
JournalSpotting
General Medicine Podcast which keeps you up to date with the latest and greatest medical literature.
Episodes
67 episodes
#65 ClimateZone12// Air Pollution and pregnancy outcomes with Prof Thornton
Are you well aware of the health risks to adults from air pollution, but want to know more about the risk to pregnant women and their unborn children?Your ears are in the right place.The wonderful
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1:00:15

#64 Journal Round Up// Big dementia trials, stop LPs for SAH, Vit C in pregnant smokers
Wondering how we have reached 2023, you still are the only one in the hospital who can do an LP overnight, half your patients have dementia with no cure, and people are still researching vitamin C?Your ears are in the right place<...
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Season 4
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Episode 64
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30:43

#63 ClimateZone11// Microplastics and health with Prof Barbro Melgert
Aware that microplastics are bad for the environment but want to better understand their effects on human health?Your ears are in the right place.We chat with the brilliant Professor Barbro Melgert from the University of Groninge...
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Season 4
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Episode 63
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58:14

#62// 🎄🎶 Christmas songs: health hazard or healthful?
Love a Christmas tune? Ever wondered if the lyrics are detrimental or beneficial to health?Your ears are in the right place!LJ and Barney, with help from Jon, performed a thematic analysis of the top 41 Christmas song lyrics from 20...
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Season 3
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Episode 62
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47:19

#61 ClimateZone10// How to save the oceans with Dr Richard Hixson
Worried that the ocean is dying, and your favourite dolphin may well become extinct?! Want to know what you can do to help?Your ears are in the right placeFirstly LJ and Barney outline the good and bad of COP27.Barney then...
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Season 3
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Episode 61
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1:25:28

#60 Journal Round Up: exercise + vaccines, salt + heart failure, magnesium + COPD, race + CPR + much more
Barney, LJ, and Jon are back with all the most interesting and practice-changing articles published in the last month:💉Should I exercise before my next ...
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44:50

#59 ClimateZone9// Pharmacy and Climate Change with Tracy Lyons and Minna Eii
Want to understand the planetary impact of the medications you prescribe, whilst enjoying your high tea?Your ears are in the right place.ClimateZone host Dr LJ Smith discusses the role of pharmacy with the awes...
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Season 3
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Episode 59
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53:23

#58 Journal Round Up// Latest in topics of Diet and AF. Time restricted eating, mortaliTEA, bin vitamins, AF due to infection, AF post op... and MORE
Wondering what to do with the post-op patient in front of you with new AF, who drinks buckets of tea, takes multivitamins for dinner, and is just getting over pneumonia? Your ears are in the right place.Jon and Barney tackle ...
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Season 3
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Episode 58
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36:38

#57 ClimateZone8// Medical Students Fighting Climate Change
Want to get active fighting Climate Change, but need some inspiration on things to do, people to talk to and a large dose of Climate Joy?Your ears are in the right place.We talk to the incredible medical students: MEHAJABE...
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Season 3
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Episode 57
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1:16:37

#56 The Age of Psychedelic Medications with Prof Allan Young
Were your school teachers right? Are psychedelics really dangerous tree hugging hippy drugs? Or are they safe medications that might play a crucial role in modern medicine? Your ears are in the right place.F...
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Season 3
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Episode 56
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58:47

#55 Journal Round Up// 🍄Magic mushrooms and psychedelic meds, ⏰4-hr targets, ☕Sweet Coffee for life, 💰Scrap Low Value Care, 🧘Yoga for Migraines, 🧃forget Vit C, 💯Pulse oximeters & colour, 🥒Pickle Juice cures cramps?! And more.
Confused over which drink to offer your patients? Orange juice or Coffee? Is the sugar bad for them, or is caffeine worse? Which has more fibre? Don’t those septic people need vitamin C?Your ears are in the right place....
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Season 3
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Episode 55
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40:11

#54 ClimateZone7// Climate Crisis and Paediatrics with Dr. Rosie Spooner
Feel even more anxious about the climate crisis after the termostat hit 40 degrees? Your ears are in the right place. LJ interviews the inspiring
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58:59

#53 War in Ukraine// Talk with Frontline Military Doctor Taras
*Warning* the experiences and stories described may be disturbing for some listeners. Are you trying to imagine what it might be like for a medic, maybe such as yourself, on the front line of a war? Do you want to understand...
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Season 3
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Episode 53
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36:38

#52 Journal Round Up// X-ray & HTN in pregnancy, steroid in OA, Hypertensive inpatients, death of Aspirin, Tai Chi or Sing🎶 for health, AND Nasal👃 or Rectal🍑 cardioversion sir?...
Wondering if you should get that X-ray on your pregnant lady who is suffering from hip pain whilst doing Tai Chi, which is associated with inpatient hypertensive spikes that might (just might) be related to your bad singing?No?Wel...
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Season 3
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55:16

#51 War in Ukraine// Talk with Doctors: Andrei Semikhodskii and Uliana Pidvalna
Worried about the effect the awful war in Ukraine is having on their doctors and healthcare system? Want to hear their experiences first-hand and find out how you can help?Your ears are in the right place.A change from our usual ...
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Season 3
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Episode 51
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1:12:21

#50 Journal Round Up// Sats & Skin Colour, Paracetamol Danger, Sugar vs Sweetener, Latest in Flozins, Banning Tanning, AF with RVR, Exercise or death, Beer Faces
Want to hear key medical literature facts to help become that awesome doctor, whilst also being able to tell if people like beer by their facial expressions?Your ears are in the right place.Dr LJ Smith, Dr Camille Hirons,...
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Season 3
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Episode 50
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59:43

#49 ClimateZone6// Dr Alex Wilkinson: Sustainable inhalers- what YOU can do
Want to do more to combat climate change but current events and your state of Weltshmerz is holding you back? Do you need some positive practice-changing, actionable advice?
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Season 2
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Episode 49
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1:01:13

#48 Journal Round Up// Myocarditis & COVID, Antimicrobial Resistance, Weight-loss & sleep, Eosinophilia & COPD, NEWS scores...and more.
We're back for another Journal Roundup and check out www.journalspotting.com for the full backcatalogue. Barney, LJ, Katia, and Jon cover:We unpick the facts and figures behind COVID-19 v...
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Season 1
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Episode 48
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53:45

#47 Climatezone5 // Heat, Pollution & the Heart
Listen to interview with world experts on the links between climate change and cardiovascular disease. Featuring:
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Season 3
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Episode 47
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1:07:39

#46 Journal Round Up// with MDTea hosts! Mirtazapine in Agitation, physical activity in hospital, subsegmental PEs & anticoag risk, AF from exercise, bisphosphonate benefits, POCUS focus... & MORE
Do you love your medical podcasts, but sometimes wish your favourite shows would just team up for the odd awesome episode??Your ears are definitely in the right place.Jon and Barney are joined by brilliant MDTea hosts Dr Iain Wilk...
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Season 2
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Episode 46
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1:02:22

#45 ClimateZone4// Dr Robin Stott: Adventures of an Activist, COP26 and Climate Justice
Trying to keep up with Climate Change facts, but really, you want to know what you can do as a healthcare professional more than suggesting your patients should watch Cowspiracy on Netflix?...
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Season 2
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Episode 45
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1:00:41

#44 Journal Round Up// Liver transplants + Tramadol Harms + IV Iron + ARB/ACEI + COVID & VitD...
Trying to keep up with the medical literature, but it's another COVID Christmas and you can’t wait to unwrap your stocking filled with lateral flows, rota gaps, and cancelled leave…you're ears are in the right place.Barney & Jon are...
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Season 2
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Episode 44
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41:32

#43 Part 2. BTS Winter Meeting 11/2021. Infection, Poverty, Pleural, Pollution and Ageing.
Trying to get to medical conferences but no one knows the study leave code, no one will cover your shift, you don’t like online learning, and anyway, you actually thought BTS was an Asian ...
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Season 2
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Episode 43
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44:34

#43 Part 1. BTS Winter Meeting 11/2021. Airway disease.
Trying to get to medical conferences but no one knows the study leave code, no one will cover your shift, you don’t like online learning, and anyway, you actually thought BTS was an Asian ...
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Season 2
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Episode 43
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53:07

#42 ClimateZone3// Plant-Based Diet: the Health & Climate Benefits with Dr. Kassam
Wondering how a plant-based diet might benefit your patients and the climate? We sit down with plant-based diet expert Dr Shireen Kassam to discuss the climate impact of diet, the evidence for a plant-based diet in reversing chronic diseases, a...
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Season 2
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Episode 42
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57:03
