Great! Really interesting, thank you very much for your advice and suggestions! Regards from a Spanish GP!

This week the panel are joined by Michael Brady, the national advisor for LGBT Health to discuss why your patient’s queerness might matter to you, and how to practice inclusively, as well as an interview with Lisa Power MBE,  a British sexual health and LGBT rights campaigner. Have a listen to hear Michael Brady answering your questions, agony aunt style!

Inclusive Practice

The mental health of athletes has been in the spotlight throughout this summer, as high-profile athletes such as Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles have spoken out about the importance of prioritizing their physical, and especially their mental, well-being.

In this episode, host Dr. Giselle Aerni, MD is joined by AMSSM Past Presidents Dr. Cindy Chang, MD and Dr. Margot Putukian, MD to discuss the AMSSM Position Statement on Mental Health Issues and Psychological Factors in Athletes, which Dr. Aerni also co-authored.

In this 33-minute conversation, they address the following topics:
The importance of a position statement on the mental health of athletes and the novel aspects addressed in the document
The team-based approach to mental health care and why it’s a crucial component for the well-being of athletes
How the acceptance of mental health issues has evolved in recent years and the impact social media has on those perceptions
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on athletes’ mental health and how it reinforces the need for conversations about this vital issue

Resources:
Mental health issues and psychological factors in athletes: detection, management, effect on performance and prevention: American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Position Statement (https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/54/4/216.full)
Madam Athlete Podcast (https://madamathlete.com/)

The Importance of Mental Health in Athletes with Two AMSSM Past Presidents EP #483

Multimorbidity presents a number of different challenges, for the patients living with the conditions, but also for the health professionals caring for them in systems that often are not designed with these more complex needs in mind.

Emma Wallace, general practice lecturer, and Susan Smith, a professor of general practice at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Medical School join us to discuss how to work within the system, and what their dream scenario for care would be.

Read the full clinical review:
http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h176

Managing multimorbidity in primary care

Private hospital chains have been “buying” referrals by offering clinicians lucrative packages, including free facilities in sought after locations. And the doctors’ regulator is turning a blind eye to those who are tempted, Reporter Jonathan Gornall joins us to discuss the investigation.

Read the full report:
http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h396

Cash for referrals

Katie Sidle is a consultant neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, in London. She helped actor Eddie Redmayne in his portrayal of theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking in the film The Theory of Everything.

She joins us to describe how that process worked, and what Motor Neurone Disease patients thought about how their condition was depicted.

Read the feature:
http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h483

Helping Eddie Redmayne play Stephen Hawking

Karen Grépin, assistant professor of global health policy at New York University, has been examining the pledges made by the international community to help fight the ebola virus outbreak - was it really too little, too late?

Read her full analysis:
http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h376

International donations to the Ebola virus outbreak: too little, too late?

Rahul Bahl, Open Heart associate editor, talks to Zoe Harcombe about her article: Evidence from randomised controlled trials did not support the introduction of dietary fat guidelines in 1977 and 1983: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Why we were wrong about dietary fat guidelines

As Injury Prevention turns 20 we're taking a look back at some of the most influential papers we've published in our Anniversary Archives, starting with Fred Rivara et al's “Epidemiology of bicycle injuries and risk factors for serious injury”. 

Using data from their seminal case–control study on bicycle helmet effectiveness, the study reported on crash circumstances, helmet use and injury outcomes to identify prevention opportunities. This study was part of a broader intellectual effort to engage rigorous epidemiological science in the gritty real-world work of injury prevention: identifying modifiable crash risk factors, measuring helmet effectiveness and putting this knowledge to work in a large controlled community campaign.

Here Brian Johnston talks to Fred Rivara, Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Washington, and commentators Beth Ebel, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, and Brent Hagel, Department of Paediatrics, University of Calgary.

Read the papers:
Epidemiology of bicycle injuries and risk factors for serious injury http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/21/1/47.full

Building the evidence base for safe and active bicycling: an historical commentary on Rivara et al: epidemiology of bicycle injuries and risk factors for serious injury
http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/21/1/52.full

Looking back at building the evidence base for safe and active bicycling

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by a vascular biology legend, Professor Peter Libby from Harvard University and Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. They discuss how the inflammation hypothesis of atherosclerosis has been proven by the CANTOS trial and what the future might hold. We trust you'll enjoy the police sirens in the middle of the interview and hope you enjoy the discussion.

Link for CANTOS study - http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1707914

Inflammation and heart disease - what's next?

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor DrJames Rudd is joined by Dr Cara Hendry from Manchester and Dr Iain Simpson from Southampton. They are passionate about reducing barriers that exist in cardiology and other medical specialities. They discuss what the issues are and what is being done to help in the UK and beyond. If you enjoy the show, please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2

Women in cardiology - breaking down the barriers

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Charalambos Antoniades from Oxford, UK. They discuss his novel method of measuring coronary plaque inflammation using CT imaging, and how this method might be important for predicting heart attacks.
If you enjoy the show, please leave us a podcast review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2
Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2018/07/24/heartjnl-2017-312324

Perivascular adipose tissue and coronary atherosclerosis

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Charlotte Warren-Gash from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. They discuss the links between respiratory infections and subsequent heart attacks and strokes.
If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2
Link to published paper: https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2018/respiratory-infections-could-increase-risk-heart-attack-and-stroke

Respiratory infections and subsequent heart attacks and strokes

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr James Rudd, is joined by Professor Bernard Prendergast from St Thomas' Hospital, London. They discuss his recent publication in Heart concerning the ability of the stethoscope to detect important valve disease in asymptomatic primary care patients. They also cover POCUS, the feasibility of screening elderly patients for valve disease and whether Bernard still uses a stethoscope in real life.

If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2

Link to published paper: 
Primary paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2018/07/24/heartjnl-2018-313082
Editorial: https://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2018/05/24/heartjnl-2018-313474
The Oxvalve study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5216199/

Do we still need stethoscopes?

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Eric Topol, founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute. They discuss the impact that AI will have in medicine and how this will affect us all.

Relevant links related to this podcast:
About Dr Topol - https://drerictopol.com/about/
Nature Medicine AI review - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-018-0300-7
Twitter - https://twitter.com/EricTopol?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Book - https://drerictopol.com/book/deep-medicine/
NHS Topol review - https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/topol-review

Deep Medicine with Eric Topol, author of the Topol NHS review

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Thomas Butler from the University of Chester. They discuss his Review paper in Heart entitled "Optimum nutritional strategies for cardiovascular disease prevention and rehabilitation (BACPR)".

If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2

Link to published paper: https://heart.bmj.com/content/106/10/724

Diet after a heart attack - what should we tell patients?

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by lipid expert Dr Susan Connolly from Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. They discuss primary and secondary prevention, risk scores, imaging and two new drugs with the potential to improve lipid management significantly over the next 5 years.
If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your phone and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review at https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/heart-podcast/id445358212?mt=2

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