CMAJ Podcasts: Exploring the latest in Canadian medicine from coast to coast to coast with your hosts, Drs. Mojola Omole and Blair Bigham. CMAJ Podcasts delves into the scientific and social health advances on the cutting edge of Canadian health care. Episodes include real stories of patients, clinicians, and others who are impacted by our health care system.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 6 days 41 minutes
Encounters — A neonatologist considers what parents worry about
In her narrative, Dr. Krishna Acharya reflects on importance of taking the time to learn what families worry about. Dr. Acharya is a neonatologist and assistant professor of pediatrics in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her Humanities Encounters article is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. It is called "The other side."This audio version of the article is read by Hiba Kukaswadia.To read the article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj...
Lignes directrices : dépistage du cancer du sein chez les femmes qui ne sont pas à risque accru
Dre Guylène Thériault nous explique les recommandations clé des nouvelles lignes directrices sur le dépistage du cancer du sein chez les femmes âgées de 40 à 74 ans qui ne sont pas à risque accru. Dans cette conversation, elle est interviewé par Dr Roland Grad.Dr Roland Grad est médecin de famille et professeur agrégé de médecine de famille à l’Université McGill à Montréal. Dre Guylène Thériault est médecin de famille, professeure, et de vice-doyenne adjointe à l'Université McGill...
Time to recall high-strength opioid formulations?
In this podcast, we hear from two experts who are calling on the Canadian minister of health to recall high-strength opioid formulations from the Canadian market. They explain why it might be time to consider using Vanessa's Law, which empowers the minister of health to recall a drug when he or she “believes that a therapeutic product presents a serious or imminent risk of injury to health.”Prof...
Encounters — A family doctor reflects on the role of touch in medicine
In this narrative, Dr. Martina Kelly reflects on the role of “touch” in medicine, a word that seems inappropriately intimate but also a routine part of clinical practice.Dr. Kelly is a family doctor, working in the Dept of Family Medicine of the University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine in Calgary, Alberta. Her Humanities Encounters article is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. It is called "Learning to touch."To read the article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10...
Acute flaccid myelitis: what clinicians know and don't know about the polio-like syndrome
In this podcast, Dr. Peter Gill, general pediatrician and researcher at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, discusses the latest clinical information about acute flaccid myelitis: how it is spread, symptoms, how to diagnose, how to manage, and more.He co-authored a peer-reviewed practice article published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. It is titled "Five things to know about...Acute flaccid myelitis."Full practice article (subscription required): www.cmaj...
Encounters — A psychiatrist and his patient who has been labeled a pedophile
In this narrative, Dr. Jonathan Gray remembers a former patient who has been labeled a pedophile. This true story reminds us that it’s often easy to condemn but far more difficult to understand. Dr. Gray is a forensic psychiatrist at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, in Ottawa, Ontario. His Humanities Encounters article is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. It is called "Just a pedophile."To read the article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj...
How to pay for Canadian pharmacare
Canada has long been the only high-income country with a universal health insurance system that excludes universal coverage of prescription drugs. In this podcast, Steve Morgan and Michael Wolfson, two prominent health policy and economics researchers, propose a detailed funding model for national pharmacare that would result in savings. Steve Morgan is a professor of health policy in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia...
Buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone) to treat opioid use disorder
In this podcast, Dr. Tina Hu and Dr. Adam Pyle describe in detail how to treat opioid use disorder with buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone). They cover which patients are good candidates, how it compares to methadone, how it should be administered, what needs to happen in terms of follow-up. They discuss all of this in the context of the latest evidence.Dr. Tina Hu is a family medicine resident physician at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. Dr. Adam Pyle is a staff family physician at St...
Mindful practice in medicine with Dr. Ronald Epstein
In this podcast, we hear from Dr. Ronald Epstein, family physician, palliative care physician, author, musician, researcher. He is also an expert on integrating mindfulness in medicine. He is the subject of a Humanities Profile article published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The article is written by Dr. Miriam Shuchman, who is both psychiatrist and journalist.Full humanities article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.180821More on Dr. Ronald Epstein:http://www.ronaldepstein...
Nobel, Gairdner and other major health research prizes: Canada vs international winners since 1959
Major prizes, such as the Gairdner or the Nobel, are one of the indicators of how well we’re doing in health and biomedical research in Canada. In this podcast, Dr. David Naylor analyzes why there has been a decline in the number of Canadians winning major health research prizes. Dr. David Naylor is professor of medicine and former president of the University of Toronto. He has a longstanding interest in science policy and Canada’s relative performance...