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397 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago -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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Encounters — A family physician's love for literature is intertwined in his career
February 04, 2019 09:00 - 11 minutes - 8.14 MBIn this narrative, Dr. Peter Newman remembers with fondness a person who ignited his love for literature and influenced his choice of career. Dr. Peter Newman is a family physician, teacher, and writer. He has worked extensively overseas, and is with the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.He wrote a Humanities Encounters article published in CMAJ called "Heart and head."To read the article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.180907-----------------------...
Philosophers on Medicine — What is medicine?
January 28, 2019 09:00 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Jonathan Fuller, philosophy of medicine postdoctoral fellow and graduating medical student at the University of Toronto, has a chat with Alex Broadbent, professor of philosophy at the University of Johannesburg.They discuss how medicine is defined, how the definition has changed over time, and what the term means in various contexts.For more philosophical discussions related to medicine, visit www.philosophersonmedicine.comDr. Alex Broadbent published a related Medicine a...
Transgender-inclusive health care
January 21, 2019 09:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBIn this podcast, Professor Alex Abramovich and Dr. June Lam discuss considerations for transgender patients in primary care.Prof. Alex Abramovich is an Independent Scientist at the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and an Assistant Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.Dr. June Lam is a fifth-year psychiatry resident physician and also pursuing his Master's degree in Clinical Epidemiology and He...
Encounters — A palliative care physician blames herself after a patient dies by suicide
January 14, 2019 09:00 - 8 minutes - 5.95 MBIn this narrative, Dr. Susan MacDonald reflects on her involvement in the end-of-life choices of one of her patients.Dr. Susan MacDonald is a palliative care physician and associate professor of medicine and family medicine Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland. She wrote a Humanities Encounters article published in CMAJ called "Leo died the other day."To read the article (subscription required): www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.180953-----------------------------------For more s...
Disability and mental illness: social versus medical models of understanding
January 07, 2019 09:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBIn this podcast, Professor Andrew Hogan examines the history of the social and medical models of disability and mental illness. The social model characterizes disability as the product of an unaccommodating and oppressive society. In contrast, the medical model supposes that a disability is an individual and medical diagnosis.Prof. Hogan is assistant professor in the Department of History at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. His research examines evolving clinical perspectives and narr...
Med Life with Dr. Horton — CaRMS interviews and ranking residency training programs
January 04, 2019 10:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBIn this first "Med Life with Dr. Horton" podcast, Dr. Jillian Horton answers questions about CaRMS, the Canadian Resident Matching Service. In this episode, she is joined by Dr. Moneeza Walji.They answer these questions:What are some strategies for choosing and ranking programs?Should I have a back-up program in my ranking?What should I do about conflicting interviews?What are interviewers looking for in a candidate?What should I do when I can't think of an answer to an interview question?Sho...
Lessons from early sex education efforts: The Health League of Canada
December 17, 2018 09:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBIn this podcast, Professor Catherine Carstairs tells listeners about one of the first sex education efforts in our country called the Health League of Canada. In light of Ontario Premier Doug Ford's controversial move to go back to using a sex education curriculum that was created in 1998, it is helpful to examine historical efforts, and past failures, to educate the public about sex and sexually transmitted infection. Professor Catherine Carstairs is department chair and professor of history...
Lignes directrices : dépistage du cancer du sein chez les femmes qui ne sont pas à risque accru
December 10, 2018 09:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBDre 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. Ils sont t...
Guideline: screening for breast cancer in women aged 40–74 years who are not at increased risk
December 10, 2018 09:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Ainsley Moore discusses the latest evidence on screening for breast cancer in women aged 40–74 years who are not at increased risk for breast cancer. The guideline is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.Dr. Ainsley Moore is a family physician and Associate Clinical Professor at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. She is vice chair of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, the group that authored the guideline.Full guideline article (ope...
Encounters — A neonatologist considers what parents worry about
December 10, 2018 09:00 - 6 minutes - 4.58 MBIn 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.180637-----------------------------------For mo...
Encounters — A family doctor reflects on the role of touch in medicine
December 03, 2018 09:00 - 6 minutes - 4.69 MBIn 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/10.1503/cmaj...
Time to recall high-strength opioid formulations?
December 03, 2018 09:00 - 24 minutes - 16.5 MBIn 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. Matthew Herder is the Director of the Health Law Institute and Associate Professor in the Departm...
Acute flaccid myelitis: what clinicians know and don't know about the polio-like syndrome
December 03, 2018 09:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBIn 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.ca/lookup/doi/10...
Encounters — A psychiatrist and his patient who has been labeled a pedophile
November 26, 2018 11:04 - 6 minutes - 4.55 MBIn 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.180444-----------------...
How to pay for Canadian pharmacare
November 26, 2018 09:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBCanada 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. He has studied prescription...
Buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone) to treat opioid use disorder
November 26, 2018 09:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBIn 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. Mich...
Mindful practice in medicine with Dr. Ronald Epstein
November 19, 2018 09:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBIn 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
November 09, 2018 14:12 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBMajor 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. He co-wrote an analysis article publish...
Engaging patients in health research: experiences, tips and challenges
November 07, 2018 09:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBTwo conversations about partnering with patients to improve health research. This podcast offers practical tips and lessons learned along the way.First, researcher Joanna Henderson and youth-partner Jacqueline Relihan chat about their project that seeks to improve youth access to mental health and addiction services. Jacqueline shares how youth like her helped shape the research study from the very start.Second, clinician-research Dr. Nav Persaud and patient-partner Diane Charter discuss thei...
Canadian burden of diseases and injuries (1990 to 2016)
November 05, 2018 09:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Heather Orpana and Dr. Justin Lang discuss the Canadian data from the Global Burden of Disease Study, a large and systematic effort to describe the burden of diseases and injuries in 195 countries over the past 3 decades. Heather Orpana is a research scientist at the Public Health Agency of Canada, and an adjunct professor with the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa. Justin Lang is a research analyst with the Public Health Agency of Canad...
Encounters — A medical resident contemplates the mysticism in Kullu Valley, India
November 05, 2018 09:00 - 10 minutes - 7.24 MBIn this narrative, Dr. Shaurya Taran, recounts the time he did an observership in northern India where he was born. The Kullu Valley, as he says, is a place where mysticism runs as deep as the tree’s roots and where the sacred deodars were protectors of the people.Dr. Taran is a third-year internal medicine resident at the University of Toronto. His Humanities Encounters article is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. It is called "Between a hermitage and a hospital."To read...
Turmeric/curcumin versus placebo in anti-inflammatory response
October 29, 2018 08:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Amit Garg discusses curcumin, its anti-inflammatory properties, and its usage as a natural health product. He describes a randomized-controlled trial he co-authored. In the study, oral curcumin was found to have no effect on biomarkers of organ injury and inflammatory response after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.Dr. Amit Garg is a nephrologist and professor of medicine, epidemiology and biostatistics at Western University. The research article he co-authored is publish...
Diagnosing ovarian cancer
October 22, 2018 08:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Mara Sobel and Dr. Melissa Walker discuss screening, assessing, and diagnosing ovarian cancer, for the primary care physician.Dr. Melissa Walker is a fifth-year resident in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Toronto. And Dr. Mara Sobel is an OBGYN and Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. Both work at Women’s College Hospital at the Preventive Ovarian Cancer Clinic in Toronto, Ontario. They co-authored a practice article published in the Canadian ...
Cardiovascular disease prevention and management in primary care: C-CHANGE guideline update
October 09, 2018 08:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Sheldon Tobe and Dr. Rahul Jain discuss the 2018 update to the Canadian Cardiovascular Harmonized National Guideline Endeavour (C-CHANGE). This guideline is meant for primary care physicians to help manage patients with heart disease or patients at risk for heart disease.Dr. Sheldon Tobe is co-chair of the C-CHANGE process, nephrologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and professor of medicine at both the University of Toronto and the Northern Ontario School of Medic...
Household disinfectants, gut microbiota and childhood obesity
September 17, 2018 05:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBIn this podcast, Prof. Anita Kozyrskyj explains the link between usage of household cleaning products, changes in the gut microbiota and increased risk of obesity in children. She also explains the opposite results they found with usage of eco-friendly cleaning products. The study she co-authored is published in CMAJ.Prof. Anita Kozyrskyj is a researcher and professor in the department of pediatrics at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Her research focuses on factors that influence child...
Smart devices and AI for fast identification of children with sepsis
September 10, 2018 09:00 - 12 minutes - 8.66 MBSepsis can have devastating consequences. But it is a disease that it sometimes difficult to identify in a timely manner. In this podcast, Dr. Mark Ansermino, discusses how data-driven automated tools could be the key to fast recognition and treatment of sepsis in children. Dr. Mark Ansermino, is a paediatric anesthesiologist and director of the centre for international child health at BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia.He co-authored a commentary, published in CMAJ.Full co...
Definitions of sepsis and septic shock for clinicians
September 10, 2018 09:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Bram Rochwerg and Dr. Shannon Fernando discuss Sepsis-3, the Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock. They explain the role of the Sepsis-3 definitions and clinical criteria, and discuss the confusion surrounding their clinical use.Dr. Shannon Fernando is a fifth-year resident in emergency and critical care medicine at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Bram Rochwerg is an internal medicine and critical care specialist and assistant professor at M...
Treating seniors who have multiple high-burden chronic diseases
August 27, 2018 09:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Sharon Straus and Prof. Monika Kastner share the results of their research on effectiveness of interventions for managing multiple high-burden chronic diseases affecting older adults. They discuss whether the single-disease approach to management is better than an integrated multi-disease approach to care.Prof. Monika Kastner is Research Chair in Knowledge Translation and Implementation at North York General Hospital in Toronto and Dr. Sharon Straus is interim physician-i...
Intimate portrait of Sir William Osler by Michael Bliss — an interview from 1999
August 22, 2018 14:01 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBWe bring you an interview from almost 20 years ago. Michael Bliss, medical historian and celebrated scholar, dug deep into the life of legendary physician Sir William Osler. He shares what he found.-----------------------------------Subscribe to CMAJ Podcasts on Apple Podcasts, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Overcast, Instacast, or your favourite aggregator. You can also follow us directly on our SoundCloud page or you can visit www.cmaj.ca/page/multimedia/podcasts. Join us as we explore medi...
Encounters — A neurologist takes his dad to the Alzheimer clinic
August 20, 2018 09:00 - 9 minutes - 6.88 MBIn this narrative, Dr. Donald Weaver takes his dad to the Alzheimer clinic for a check-up. He meets funny characters along the way.Dr. Weaver is a neurologist and director of the Krembil Research Institute in Toronto, Ontario. His Humanities Encounters article is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. It is called "In the Alzheimer waiting room."To read the article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.180320-----------------------------------For more stories like this one, ge...
Encounters — A refugee camp physician remembers a young patient who survived a chemical attack
August 13, 2018 09:00 - 11 minutes - 8.2 MBIn this narrative, Dr. Tony Bruno shares the story of a young patient he treated overseas during a humanitarian mission. Dr. Bruno is a family and emergency doctor in Calgary, Alberta, who works primarily as an international humanitarian physician. His Humanities Encounters article is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. It is called "Yousef's story."To view the photo mentioned in the article or to read the article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.180131-----------------...
Encounters — A surgeon reflects on assisted dying after his father's death
July 16, 2018 07:00 - 7 minutes - 5.1 MBIn this narrative, Dr. Mike Gross shares the story of the death of his father and reflects on medically assisted dying in this context. Dr. Gross is an orthopedic surgeon at the QEII Health Sciences Centre and a professor at Dalhousie University School of Medicine in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His Humanities Encounters article is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. It is titled "Not easy: a son reflects on assisted dying."Full article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.180173-...
Encounters — An emergency physician heals his grief by helping others
July 09, 2018 07:00 - 7 minutes - 5.01 MBIn this narrative, Dr. Damon Dagnone shares how helping others with grief can be healing. Dr. Dagnone is an emergency physician at Kingston General Hospital and Associate Professor at Queen’s University School of Medicine in Kingston, Ontario. His Humanities Encounters article is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. It is titled "Facing grief." Full article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.180247-----------------------------------For more stories like this one, get your ...
Asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy: clinical practice guideline
July 09, 2018 07:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Ainsley Moore discusses a clinical practice guideline on behalf of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. This guideline, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, reexamines the evidence behind a routine part of prenatal care: screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy.Dr. Ainsley Moore is a family physician and Associate Clinical Professor at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.Full guideline article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503...
Care of older adults with dementia and their caregivers
July 03, 2018 07:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBIn this interview, Dr. Dallas Seitz explains community-based approaches to identifying and supporting older adults with dementia and their caregivers. He summarizes the latest evidence from the literature.Dr. Dallas Seitz is a psychiatrist and health services researcher. He is also associate professor and Chair of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.He co-authored a CMAJ article titled "Care of community-dwelling olde...
Fecal microbiota transplantation for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection
June 18, 2018 07:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MBIn this interview, Dr. Susy Hota and Dr. Susan Poutanen explain fecal microbiota transplantation as an effective treatment for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. They also explain risk management and proper administration of the treatment, and how the medical field is starting to explore this treatment option for other diseases.Dr. Susy Hota is medical director of Infection Prevention and Control at the University Health Network in Toronto and assistant professor in the Department of ...
Hepatitis C virus management: clinical practice guideline
June 04, 2018 08:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Hemant Shah and Dr. Jordan Feld discuss a clinical practice guideline from the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver on the management of chronic hepatitis C. The guideline is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.Dr. Hemant Shah is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and Clinical Director at the Toronto Centre for Liver Disease.Dr. Jordan Feld is Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and Clinician-...
Encounters — A psychiatrist is reminded of her position of power
May 28, 2018 07:00 - 8 minutes - 5.56 MBDr. Beverly Goodwin, a community-based psychiatrist and former family physician in Smiths Falls and Carleton Place, Ontario, reads her article called "Stanley and me." In this narrative, Dr. Goodwin shares an encounter with a particular patient in her psychiatry clinic. This patient helped remind her of the power physicians can hold over their most vulnerable patients. Her Humanities Encounters article is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.Full article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/d...
Patient-oriented research: a home in CMAJ Open
May 22, 2018 07:00 - 15 minutes - 10.3 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Kirsten Patrick, deputy editor for the Canadian Medical Association Journal, discusses an editorial she co-authored on the topic of patient-oriented research. She is joined by her co-authors, Diane Aubin and Maryam Kebbe. Diane Aubin is an Associate Director with the Alberta Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research support unit and works at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.Maryam Kebbe is completing her PhD in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Alberta. ...
Failing women in psychiatry: examining a painful past
May 22, 2018 05:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBIn this podcast, Mary Koziol and Dr. Andrea Tone discuss the modern history of psychiatric treatments for women. This historical lens provides a unique viewpoint to analyze gender bias in medicine. Mary Koziol is a fourth-year medical student at McGill University. She will be starting her residency in family medicine at the University of British Columbia in July.Andrea Tone is a Professor of History in the Department of Social Studies of Medicine at McGill University and holds a Canada Resear...
Research among Indigenous Peoples
May 22, 2018 05:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Stacey Marjerrison and Dr. Chelsea Gabel discuss health research involving Indigenous Peoples. They explore opportunities for collaboration that move away from the traditionally Western-centric approach.Dr. Stacey Marjerrison is a pediatric hematologist/oncologist at the McMaster Children’s Hospital, as well as Assistant Clinical Professor, and non-Indigenous researcher in the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster University. Dr. Chelsea Gabel is Métis from Rivers, Manitob...
Screening for impaired vision: clinical practice guideline
May 14, 2018 05:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Brenda Wilson discusses the new guideline on screening for impaired vision in community-dwelling adults aged 65 years and older in primary care settings. The guideline is authored by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care and is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.Dr. Brenda Wilson is a professor of Community Health and Humanities at Memorial University of Newfoundland and a member of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.Full guid...
The ethics of face transplants: medical versus societal needs
April 23, 2018 09:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBIn this interview, professor Sharrona Pearl explores the history of face transplants through an ethical and societal lens. She discusses the intrinsic link between the face and one's sense of identity and wholeness as a person.Prof. Pearl is an Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. She received her PhD. in the History of Science from Harvard University. Her article, titled “Saving faces” was published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.Full medical h...
Encounters — Perspectives on terminal cancer and what matters at the end of life
April 16, 2018 09:00 - 13 minutes - 8.99 MBIn this audio reading, we hear the perspectives of a patient, the spouse of another patient, and the oncologist who cared for both patients. They share their thoughts on terminal cancer, doctor-patient communication, and what changes when you know the end is near. The article, titled "What really matters at the end: perspectives from a patient, a family member and an oncologist," was written by Penny Nelson, Rachel Koven and Dr. Christopher Booth (Department of Oncology, Queen’s University, K...
Premature atherosclerosis in patients with chronic rheumatic diseases
April 06, 2018 00:00 - 12 minutes - 8.65 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Alexandra Legge discusses a review article she co-authored on managing premature atherosclerosis in patients with chronic rheumatic inflammatory diseases. Cardiovascular disease is underrecognized and undertreated in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases.Dr. Alex Legge is an Internal Medicine resident at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is enrolled in the Clinician-Investigator Program and co-wrote the review article with Dr. John Hanly, rheumatolog...
Measles vaccination in Canada: apathy and hesitancy from 1963—1998
March 28, 2018 00:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBIn this interview, professors Heather MacDougall and Laurence Monnais discuss perceptions, apathy and opposition around vaccination. Specifically, they take a look at the factors underpinning low uptake of measles vaccine in the 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s, decades before the infamous Wakefield autism article.Heather MacDougall is an associate professor at the University of Waterloo where she specializes in the history of public health and health policy. Laurence Monnais is a professor of history...
Encounters — A new parent turns to graphic medicine to help sort her thoughts
March 24, 2018 00:00 - 5 minutes - 4.18 MBSylvia Nickerson, an artist in Hamilton, Ontario, reads her article called "Seeking graphic medicine narratives." In the article, Dr. Nickerson explains how graphic medicine can probe the emotional, moral and human aspects of medicine. Her Humanities Encounters article is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.Full article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.171318-----------------------------------For more stories like this one, get your copy of CMAJ’s Encounters Book. This a...
Sugar-sweetened drinks as the new tobacco: examining potential harms of a sugar tax
March 19, 2018 00:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBIn this podcast, Prof. Natalie Riediger and Prof. Andrea Bombak discuss their analysis article published in the CMAJ that looks at a proposed tax on sugar-sweetened beverages through a social justice lens. A sugar tax could have unintended detrimental effects for certain vulnerable populations if not implemented properly.Dr. Riediger is an assistant professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences and Ongomiizwin Research at the Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing at the Univer...
Encounters — A Métis medical resident ponders his identity
March 15, 2018 00:00 - 5 minutes - 3.84 MBDr. Ryan Giroux, a resident in pediatrics at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, reads his article called "Bannock as medicine." In the article, Dr. Giroux shares how an encounter with a First Nations patient allowed him to ponder his own identity as a Métis physician. His Humanities Encounters article is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.Full article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.170875-----------------------------------For more stories like this one, get yo...
Encounters — A pediatric emergency physician struggles to make sense of a child's death
March 11, 2018 00:00 - 6 minutes - 4.68 MBDr. Samina Ali, a pediatric emergency physician in Edmonton, Alberta, reads her article called "A note to Aaron." In the article, Dr. Ali shares the story of one particular child, Aaron Fortier. The story is true. Her Humanities Encounters article is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.Full article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.171182-----------------------------------For more stories like this one, get your copy of CMAJ’s Encounters Book. This anthology of prose and ...