Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episodes
Episode 26: Air pollution and CVD
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How does air pollution impact cardiovascular health? Dr. Anusha Seneviratne outlines the mechanisms, epidemiological evidence, and preventive measures...
Episode 25: Therapeutic cancer vaccines
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Take a deep dive into the rapidly evolving world of therapeutic cancer vaccines with Dr. Elias Sayour and find out why he is so excited about upcoming...
Episode 24: Looking back at 2025
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Chief Editors of Nature Reviews Cardiology, Endocrinology, and Rheumatology join us to chat about the exciting advances that caught their attentio...
Episode 23: Improving dysphagia outcomes
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Prof. Edoardo Savarino takes us through the updated UEG and ESNM dysphagia guidelines and the difference they could make to patient outcomes.
Episode 22: Celebrating 25 years of TKIs in CML
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We reflect on a key breakthrough in the treatment of CML with Dr. Jorge Cortes, who has been involved in the development of TKIs since the early days.
Episode 21: Moving towards migraine freedom?
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Prof. Messoud Ashina about PACAP signaling and why targeting it might be the next big breakthrough for sustained migraine control.
Episode 20: Gonorrhea in the modern era
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Hamish Mohammed discusses the rollout of the world’s first vaccination program against gonorrhea.
Episode 19: GLP-1 medicines - past, present, and future
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We talk with Prof. Daniel Drucker about the early work on GLP-1 medicines for the treatment of diabetes, how they are now impacting the lives of peopl...
Episode 18: The fight for children's eyesight
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Annegret Dahlmann-Noor explores why the number of children and adolescents with myopia is increasing and what we can do to halt the trend.
Episode 17: Challenges of developing DMOADs
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Prof. Ali Mobasheri identifies the key issues in developing a successful DMOAD and how they can be overcome.
Episode 16: Sexual health in older age
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Holly Thomas helps us unpack the needlessly taboo subject of sex and sexual health in women of older age.
Episode 15: Breastfeeding after breast cancer
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Dr. Cristina Saura about the concerns around breastfeeding after a breast cancer diagnosis, and why the POSITIVE results are such good news...
Episode 14: Diagnostic criteria for AD
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Nicolas Villain outlines why it is so important to consider both clinical symptoms and biological findings when diagnosing Alzheimer's disease.
Episode 13: Advances in MASLD and MASH
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Prof. Vlad Ratziu discusses the updated subclassification and nomenclature for steatotic liver disease, the therapeutic advance of resmetirom, and the...
Episode 12: Defining ARDS
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Prof. Giacomo Grasselli takes us through the new concepts and explains why defining ARDS is such a difficult proposition.
Episode 11: Cardiac rehabilitation in patients with frailty
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Eduard Shantsila discusses rehabilitation approaches for complex patients with heart disease and comorbid frailty, including those with cognitive ...
Episode 10: Disease-modifying therapy for type 1 diabetes
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Prof. Chantal Mathieu explains the progress being made with disease-modifying therapy for type 1 diabetes and how it has the potential to transform th...
Episode 9: The gut microbiome and CAR T-cell therapy
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Prof. Marion Subklewe explores the interplay between the gut microbiota and the efficacy and safety of CAR T-cell therapy in people with hematologic m...
Episode 8: AI in stroke
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Prof. Susanne Wegener discusses her team’s work to develop deep learning models that outperform neurologists in predicting patients’ clinical outc...
Episode 7: A deep dive into ADAURA
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Dr. Luis Paz-Ares about the key questions raised by the ADAURA trial of adjuvant osimertinib in early-stage NSCLC.
Episode 6: OCT for coronary imaging
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Drs Niels Holm and Lene Andreasen explore the latest data on OCT and discuss its potential as an effective approach in PCI.
Episode 5: Next-generation sequencing
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Andrew Beggs discusses best practice in the use of next-generational sequencing within thyroid and non-small cell lung cancers. This conten...
Episode 4: Stem cell therapy for PD
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Prof. Malin Parmar explains why stem cell therapy is such a good option for patients with Parkinson’s disease and how its safety is being tested in ...
Episode 3: Unravelling resistant hypertension
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Professors Morris Brown and Bryan Williams join Jane Godsland to explore the theories behind resistant hypertension, and the latest treatment approach...
Episode 2: Progress in PARP inhibitors
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We speak to Dr. Elena Castro about the latest data on PARP inhibitors in prostate cancer as presented at this year's ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Sympos...
Episode 1: From Gray's to Google
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Dr. Nathalie van Havre and Dr. Elsbeth Headley about ongoing medical education in the digital age.
Episode 0: Introducing Medicine Matters
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jane Godsland & Dr. Erik Heintz discuss the vision for Springer Medicine and offer some teasers for what's to come.