CMAJ Podcasts
Episodes
Obstructive sleep apnea: diagnosis and treatment
03 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, Dr. Sachin Pendharkar describes for listeners the signs and symptoms of chronic obstructive sleep apnea, treatment options, and the...
HIV pre- and post-exposure prevention measures: clinical practice guideline
26 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, Dr. Darrell Tan takes listeners through the new Canadian guideline on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and nonoccupational postexposure...
Encounters — A family doc works out of a converted bus in Florida
05 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sarah Stumbar reads her article called "For the world to see Ana." Ana is a refugee living in the United States who represents countless...
Encounters — An emergency physician relives a significant night in Montreal in 1976
10 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In his article, Dr. Peter Clement Duffy, relives a very busy night in the emergency department that challenged the “Two-Solitudes” mentality in Mo...
Encounters — A psychiatrist grapples with the medicating of his patient with autism
08 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. John D. McLennan reads his article called "Johnny, how did you end up on five psychotropic medications?", which was published in CMAJ.In...
Chronic opioid therapy: rethinking "doing well"
02 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, Dr. David Juurlink discusses the ongoing opioid crisis. He explains why physicians must pay attention to one particular group of pa...
Encounters — A physician helps a friend in a retirement home dining room
23 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In his article, Dr. Sterling Haynes, a retired GP who lives in Kelowna, British Columbia, recounts the time when he came to the rescue of a friend in ...
Schizophrenia: trends in mortality
17 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, Dr. Paul Kurdyak explains the results of research on mortality trends in individuals with schizophrenia over a period of 20 years. ...
Take-home naloxone kits for opioid overdose
17 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, Dr. Thara Kumar and Dr. Hans Rosenberg tell us about take-home naloxone kits used for opioid overdose. They discuss how to use them...
Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: clinical practice guideline
11 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, Dr. Harminder Singh takes listeners through the new Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC) guideline on screening f...
Emerging multidrug-resistant bacteria
05 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, Dr. Jennie Johnstone tells us about a strain of gram-negative bacteria called carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) that...
Maternal suicide during pregnancy or the first postpartum year
28 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Death by suicide during the perinatal period has been understudied in Canada. Little is known about the true extent of the problem or the steps that c...
Frailty, activity level and mortality
21 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, Dr. Olga Theou and Dr. Kenneth Rockwood discuss their research looking at the association between sedentary time and mortality acro...
Encounters — A medical student questions who the expert really is in patient care
08 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Shannon Chun, 2017 graduate from Queen's University medical school, shares a memorable encounter with a patient that made him question who th...
Encounters — A pediatrician shares the story of a memorable patient whose life was too short
31 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Paul Atkison, pediatrician and transplant specialist at the London Health Sciences Centre Children's Hospital, shares why one particular pati...
Polio gamma globulin clinical trials in the 1950s: victims of marketing success
24 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, Dr. Stephen Mawdsley takes a look back at the early 1950s when gamma globulin was being tested for the prevention of polio. He expl...
Encounters — Parenting a child with severe medical complexities
17 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ms. Donna Thomson, the parent of two adult children, one with severe disabilities, shares some of the insights she has gained after 28 years of caregi...
Canadian Ebola vaccine: safety and immunogenicity of the VSV-ZEBOV vaccine
19 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. May ElSherif discusses the randomized control trial of a Canadian Ebola vaccine that was developed at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winn...
Encounters — A fly-in physician reflects on practising medicine up North
05 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Dominika Jegen, a rural and remote family doctor and assistant professor at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, offers a glimpse of life as...
Birth with forceps or vacuum: rates of severe outcomes compared with c-section
05 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Giulia Muraca, a PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health and a Vanier Canada Graduat...
Encounters — A medical student uncovers his family's history of mental illness
29 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin Hull Chin-Yee, a medical student at the University of Toronto, shares his feelings after finding a photograph of his great grand-mother and a...
Toxic shock syndrome, tampons, and the Syngyna Lab Apparatus
23 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview, Dr. Sharra Vostral, associate professor of history in the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, ...
Encounters — A retired palliative care physician shares the story of a memorable patient
08 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to this audio reading of a CMAJ Humanities Encounters article titled Calling. It is written and read by Dr. Janice Mulder, Palliative Care Cons...
Opioid guideline for management of chronic non-cancer pain
08 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The new Canadian guideline presents evidence-based recommendations for prescribing of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain, including maximum dose reco...
Hepatitis C screening in adults: clinical practice guideline
24 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care has reviewed the latest literature evidence and published a guideline in the CMAJ on screening for h...
Firearm injuries and deaths among immigrant children and youth in Ontario
27 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Natasha Saunders, general paediatrician and associate scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children and health services researcher at...
Encounters — A medical student's final goodbye to her father
27 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Barbara Sibbald, news and humanities editor for CMAJ, reads the Humanities Encounters article "Rendez-vous." The article is written by Diana...
Unsuccessful fertility therapy associated with future risk of poor cardiovascular health
13 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Jacob Udell, cardiologist at Women’s College Hospital and the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre at Toronto General Hospital, clinician-sc...
Encounters — A resident shares her cancer journey with medical colleagues
06 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jay Rankin, news intern for CMAJ, reads the Humanities Encounters article "Time and space." The article is written by Michael Lang, doctoral...
Zika virus in Canadian travellers
06 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Andrea Boggild, clinical director in the Tropical Disease Unit at the Toronto General Hospital, and assistant professor in the Depa...
Smoking in youth: Clinical guideline for prevention and behavioural interventions
27 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Brett Thombs, professor in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University and senior investigator of the Lady Davis Institute, Jewish...
Huge potential savings from public coverage of essential medicines in Canada
27 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Steve Morgan, professor of health policy at the University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health and Dr. Nav P...
Breast cancer recurrence: the influence of lifestyle factors to improve prognosis
21 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How do lifestyle factors influence breast cancer prognosis? In a review article published in the CMAJ, Dr. Ellen Warner and Ms. Julia Hamer identify w...
Encounters — A medical student tests positive for tuberculosis
13 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jay Rankin, news intern for CMAJ, reads the Humanities Encounters article "TB or not TB". The article is written by Adam Komorowski, a secon...
Snowfall and the risk of heart attack
13 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Nathalie Auger, principal scientist at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CHUM) and associate clinical professor ...
Pediatric tuberculosis: diagnosis and management in Canada
09 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Ian Kitai, tuberculosis specialist with the Hospital for Sick Children and associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at t...
Encounters — Reflections on treating newly arrived Syrians
19 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Barbara Sibbald, News and Humanities editor for the Canadian Medical Association Journal, reads the CMAJ Humanities Encounters article "Lives unc...
Encounters — Narratives for life with severe chronic pain
28 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Barbara Sibbald, News and Humanities editor for the Canadian Medical Association Journal, reads the CMAJ Humanities Encounters article "Cathartic...
Diagnosis of central nervous system tumours in children
28 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Diagnostic delay of central nervous system tumours in children has serious implications for the children and their families. Dr. Ran Goldman, Pediatri...
Encounters — A resident treats a terminally ill patient in the emergency department
14 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Barbara Sibbald, News and Humanities editor for the Canadian Medical Association Journal, reads the CMAJ Humanities Encounters article "First, do...
Safety of labour and delivery following closures of obstetric services in small community hospitals
07 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jennifer Hutcheon, researcher at BC Children's Hospital and assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Colum...
Encounters — An older psychiatrist recounts memorable moments in practice
07 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Barbara Sibbald, News and Humanities editor for the Canadian Medical Association Journal, reads the CMAJ Humanities Encounters article "Words, de...
Encounter with a young Syrian refugee on the streets of Beirut
24 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Stuart Kinmond reads the CMAJ Humanities Encounters article "He was a boy with a name". The article is written by Dr. Nicholas Batley, assoc...
Supraventricular tachycardias: diagnosis and management
24 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Supraventricular tachycardias represent a range of tachyarrhythmias originating from a circuit or focus involving the atria or the atrioventricular no...
Smoking cessation: a systematic approach to helping patients quit
03 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
People who smoke tobacco may be interested in quitting, reducing their smoking or neither. Physicians can offer interventions for all of these groups....
Encounters — Cutting through the shame: reflections on self-injury
19 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Stuart Kinmond reads the CMAJ Humanities Encounters article "Cutting through the shame". The article is written by Stephen P. Lewis, associa...
Managing opioid use disorder in hospital
19 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Physicians from many specialties may care for inpatients with opioid use disorder. An acute hospital admission is an opportunity to engage with patien...
Taking action on social determinants of health
08 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Although physicians generally recognize that social determinants influence the health of their patients, many are unsure how they can intervene. Dr. A...
Electronic cigarette use among adolescents
18 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this cross-sectional study of grade 9 students in the Niagara region of Ontario, reported use of e-cigarettes was common and associated with potent...
Parkinson disease: diagnosis and management updates
24 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Mandar Jog, Director of the National Parkinson Foundation Centre of Excellence at London Health Sciences Centre, Director of the Mo...
Overweight and obesity rates in Canadian children appear to be declining
09 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Celia Rodd, Associate Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology at the University of Manitoba. She is also clinician-scientist and epide...
Pregnancy and isotretinoin (Accutane): poor adherence to pregnancy prevention program is concerning
25 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Brandace Winquist, research consultant with the Saskatchewan Health Quality Council, a maternal-perinatal health researcher, and a ...
Palliative care still perceived as synonymous with death despite early integration with cancer care
18 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Camilla Zimmermann, head of the palliative care program at UHN in Toronto, associate professor and Rose family Chair in the Departm...
Writing history: Michael Bliss on Canada's miracle cures and secular saints
12 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Bliss' award-winning books introduced readers around the world to Canada’s greatest medical achievements and heroes, from the discovery...
Madness in historical perspective
29 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Madness is inextricably part of civilization and central to the human experience. Interview with Andrew Scull, professor of Sociology and Science Stud...
Screening for developmental delay: clinical practice guideline
29 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This guideline by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care presents evidence-based recommendations for primary care providers on screening f...
Ethical qualms about genetic prognosis
21 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Donna Dickenson, emeritus professor of medical ethics and humanities at the University of London. Consumer genetic testing, and subsequ...
Nutrition labels in Canada: let's not abandon added sugars
14 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
International guidelines recommend limiting the daily intake of added sugars to less than 5% to 10% of calories. Unlike the 2015 US proposal for chang...
Screening for lung cancer: clinical practice guideline
07 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC) has updated its recommendations on screening for lung cancer. In contrast to its previous g...
Dr. May Cohen on shattering male-centric medicine
03 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Women’s health pioneer Dr. May Cohen will soon join other luminaries in the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. Cohen entered medicine at a time when les...
Low-grade prostate cancer: active surveillance as management strategy
29 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
An examination of clinical data from one Canadian diagnostic centre shows that active surveillance has become an increasingly common management strate...
Colorectal cancer screening clinical practice guideline
22 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Who should be screened for colorectal cancer? How often? What screening method should be used? Dr. Maria Bacchus, internist at Foothills Hospital in C...
Risk of suicide following concussion
08 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with two authors of a large population-based study from Ontario. The authors looked at risk of suicide following a concussion. They also com...
Zika virus: what Canadian physicians need to know
08 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Derek MacFadden, infectious diseases physician practising at the University Health Network in Toronto as well as doctoral student i...
Cardiac arrest in high-rise buildings: delays to patient care
18 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
For out-of-hospital cardiac arrest occurring in high-rise residential buildings, the survival rate is lower for patients on higher floors, according t...
HIV treatment as prevention in men who have sex with men
21 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
RCTs of treatment as prevention have shown significant prevention of onward HIV transmission among serodiscordant couples, but observational studies o...
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: clinical guideline for diagnosis across lifespan
14 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is essential to improve outcomes for affected individuals and families, and to inform pre-pregnancy couns...
Medical certificates of death in light of physician-assisted dying
14 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
If physician-assisted death becomes legal in Canada, physicians need to know whether and, if so, how to record it on medical certificates of death. In...
Preterm birth: risk factor for early-onset adult chronic diseases
07 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
There is mounting evidence now suggesting that prematurity may lead to a variety of adult diseases, such as hypertension, obstructive lung disease, or...
Old battles, new frontiers: Dr. Mark Wainberg on HIV/AIDS
01 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame will soon honour Dr. Mark Wainberg for his achievements in HIV research and AIDS advocacy. From the initial identifi...
Cognitive impairment screening of the elderly: clinical practice guideline
30 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Kevin Pottie, Associate Professor of Family Medicine, and Epidemiology & Community Medicine at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Po...
Medicine at sea: the front line of the migrant crisis
19 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Some 800,000 migrants from Africa and the Middle East have made the perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe this year. Many suffer fro...
Food allergy in historical perspective
16 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Matthew Smith, senior lecturer at the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotl...
Acne management: Canadian clinical practice guideline
16 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Shannon Humphrey, medical and cosmetic dermatologist in Vancouver, and assistant professor and director of CME in the Department of...
10 questions with Canada's prison watchdog Howard Sapers
04 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Canada’s new Liberal government must soon decide whether to follow through on plans to replace Correctional Investigator Howard Sapers. Earlier this...
Testosterone deficiency syndrome in adult males: clinical practice guideline
26 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Alvaro Morales, urologist and Professor Emeritus at Queen’s University School of Medicine in Kingston, Ontario. Dr. Morales and a...
Allergy prevention in infants and timing of food introduction
19 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Elissa Abrams, Pediatric Allergist Immunologist with the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. Guidelines used ...
October 20th issue highlights and in-depth interviews
19 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
NEW FORMAT. Dr. Diane Kelsall, deputy editor, presents highlights of the October 20th issue of CMAJ. As well, listen to in-depth author interviews on ...
Fiscal prudence and health, food insecurity, physician experience, psychedelic medicine, and more
05 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights of the October 6th issue of CMAJ, presented by Dr. John Fletcher, editor-in-chief. In this issue: austerity and fiscal prudence are health...
Architecture scholar Annmarie Adams on Medicine by Design
05 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Hospitals today can look like shopping malls or, depending on your level of cynicism, Toys R Us. Some scholars of history argue these design changes r...
Iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis: clinical practice guideline
28 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. David Liu, Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. In their...
Save Cochrane Canada, nasal balloon autoinflation, severe mental illness, vaccine pain, and more
22 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights of the September 22nd issue of CMAJ, presented by Dr. John Fletcher, editor-in-chief. In this issue: funding for Cochrane Canada must conti...
Cannabis legalization and public health
21 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Sheryl Spithoff, addiction medicine specialist and family physician at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto. In a CMAJ analysis ar...
Vaccine hesitancy and refusal in Canada
16 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Noni MacDonald, Professor of Pediatrics at Dalhousie University with a clinical appointment in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the...
Preventing fracture in long-term care: clinical practice guideline
14 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In older adults living in long-term care facilities, fractures cause pain, agitation, immobility and transfer to hospital. Based on systematic reviews...
Spinal cord injury in older patients, early stage breast cancer, stroke, glaucoma, e-cigs & more
08 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights of the September 8th issue of CMAJ, presented by Dr. Diane Kelsall, deputy editor. In this issue: rethinking treatment in older patients w...
Identifying skull fracture in young children: a clinical decision rule
08 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Jocelyn Gravel, pediatric emergency physician and research director at Sainte-Justine hospital in Montreal. In a research article p...
Psychedelic medicine is making a comeback
08 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Matthew Johnson, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Renewed ...
Reducing pain during vaccine injections: clinical practice guideline and recommendations
24 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Anna Taddio, Professor in the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto. This guideline, co-authored by Dr. Taddio, p...
Family physician or obstetrician for delivery: no difference for moms and babies
24 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Kris Aubrey-Bassler, family physician and associate professor in the Primary Healthcare Research Unit at Memorial University. In th...
Does physician experience affect patient outcome?
17 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
A research article by McAlister et. al., published in CMAJ, looks at level of physician experience and its effect on important patient outcomes that p...
Canadians need a federal plan for health care
17 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
CMAJ deputy editors Dr. Matthew Stanbrook and Dr. Kirsten Patrick discuss an editorial written by Dr. Stanbrook. Too often, at election time, Canadian...
UTIs in spinal cord injury, ingestion of wild mushrooms in park, frailty, preop testing & more
10 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights of the August 11th issue of CMAJ, presented by Dr. Diane Kelsall, deputy editor. In this issue: association between frailty and risk of ear...
Household food insecurity is associated with higher health care costs
10 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Valerie Tarasuk, Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences and cross-appointed to the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at t...
Acute ischemic stroke: speedy care is critical, time is brain, act FAST
04 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Michael Hill, neurologist and Director of the Stroke Unit at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary, and Associate Professor of Clinical...
Hepatitis C: must address drivers of the disease, not just treatment
04 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Mark Tyndall, infection disease specialist, Professor of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia, and Ex...
Nasal balloon autoinflation safe and effective for middle ear infections in children
27 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Ian Williamson, Associate Professor of Primary Care with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton in the UK. In a p...
Pets & pathogens, new CMAJ Humanities section, one-year mortality prediction & more
13 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights of the July 14th issue of CMAJ, presented by Dr. John Fletcher, editor-in-chief. In this issue: benefits and risks of owning a pet, model f...
Researching hard-to-reach people using social connections
29 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Health research involving people in marginalized populations can be challenging, and recruitment is often difficult. One approach, respondent-driven s...
Early-stage breast cancer imaging: are doctors choosing wisely?
22 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Practice guidelines recommend that imaging to detect metastases not be performed in the majority of patients with early-stage breast cancer who are as...