not increase case detection in a clinical HIV cohort in Ontario, Canada http://goo.gl/JPsp2e
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17min
August 20, 2014 The prevalence of and factors associated with paying for sex among men resident in Britain
STI associate editor Katy Turner talks to Kyle Jones, Infection & Population Health, University College London, about his studying examining who in the UK pays for sex.
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13min
August 20, 2014 Alcohol consumption and prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among US men
Jennifer Smith, STI associate editor, talks to Matthew Schabath, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, US, about his paper: Alcohol consumption and prevalence of human papillomavirus infection among US men in the HIM (HPV in Men) Study http://goo.gl/kVaHcm
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17min
February 10, 2014 The third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles in the UK
Dr Clare Tanton, UCL's Centre for Sexual Health and HIV research, and Soazig Clifton, NatCen Social Research, both researchers on The National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (http://natsal.ac.uk) join us to discuss the survey, how it was carried out, and some of the reaction to their findings.
Read the papers online:
What's new about Natsal-3: http://goo.gl/IDaRYN
Consistency in reporting sensitive sexual behaviours in Britain: http://goo.gl/Zu5qzc
Methodology of Natsal-3: http://goo.gl/y85Aw6
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12min

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