CMAJ Podcasts
Episodes
10 Questions with Dr. Peter Piot, discoverer of Ebola
18 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, joins CMAJ News to reflect on his career fighting two of the most fe...
Radon policies, coordination disorder, nitrofurantoin for UTIs, social egg freezing & more
15 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights of the June 16th issue of CMAJ, presented by Dr. Diane Kelsall, deputy editor. In this issue: Canadian policies on radon, developmental coo...
Preoperative testing before low-risk surgery: how much unnecessary test-ordering occurs?
01 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Sacha Bhatia, cardiologist at Women’s College Hospital and UHN in Toronto and Director of the Women’s College Hospital Institut...
Cataract surgery add-ons: must be offered in transparent and ethical way
01 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Chryssa McAlister, eye physician and surgeon in Toronto and Kitchener, Ontario, with academic appointments at McMaster University a...
Frailty and hospital readmission or death
25 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Ken Flegel, senior editor for CMAJ, interviews Dr. Finlay McAlister, Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Alberta and Assistant Dir...
New interest in circumcision
25 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Vancouver surgeon Dr. Neil Pollock reflects on changing demand for male circumcision both in Canada and the developing world. CMAJ Article: https://ww...
Ultrasound to guide IV cath in children, acute MI, social media in med ed, elder abuse & more
19 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the May 19th issue of CMAJ, presented by Dr. John Fletcher, editor-in-chief. In this issue: ultrasound or near-infrared to guide perip...
Stable ischemic heart disease: variations in initial strategy to treat
19 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Matthew Stanbrook, deputy editor for CMAJ, interviews Maria Bennell, epidemiologist in Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Sunnybrook Health Sciences ...
Security of health care in conflict settings: an urgent global health concern
19 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Moneeza Walji, editorial fellow, interviews Dr. Jason Nickerson, Clinical Investigator at the Bruyère Research Institute in Ottawa. Hospitals, me...
Electronic nicotine delivery systems: Federal regulation in Canada
11 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kirsten Patrick, deputy editor, interviews both Dr. Ronald Labonté, Canada Research Chair in Globalization and Health Equity at the Institute of ...
Immigrants and risk of psychotic disorders: some groups have increased risk
11 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kirsten Patrick, deputy editor for CMAJ, interviews Dr. Kelly Anderson, epidemiologist and Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics a...
Vanessa's Law: need better system in place for MDs to document adverse drug reactions
04 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kirsten Patrick, deputy editor for CMAJ, interviews Dr. Corinne Hohl, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of British Colum...
Recovery from severe mental illness: more than just symptom management
25 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Diane Kelsall, deputy editor, interviews Dr. Rob Whitley, Principal Investigator with the Douglas Institute in Montreal and Assistant Professor of...
Nitrofurantoin: less effective for UTIs regardless of kidney function
25 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Moneeza Walji, editorial fellow, interviews Dr. Amit Garg, nephrologist at London Health Sciences Centre and Professor of Epidemiology and Biostat...
Pets can be risky: why physicians should discuss zoonotic infections with patients
19 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Diane Kelsall, deputy editor, interviews Dr. Jason Stull, veterinarian and Assistant Professor at Ohio State University. Dr. Stull has co-authored...
Effective global tobacco control in the next decade
18 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Moneeza Walji, editorial fellow, interviews Dr. Prabhat Jha, founding and current director of the Centre for Global Health Research in Toronto. In...
Meningoccocal immunity, heart failure & ejection fraction, pharmacare, alcohol misuse & more
14 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the April 21st issue of CMAJ, presented by Dr. Diane Kelsall, deputy editor. In this issue: Canada can afford universal pharmacare, fa...
Freezing fertility: risks and benefits of social egg freezing
09 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Moneeza Walji, editorial fellow, interviews Dr. Angel Petropanagos, postdoctoral fellow at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Some women who anticip...
Low-back pain, incidental findings of genetic mutations, old orphan drugs, child obesity & more
07 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the April 7th issue of CMAJ, presented by Dr. John Fletcher, editor-in-chief. In this issue: reducing imaging for low-back pain, incid...
Elder abuse: how physicians can advocate and help
06 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Diane Kelsall, deputy editor, interviews Dr. Xuyi Mimi Wang, fellow in geriatrics at McMaster University. In a review published in CMAJ, Dr. Wang ...
Universal pharmacare in Canada would cost government little or nothing extra
14 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Matthew Stanbrook, deputy editor for CMAJ, interviews Dr. Danielle Martin, family physician and VP of Medical Affairs and Health System Solutions ...
Child obesity guideline from the Canadian Task Force
13 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Diane Kelsall, deputy editor, interviews Dr. Patricia Parkin, pediatrician at the Hospital for Sick Children, professor with the University of Tor...
Resident hours, RUDAS tool, follow-up for chest pain, jaundice, nocturia, tattoos, cannabis & more
11 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the March 17th issue of CMAJ, presented by Dr. John Fletcher, editor-in-chief, and Dr. Domhnall MacAuley, associate editor. In this is...
Adult obesity guideline from Canadian Task Force
27 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Paula Brauer, head of the adult obesity working group at the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. This latest guideline from ...
Nocturnal leg cramps, safety of quinine, EMR data, myiasis, turkey wattle, #JeSuisCharlie & more
20 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the March 3rd issue of CMAJ, presented by Dr. Kirsten Patrick, deputy editor, and Dr. Domhnall MacAuley, associate editor. In this iss...
At-risk drinking and alcohol use disorders: systemic failure to address
20 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Sheryl Spithoff, addiction medicine specialist and family physician at Women's College Hospital in Toronto who co-authored a c...
Higher-risk patients less likely to get timely follow-up after ED visit for chest pain
18 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Dennis Ko, interventional cardiologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto and senior scientist with the Institute of C...
Clarithromycin and statins, Aboriginal patients, hep C screening, ebola & travel restrictions & more
09 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the February 17th issue of CMAJ, presented by Dr. Kirsten Patrick, deputy editor, and Dr. Matthew Stanbrook, deputy editor. In this is...
Cognitive assessment of multicultural patients using the RUDAS tool
08 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Raza Naqvi, assistant professor of geriatrics at Western University. In their systematic review and meta-analysis published in CMAJ...
Shortening resident duty schedules: impacts on safety and burnout
04 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Christopher Parshuram, critical care specialist with the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He is the lead author of a randomiz...
More evidence required for doctor duty schedule reform
03 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Thomas Maniatis, internal medicine training program director and clinical ethicist at McGill. Dr. Maniatis is the author of a comme...
Sexual activity after HPV vaccine, founder mutations in Inuit, anal cancer, sodium sagas, and more
27 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the February 3rd issue of CMAJ, presented by Dr. John Fletcher, editor-in-chief, and Dr. Ken Flegel, senior editor. In this issue: HPV...
Strong seasonal variation of leg cramps
22 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr. Scott Garrison, associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta, and lead author of the prosp...
Quinine: not a safe drug for treating nocturnal leg cramps
22 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Audio interview with Dr. David Hogan, geriatric medicine specialist at the University of Calgary. Quinine sulfate is widely used off label to treat no...
Diversity in medical education, amoxicillin harms, group A strep, birth-weight curves, and more
19 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the January 6th issue of CMAJ, presented by Dr. John Fletcher, editor-in-chief, and Dr. Moneeza Walji, editorial fellow. In this issue...
End-of-life care goals, Rx of fracture pain in kids, deprescribing, solitary confinement, pap smears
05 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the December 9th issue of CMAJ, presented by Dr. John Fletcher, editor-in-chief, and Dr. Diane Kelsall, deputy editor. In this issue: ...
Mediterranean diet, taxing unhealthy food, non-cow's milks & vit D, physician-assisted dying & more
17 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the November 18th issue, presented by Dr. John Fletcher, editor-in-chief, and Dr. Kirsten Patrick, deputy editor for CMAJ. In this iss...
Fragile families, prostate guidelines, periodic health exam and more
03 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the November 4th issue, presented by Dr. John Fletcher, editor-in-chief, and Dr. Ken Flegel, senior editor for CMAJ. In this issue: fa...