CMAJ Podcasts

Dr. Diane Kelsall, deputy editor, interviews Dr. Xuyi Mimi Wang, fellow in geriatrics at McMaster University. In a review published in CMAJ, Dr. Wang and colleagues discuss the complex and common issue of elder abuse. Although evidence to support screening and any particular intervention is weak, physicians must be skilled in handling this important problem. Wang and colleagues discuss an advocacy approach that physicians can adopt to handle suspected cases of elder abuse...

Dr. Matthew Stanbrook, deputy editor for CMAJ, interviews Dr. Danielle Martin, family physician and VP of Medical Affairs and Health System Solutions at Women's College Hospital in Toronto. Dr. Martin and colleagues say that implementing universal public coverage of prescription drugs in Canada would be estimated to reduce total spending by $7.2 billion while increasing government costs by only $1.0 billion...

Dr. Diane Kelsall, deputy editor, interviews Dr. Patricia Parkin, pediatrician at the Hospital for Sick Children, professor with the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. CMAJ recently published new recommendations from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, where Dr. Parkin is chair of the child obesity working group. The Task Force recommends structured behavioural interventions for obese and overweight children, but not medications or surgery...

Highlights from the March 17th issue of CMAJ, presented by Dr. John Fletcher, editor-in-chief, and Dr. Domhnall MacAuley, associate editor...

Interview with Paula Brauer, head of the adult obesity working group at the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. This latest guideline from the Task Force, published in CMAJ, focuses on the growing epidemic of obesity in adults, recommendations for prevention of weight gain and use of behavioural and pharmacologic interventions to manage overweight and obesity in adults in primary care. Full guideline: http://www.cmaj...

Highlights from the March 3rd issue of CMAJ, presented by Dr. Kirsten Patrick, deputy editor, and Dr. Domhnall MacAuley, associate editor. In this issue: seasonal variation of nocturnal leg cramps, concerns over the use of quinine to treat leg cramps, quality indicators of pharmacotherapy, dangers of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole co-prescribed with spironolactone, IV immunoglobulin as therapy, human myiasis in Canada, use of primary care EMR data for research, and more...

Interview with Dr. Sheryl Spithoff, addiction medicine specialist and family physician at Women's College Hospital in Toronto who co-authored a commentary published in CMAJ. Spithoff and Dr. Suzanne Turner say the Canadian health care system provides inadequate access to effective treatment for at-risk drinking and alcohol use disorders...

Interview with Dr. Dennis Ko, interventional cardiologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto and senior scientist with the Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences. Dr. Ko and colleagues found that patients discharged after an emergency department visit for chest pain were less likely to be seen within 30 days by a primary care physician or cardiologist if they had known cardiac or cerebrovascular conditions, as well as other comorbidities...

Highlights from the February 17th issue of CMAJ, presented by Dr. Kirsten Patrick, deputy editor, and Dr. Matthew Stanbrook, deputy editor. In this issue: adverse outcomes among patients co-prescribed clarithromycin and statins, cost-effectiveness of screening for hepatitis C, sofosbuvir to treat hepatitis C, unsanctioned travel restrictions related to Ebola, caring for Aboriginal patients, lung-protective ventilation, living with ALS, and more. Full issue table of contents: http://www.cmaj...

Interview with Dr. Raza Naqvi, assistant professor of geriatrics at Western University. In their systematic review and meta-analysis published in CMAJ, Dr. Naqvi and colleagues found that the RUDAS, a brief and freely available tool, compares well with standard tools assessing cognitive deficits. It was developed for particular use among patients whose first language is not English, which makes it useful in settings where patient groups are diverse. Full article: http://www.cmaj...