Welcome to episode 53. The final.

Here is the link to the article:

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2114695?query=featured_home

Hello and welcome to episode 52. This episode uses the Christmas themed BMJ as its source of medical interest.

https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/375/bmj-2021-068001.full.pdf

Hello and welcome to episode 51. This episode mixes health and politics in the UK.

The article can be found using the link below:

https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n3056?=&utm_source=adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=usage&utm_content=daily&utm_term=text

Hello and welcome to episode 50.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2784458

Hello and welcome to episode 49.

This episode considers chronic renal failure and its treatment with different forms of peritoneal dialysis. The article used is taken from the New England Journal of Medicine and is a clinical education article. Sections  of the article are read for you to enjoy and follow in the text. Areas covered include the physiology of dialysis, the anatomy of the peritoneum I am well as the outcomes of this form of treatment.

 

The link to  the article is in the notes:

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra2100152

Hello and welcome to episode 48.

This time we return to the subject of the Covid pandemic and the role of vaccination, but this time there is an ethical component which is presented an opinion article published in the BMJ.

It argues from ethical standpoint healthcare workers of different types have an obligation to be vaccinated to protect their patients.

The article is available freely for a BMJ website and the link to the article is in the notes.

https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/375/bmj.n2670.full.pdf

Hello and welcome to episode 47.

This episode is rather different and more genteel than usual, as it is talks of the experience of a doctor outside of work and is not technical.

The article taken from the BMJ and explores the benefits of having an allotment, an area of land like a garden that allows you to grow fruit and vegetables. As you can see from the commentary, it is beneficial for people’s mental health, giving them an opportunity to connect with nature, finding something to do that is totally different from their work, and is a form of relaxation as well as providing food.

The link is in the notes.

https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2370?=&utm_source=adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=usage&utm_content=daily&utm_term=text

Hello and welcome to episode 46.

 

This episode uses an article that considers  the important issue of prevention of cardiovascular disease with dietary intervention.  That is, the benefits of  lower dietary animal fat in particular and the increase in intake of fats derived from plants. The selected article is a systematic review of cohort studies that analyses the benefits of alpha linolenic acid with respect to all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality.

The article is freely available and the link is in the notes.

https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2213

Hello and welcome to episode 45.

 

The article used this time continues on the theme of climate change and the actions that are required to reduce our output of carbon. It  remains topical in the light of its importance and the up-and-coming COP26 conference in Glasgow later this year.

 

The article considers actions that will be required for sectors that are the dominate sources of  carbon production and the benefits of change. There are different routes to achieve change but we cannot rely upon education alone. We need to change the physical and economic environments to make change sustainable but also make sure that actions are fair.

Extracts of the article are read and as it is is freely available, the other sections can be accessed at your leisure.

https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2293

Hello and welcome to episode 44.

In view of the well recognised climate and biodiversity crisis, medical journals around the world have published a joint editorial calling for real action.

In this episode the editorial is read and a link to it is in the notes. However it is widely available elsewhere.

 

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(21)00204-8/fulltext