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Talk Evidence - Radiation, fertility, and pneumonia

Talk Evidence - Radiation, fertility, and pneumonia

FromThe BMJ Podcast


Talk Evidence - Radiation, fertility, and pneumonia

FromThe BMJ Podcast

ratings:
Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Feb 27, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Helen Macdonald and Carl Heneghan are back again talking about what's happened in the world of evidence this month.

They start by talking about how difficult a task it is to find evidence that's definitely practice changing, what GPs can learn from Malawian children with nonsevere fast-breathing pneumonia, how radiation dosage varies substantially - and consultant radiologist Amy Davies what that means for patients.

They also rail against add-on tests for fertility, and the lack of evidence underpinning their use - will the traffic light system suggested help patients make treatment choices.

Carl's rant this week is based on a new study by Steve Woloshin and Lisa Schwartz which documented 20 years of medical marketing in the USA.

Reading list:
Pneumonia in Malawi - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30419120
Variation in radiation dose - https://www.bmj.com/content/364/bmj.k4931
Traffic light fertility tests - https://www.bmj.com/content/364/bmj.l226
Medical marketing - https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2720029
Released:
Feb 27, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The BMJ is an international peer reviewed medical journal and a fully “online first” publication. The BMJ’s vision is to be the world’s most influential and widely read medical journal. Our mission is to lead the debate on health and to engage, inform, and stimulate doctors, researchers, and other health professionals in ways that will improve outcomes for patients. We aim to help doctors to make better decisions.