Podcasts by Talk Evidence

Covid vaccine safety, Methenamine hippurate, and intersectionality from 2022-03-30T18:08:53

In this episode of Talk Evidence, Helen Macdonald, the BMJ’s research integrity editor is joined by Joe Ross, US research editor, and Juan Franco, editor in chief of BMJEBM, to talk about all thing...

Talk Evidence - isolation periods, openness, and environmental impacts from 2022-01-28T17:35:44

In the first Talk Evidence of 2022, we'll be asking about the evidence for isolation - now that isolation periods are being reduced, or even stopped in the event of a negative lateral flow test, we...

Talking Christmas Evidence 2021 from 2021-12-22T09:43:02

The BMJ has special criteria for considering Christmas research: first it should make you laugh, and then it should make you think. In this festive episode of the Talk Evidence podcast, our regul...

Talk Evidence - Bones, nutrition, pain relief, and overdiagnosis. from 2021-11-05T19:16:08

In this month’s Talk evidence, we’re going back to our roots and avoiding covid - so sit back and listen to Helen Macdonald and Joe Ross discuss a new nutrition study to prevent fractures in older ...

Talk Evidence - testing for respiratory tract infections, cannabis for pain, & covid outcomes from 2021-09-29T17:50:22

This week our regular panelists, Helen Macdonald and Joe Ross, are joined by Juan Franco, editor in chief of BMJ Evidence Based Medicine - to take a primary care focussed look at what's been happen...

Talk Evidence - real world vaccine data, GP records and CVD from 2021-09-03T16:31:14

In this month's Talk Evidence, Helen Macdonald and Joe Ross are back with a wry look at the world of Evidence Based Medicine. They give us a round up of real world data emerging to address various...

Talk Evidence - Freedom Day from 2021-07-21T15:53:59

The 19th of July in the UK saw the relaxation of covid rules that have been in place for 18 months - social distancing requirements in venues, mask wearing in public will no longer be legally manda...

Talk Evidence - GP data, excess mortality and FDA approval from 2021-06-20T11:07:34

In this Talk Evidence, Helen Macdonald, Joe Ross and Duncan Jarvies discuss what's going on in the world of EBM. Firstly, a while ago on the podcast, we concluded that excess mortality would be th...

Talk Evidence covid-19 update - Research on vaccine safety, treatment for dementia from 2021-05-14T17:15:38

In this week's Talk Evidence, Joe Ross, BMJ editor and professor at Yale again joins Helen Macdonald to talk about emerging evidence on Covid-19. They also welcome to the podcast Juan Franco, fami...

Talk Evidence - children and covid, varients of concern, ivormectin update from 2021-04-02T15:31

The evidence geekery continues, and this week Helen Macdonald and Duncan Jarvies are joined again by Joe Ross, The BMJ's US research editor, and professor of medicine and public health at Yale. Th...

Talk Evidence - Inside the JCVI, and the key to grading evidence from 2021-03-12T20:07:13

In a slightly different talk evidence, Helen Macdonald and Duncan Jarvies are bringing you a couple, of in depth interviews, Firstly, Anthony Harnden, GP, academic and member of the UK's Joint Com...

Talk Evidence - re-hospitalistion for covid-19, remote hypertension intervention from 2021-02-12T11:51:10

The evidence geekery continues, and this week Helen Macdonald and Duncan Jarvies are joined by Joe Ross, The BMJ's US research editor, and professor of medicine and public health at Yale. This wee...

Talk Evidence - Lateral flow tests update, not the best public health approach from 2021-01-16T17:54:47

In this episode of Talk Evidence, Jon Deeks, professor of biostatistics at the University of Birmingham, returns to the pod with an update on lateral flow tests - and why the government plan for us...

A (non-systematic) evidence review of 2020 from 2021-01-03T09:43:44

As 2021 hoves into view, we look back at a year of extraordinary evidence. Helen Macdonald is joined by Joe Ross, one of The BMJ's research editors, as well as a researcher at Yale.

They discuss...

Talking Christmas evidence - how Christmas research is chosen from 2020-12-28T13:41:39

If you've had time to digest this year's Christmas edition of The BMJ, you might have wondered how those papers get into The BMJ. Well in this Talk Evidence podcast, Helen Macdonald, UK research e...

Talk evidence covid-19 update - poor public messaging, and vaccine approval data from 2020-12-11T19:23:04

The vaccines are being rolled out - but approval is still on an emergency basis, and the evidence underpinning those decisions is only just becoming available for scrutiny. In this podcast we talk...

Talk evidence covid-19 update - uncertainty in treatment, uncertainty in prevention from 2020-11-21T13:12:39

Uncertainty abounds - even as we get better data on treatments, with the big RCTs beginning to report, and new trials on masks, the evidence remains uncertain, in both the statistical realm (confid...

Talk evidence covid-19 update - talking risk, remdesivir, and relevant research from 2020-10-30T18:58:02

In this talk evidence covid-19 update, we’re taking on risk - how do you figure out your individual risk of dying from the disease? Try QCovid, but remember that it’s figuring out your risk back in...

Talk Evidence covid-19 update - antigen testing and developing non drug evidence from 2020-10-05T13:03:05

In this Talk Evidence covid-19 update, Jon Deeks, professor of biostatistics at the University of Birmingham gives us an update on testing technology. Will the point of care tests make a different ...

Talk evidence covid-19 update - covid in kids, and the winter cold season from 2020-09-23T15:42:17

This episode was recorded on 18 September - just before the news came out about the new lockdown measures. We’ll hear Carl and Helen’s thoughts, but we also want to hear a broad range of views - so...

Talk Evidence Covid-19 Update - Lockdown, a spoonful of honey, and weight loss from 2020-08-28T07:47:09

There are have been local lockdowns in the UK, in places such as Oldham, Birmingham, Manchester – but what is the criteria for making that decision? In the non-Covid world: does honey alleviate sy...

Talk evidence covid-19 update - Living meta-analysis and covid uncertainty from 2020-08-15T11:37:52

1.00) Carl has been looking at PCR testing, and explains why it picks up both viable SARS-cov-2, but also fragments of it’s RNA - leading to potential over diagnosis. (8.50 ) What did the Living ...

Talk Evidence covid-19 update - How well have physical distancing measures worked? from 2020-07-31T16:33:04

Fresh outbreaks of covid in Europe and a wave of infections in the United States have been in the news this week, highlighting the renewed need for social distancing – but to what extent? In this ...

Talk Evidence covid-19 update - How will we know if a vaccine works? from 2020-07-17T16:48:51

Vaccines have been in the news this week - but when you dig into the stories, it turns out that the hype is about phase 1 trials. We're a long way from being sure any of the 150 possible vaccines b...

Talk Evidence covid-19 update - drop in excess deaths, HIV drugs, academic promotion from 2020-07-03T18:57:06

In this week's Talk Evidence we're hearing about how the death rate has dropped below average, disappointment about HIV drugs for covid-19 treatment, a trial to reduce polypharmacy, and why academi...

Talk Evidence covid-19 update - dexamethosone, testing, rehabilitation after covid. from 2020-06-25T10:23:21

This week we're looking beyond the press release for dexamethasone, the long awaited review of antibody testing, and how well people are recovering after surviving acute covid-19. (2.36) The prep...

Talk Evidence covid-19 update - surgisphere data, and protests in a pandemic from 2020-06-12T17:57:43

This week, we’re asking questions about surgisphere data, and how it might have got into such high impact journals, we’re also talking about the protests around the world about structural racism - ...

Talk evidence covid-19 update - second wave and care home failings from 2020-06-08T11:54:23

In this episode of Talk Evidence, we'll be finding out if second waves are inevitable (or even a thing), how the UK's failure to protect it's care homes is symbolic of a neglected part of public li...

Talk evidence covid-19 update - remdesivir redux, the overwhelming volume of research from 2020-06-03T09:45:03

That remdesivir study has finally been published - what does it say and is it as independant as claimed. Also, as the world's focus turned to covid, so have researchers - and they've produced over ...

Talk Evidence covid-19 update - strategies to end lockdown, more testing from 2020-05-22T18:18:12

This week we're focussing on what kind of information we need to be able to collect and use as the country transitions out of lockdown - and why local lockdowns may be here for some time. We also ...

Talk evidence covid-19 update - answering questions with big data from 2020-05-17T11:03:43

Big data is being crunched to help us tackle some of the enormous amount of uncertainty about covid-19, what the symptoms are, fatality rate, treatment options, things we shouldn't be doing. In th...

Talk evidence covid-19 update - natural history of covid, include patients in guidelines from 2020-05-09T09:13

For the next few months Talk Evidence is going to focus on the new corona virus pandemic. There is an enormous amount of uncertainty about the disease, what the symptoms are, fatality rate, treatme...

Talk Evidence covid-19 update - lack of testing transparency, how to give good debate from 2020-05-04T16:25:18

For the next few months Talk Evidence is going to focus on the new corona virus pandemic. There is an enormous amount of uncertainty about the disease, what the symptoms are, fatality rate, treatme...

Talk Evidence covid-19 update - covid ethics, waste and a minimum RCT size from 2020-04-24T16:19:18

For the next few months Talk Evidence is going to focus on the new corona virus pandemic. There is an enormous amount of uncertainty about the disease, what the symptoms are, fatality rate, treatm...

Talk Evidence covid-19 update - Remdesivir, care homes, and death data from 2020-04-17T15:00:49

For the next few months Talk Evidence is going to focus on the new corona virus pandemic. There is an enormous amount of uncertainty about the disease, what the symptoms are, fatality rate, treatm...

Talk Evidence covid-19 update - hydroxy/chloroquinine, prognostic models and facemaskss from 2020-04-13T20:39:17

For the next few months Talk Evidence is going to focus on the new corona virus pandemic. There is an enormous amount of uncertainty about the disease, what the symptoms are, fatality rate, treat...

Talk Evidence covid-19 update - pneumonia, guidelines, preprints and testing from 2020-04-09T09:53:16

For the next few months Talk Evidence is going to focus on the new corona virus pandemic.There is an enormous amount of uncertainty about the disease, what the symptoms are, fatality rate, treatmen...

Talk Evidence covid-19 update - Confused symptoms, fatality rate uncertainty, Iceland's testing from 2020-03-27T16:14:17

For the next few months Talk Evidence is going to focus on the new corona virus pandemic. There is an enormous amount of uncertainty about the disease, what the symptoms are, fatality rate, trea...

Talk Evidence - testing under the microscope and opioid prescription from 2020-03-20T20:08:10

This edition of talk evidence was recorded before the big increase in covid-19 infections in the UK, and then delayed by some self isolation. We'll be back with more evidence on the pandemic very s...

Talk Evidence - Building an evidence base for covid-19 from 2020-02-17T15:22:17

We're taking a break from the usual Talk Evidence to focus on the new corona virus that has emerged in China. With a brand new disease, we have to build our evidence base from scratch - basic viro...

Talk Evidence - Sepsis, talc and blindsided by blinding from 2020-01-22T17:40:40

Welcome to the festive talk evidence, giving you a little EBM to take you into the new year. As always Duncan Jarvies is joined by Helen Macdonald (resting GP and editor at The BMJ) and Carl Henegh...

Talk Xmas Evidence from 2019-12-31T14:52:53

Welcome to the festive talk evidence, giving you a little EBM to take you into the new year. As always Duncan Jarvies is joined by Helen Macdonald (resting GP and editor at The BMJ) and Carl Heneg...

Talk Evidence - aggravating acronyms, a time to prescribe, and screening (again) from 2019-11-11T11:51:44

Talk Evidence is back, with your monthly take on the world of EBM with Duncan Jarvies and GPs Carl Heneghan (also director for the Centre of Evidence Based Medicine at the University of Oxford) and...

Talk Evidence - eating less, drinking less, drug approval data from 2019-10-04T16:41:57

Talk Evidence is back, with your monthly take on the world of EBM with Duncan Jarvies and GPs Carl Heneghan (also director for the Centre of Evidence Based Medicine at the University of Oxford) and...

Talk Evidence - Recurrent VTE, CRP testing for COPD, CMO report, and a consultation from 2019-09-23T10:21:58

Helen talks about new research on prevention of recurrent VTE - and Carl things the evidence goes further, and we can extend prophylaxis for a year. 13.00 - CRP testing for antibiotic prescriptio...

Talk Evidence - Tramadol, medical harm, and alexa from 2019-08-21T10:49:28

Welcome back to Talk Evidence - where Helen Macdonald and Carl Heneghan take you through what's happening in the world of Evidence. This month we'll be discussing tramadol being prescripted post...

Talk Evidence - smoking, gloves and transparency from 2019-07-10T11:11:50

This month we have some more feedback from our listeners (2.20) Carl says it's time to start smoking cessation (or stop the reduction in funding for smoking reduction) (11.40) and marvels at how p...

Talk Evidence - Z drugs, subclinical hypothyroidism and Drazen's dozen from 2019-06-25T16:58:44

This week on the podcast, (2.02) a listener asks, when we suggest something to stop, should we suggest an alternative instead? (8.24) Helen tells us to stop putting people on treatment for subclin...

Talk Evidence - cancer causing food, prostate cancer and disease definitions from 2019-05-25T12:11:43

Helen Macdonald and Carl Heneghan are back again talking about what's happened in the world of evidence this month. (1.05) Carl rants about bacon causing cancer(7.10) Helen talks about prostate ca...

Talk Evidence - health checks, abx courses and p-values from 2019-04-17T16:57:31

Helen Macdonald and Carl Heneghan are back again talking about what's happened in the world of evidence this month. (1.20) Carl grinds his gears over general health checks, with an update in the C...

Talk Evidence - Shoulders, statins and doctors messes from 2019-03-28T08:37:29

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 shoulders - what does the evidence say about treatin...

Talk Evidence - Radiation, fertility, and pneumonia from 2019-02-27T09:54:48

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 d...

Talk Evidence - Devices and facebook vaccines from 2018-12-12T11:11:18

In the second of our EBM round-ups, Carl Heneghan, Helen Macdonald and Duncan Jarvies are joined by Deborah Cohen, investigative journalist and scourge of device manufacturers. We're giving our v...