CMAJ Podcasts

Acute flaccid myelitis: what clinicians know and don't know about the polio-like syndrome

In this podcast, Dr. Peter Gill, general pediatrician and researcher at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, discusses the latest clinical information about acute flaccid myelitis: how it is spread, symptoms, how to diagnose, how to manage, and more.
He co-authored a peer-reviewed practice article published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. It is titled "Five things to know about...Acute flaccid myelitis."
Full practice article (subscription required): www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.181442
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The Canadian Medical Association has partnered with Audi Canada to offer CMA members a preferred incentive on select vehicle models. Purchase any new qualifying Audi model and receive an additional cash incentive based on the purchase type. Details of the incentive program can be found at www.audiprofessional.ca.
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Encounters — A psychiatrist and his patient who has been labeled a pedophile

In this narrative, Dr. Jonathan Gray remembers a former patient who has been labeled a pedophile. This true story reminds us that it’s often easy to condemn but far more difficult to understand.
Dr. Gray is a forensic psychiatrist at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, in Ottawa, Ontario. His Humanities Encounters article is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. It is called "Just a pedophile."
To read the article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.180444
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How to pay for Canadian pharmacare

Canada has long been the only high-income country with a universal health insurance system that excludes universal coverage of prescription drugs. In this podcast, Steve Morgan and Michael Wolfson, two prominent health policy and economics researchers, propose a detailed funding model for national pharmacare that would result in savings.
Steve Morgan is a professor of health policy in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia. He has studied prescription drug coverage and pricing policies for many years.
Michael Wolfson is adjunct professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa and was Assistant Chief Statistician a Statistics Canada up until his retirement in 2009.
They co-wrote an analysis article published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Full analysis article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.180897
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Buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone) to treat opioid use disorder

In this podcast, Dr. Tina Hu and Dr. Adam Pyle describe in detail how to treat opioid use disorder with buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone). They cover which patients are good candidates, how it compares to methadone, how it should be administered, what needs to happen in terms of follow-up. They discuss all of this in the context of the latest evidence.
Dr. Tina Hu is a family medicine resident physician at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto.
Dr. Adam Pyle is a staff family physician at St. Michael's Hospital and also practises emergency medicine at Lakeridge Health Oshawa, in Oshawa, Ontario.
They co-authored a peer-reviewed practice article published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. It is titled "Five things to know about...Buprenorphine-naloxone."
Full practice article (subscription required): www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.180776
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This podcast episode is brought to you by Audi Canada.
The Canadian Medical Association has partnered with Audi Canada to offer CMA members a preferred incentive on select vehicle models. Purchase any new qualifying Audi model and receive an additional cash incentive based on the purchase type. Details of the incentive program can be found at www.audiprofessional.ca.
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Mindful practice in medicine with Dr. Ronald Epstein

In this podcast, we hear from Dr. Ronald Epstein, family physician, palliative care physician, author, musician, researcher. He is also an expert on integrating mindfulness in medicine.
He is the subject of a Humanities Profile article published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The article is written by Dr. Miriam Shuchman, who is both psychiatrist and journalist.
Full humanities article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.180821
More on Dr. Ronald Epstein:
http://www.ronaldepstein.com
To request a transcript of this podcast, contact cmajgroup@cmaj.ca
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Nobel, Gairdner and other major health research prizes: Canada vs international winners since 1959

Major prizes, such as the Gairdner or the Nobel, are one of the indicators of how well we’re doing in health and biomedical research in Canada. In this podcast, Dr. David Naylor analyzes why there has been a decline in the number of Canadians winning major health research prizes.
Dr. David Naylor is professor of medicine and former president of the University of Toronto. He has a longstanding interest in science policy and Canada’s relative performance.
He co-wrote an analysis article published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal with co-author Dr. Robert Redelmeier.
Full analysis article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.181056
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This podcast episode is brought to you by Audi Canada.
The Canadian Medical Association has partnered with Audi Canada to offer CMA members a preferred incentive on select vehicle models. Purchase any new qualifying Audi model and receive an additional cash incentive based on the purchase type. Details of the incentive program can be found at www.audiprofessional.ca.
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Engaging patients in health research: experiences, tips and challenges

Two conversations about partnering with patients to improve health research. This podcast offers practical tips and lessons learned along the way.
First, researcher Joanna Henderson and youth-partner Jacqueline Relihan chat about their project that seeks to improve youth access to mental health and addiction services. Jacqueline shares how youth like her helped shape the research study from the very start.
Second, clinician-research Dr. Nav Persaud and patient-partner Diane Charter discuss their project, CleanMeds, which has the goal of improving access to essential medicines for underserved populations.
This podcast adds to a comprehensive supplement on patient-oriented research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
The supplement is available here: http://www.cmaj.ca/content/190/supplement
The supplement is by the Ontario SPOR Support Unit (OSSU), which is funded by CIHR.
To request a transcript of this podcast, contact cmajgroup@cmaj.ca
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Encounters — A medical resident contemplates the mysticism in Kullu Valley, India

In this narrative, Dr. Shaurya Taran, recounts the time he did an observership in northern India where he was born. The Kullu Valley, as he says, is a place where mysticism runs as deep as the tree’s roots and where the sacred deodars were protectors of the people.
Dr. Taran is a third-year internal medicine resident at the University of Toronto. His Humanities Encounters article is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. It is called "Between a hermitage and a hospital."
To read the article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.180552
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For more stories like this one, get your copy of CMAJ’s Encounters Book. This anthology of prose and poetry of some 100 Canadian authors including Drs. David Goldbloom, Shane Neilson, Allan Peterkin and Monica Kidd, has been specially curated and includes a study guide. https://shop.cma.ca/products/encounters
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Canadian burden of diseases and injuries (1990 to 2016)

In this podcast, Dr. Heather Orpana and Dr. Justin Lang discuss the Canadian data from the Global Burden of Disease Study, a large and systematic effort to describe the burden of diseases and injuries in 195 countries over the past 3 decades.
Heather Orpana is a research scientist at the Public Health Agency of Canada, and an adjunct professor with the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa. Justin Lang is a research analyst with the Public Health Agency of Canada.
The research article they co-authored, "Global Burden of Disease Study trends for Canada from 1990 to 2016" is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Full research article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.180698
Global burden of disease data: http://www.healthdata.org
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This podcast episode is brought to you by Audi Canada.
The Canadian Medical Association has partnered with Audi Canada to offer CMA members a preferred incentive on select vehicle models. Purchase any new qualifying Audi model and receive an additional cash incentive based on the purchase type. Details of the incentive program can be found at www.audiprofessional.ca.
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Turmeric/curcumin versus placebo in anti-inflammatory response

In this podcast, Dr. Amit Garg discusses curcumin, its anti-inflammatory properties, and its usage as a natural health product. He describes a randomized-controlled trial he co-authored. In the study, oral curcumin was found to have no effect on biomarkers of organ injury and inflammatory response after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
Dr. Amit Garg is a nephrologist and professor of medicine, epidemiology and biostatistics at Western University. The research article he co-authored is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Full research article: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.180510
To request a transcript of this podcast, contact cmajgroup@cmaj.ca
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