BMJ Group pandemic flu podcasts

Seán Cassidy, doctor in GU medicine at Guys and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust, and social media editor for STI, talks to Myron Cohen, Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Health and Director for the Center for Infectious Diseases at the University of

Blood transfusion is an essential part of modern healthcare and can be lifesaving when used appropriately. In this podcast, Sophie Cook, The BMJ's clinical reviews editor, talks to Michael Murphy, consultant haematologist and professor of blood transfusio

Mairi McLean talks to Patrick Tan, associate professor, Cancer and Stem Cell Biology, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, and Heike Grabsch, Pathology and Tumour Biology, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds, about their geno

In this podcast, Mark Beattie discusses the editor’s highlights from the August edition of ADC. For all the papers discussed, see this month’s edition of the journal http://adc.bmj.com/content/98/8.toc.

Archimedes editor Dr Bob Phillips discusses August's Archimedes questions. For the articles, see this month's edition of the journal: http://adc.bmj.com/content/98/8.toc#Archimedes.

Mairi McLean talks to Emeran Mayer, Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress, Division of Digestive Diseases, UCLA, about his paper: An update on the use and investigation of probiotics in health and disease. Read the full paper here: http://bit.ly/

In this podcast, Mairi McLean interviews Julián Panés and Azucena Salas, both from the Department of Gastroenterology, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clínic, CIBER-EHD in Barcelona, Spain. They disuse their recent article, looking at transcription in the intestinal mu

This month, we get an update on the latest in clinically diagnosing the dementias, with a roundtable of experts convened by the Association of British Neurologists. Taking part are John Greene, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, Chris Butler, Departmen

Welcome to the EBN podcast. Dr Dorothy Forbes, associate editor, will be taking a closer look at a commentary from the journal with an invited guest. These discussions are designed to help you think about issues raised in the article, as well as the clini

In an innovative new venture, paediatric registrar, Tessa Davis, introduces the ADC twitter journal club, the first twitter paediatric journal club. The first paper was discussed between 8pm and 9pm BST on Wednesday 12th June. Follow @ADC_JC and use t

In Philadelphia, the local authority has undertaken a project to green vacant lots, with the aim of improving the city. Research by Charles Branas, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania, has shown that not only did this have the

This poem was composed and performed by professor James Owen Drife on the occasion of the Faculty’s 20th birthday celebration. The Editor felt the Journal’s readers might like to share the experience, although nothing could compare with seeing the perfo

We know that ALS is associated with executive dysfunction, but what about language deficits? Steven Wing, specialist neurology registrar at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, talks to Laura Goldstein, professor of Clinical Neuropsychology at the Institute

In Huntington’s disease the striatum takes a big hit early. This has prompted trials of foetal stratal transplantation, in the hope that this may provide some relief to patients. Stevan Wing, specialist neurology registrar at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, and

In an innovative new venture, Paediatric Registrar, Tessa Davis, introduces the ADC Twitter Journal Club, the first Twitter Paediatric Journal Club. Follow @ADC_JC and use the hashtag #ADC_JC. More information on the ADC Journal Club and Twitter is availa