CMAJ Podcasts
CMAJ Podcasts: Exploring the latest in Canadian medicine from coast to coast to coast with your hosts, Drs. Mojola Omole and Blair Bigham. CMAJ Podcasts delves into the scientific and social health advances on the cutting edge of Canadian health care. Episodes include real stories of patients, clinicians, and others who are impacted by our health care system.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 431
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
Stable ischemic heart disease: variations in initial strategy to treat
Dr. Matthew Stanbrook, deputy editor for CMAJ, interviews Maria Bennell, epidemiologist in Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. Mrs. Bennell and colleagues ha…
00:17:41 |
Tue 19 May 2015
Security of health care in conflict settings: an urgent global health concern
Dr. Moneeza Walji, editorial fellow, interviews Dr. Jason Nickerson, Clinical Investigator at the Bruyère Research Institute in Ottawa. Hospitals, medical personnel and patients are increasingly bein…
00:14:18 |
Tue 19 May 2015
Electronic nicotine delivery systems: Federal regulation in Canada
Dr. Kirsten Patrick, deputy editor, interviews both Dr. Ronald Labonté, Canada Research Chair in Globalization and Health Equity at the Institute of Population Health and Professor at the University …
00:15:42 |
Mon 11 May 2015
Immigrants and risk of psychotic disorders: some groups have increased risk
Dr. Kirsten Patrick, deputy editor for CMAJ, interviews Dr. Kelly Anderson, epidemiologist and Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Western University, co-author of a research art…
00:09:01 |
Mon 11 May 2015
Vanessa's Law: need better system in place for MDs to document adverse drug reactions
Dr. Kirsten Patrick, deputy editor for CMAJ, interviews Dr. Corinne Hohl, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of British Columbia and scientist at the Centre for Clinical Epid…
00:11:51 |
Mon 04 May 2015
Nitrofurantoin: less effective for UTIs regardless of kidney function
Dr. Moneeza Walji, editorial fellow, interviews Dr. Amit Garg, nephrologist at London Health Sciences Centre and Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Western University. Dr. Garg and collea…
00:08:09 |
Sat 25 Apr 2015
Recovery from severe mental illness: more than just symptom management
Dr. Diane Kelsall, deputy editor, interviews Dr. Rob Whitley, Principal Investigator with the Douglas Institute in Montreal and Assistant Professor of psychiatry at McGill. In a commentary published …
00:12:49 |
Sat 25 Apr 2015
Pets can be risky: why physicians should discuss zoonotic infections with patients
Dr. Diane Kelsall, deputy editor, interviews Dr. Jason Stull, veterinarian and Assistant Professor at Ohio State University. Dr. Stull has co-authored a review article published in CMAJ. The authors …
00:19:10 |
Sun 19 Apr 2015
Effective global tobacco control in the next decade
Dr. Moneeza Walji, editorial fellow, interviews Dr. Prabhat Jha, founding and current director of the Centre for Global Health Research in Toronto. In their commentary published in CMAJ, Dr. Jha and …
00:14:42 |
Sat 18 Apr 2015
Meningoccocal immunity, heart failure & ejection fraction, pharmacare, alcohol misuse & more
Highlights from the April 21st issue of CMAJ, presented by Dr. Diane Kelsall, deputy editor. In this issue: Canada can afford universal pharmacare, failure to address at-risk drinking, drinking water…
00:07:02 |
Tue 14 Apr 2015
Freezing fertility: risks and benefits of social egg freezing
Dr. Moneeza Walji, editorial fellow, interviews Dr. Angel Petropanagos, postdoctoral fellow at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Some women who anticipate fertility decline due to the natural aging pr…
00:15:15 |
Thu 09 Apr 2015
Low-back pain, incidental findings of genetic mutations, old orphan drugs, child obesity & more
Highlights from the April 7th issue of CMAJ, presented by Dr. John Fletcher, editor-in-chief. In this issue: reducing imaging for low-back pain, incidental findings of genetic mutations and whether o…
00:07:35 |
Tue 07 Apr 2015
Elder abuse: how physicians can advocate and help
Dr. Diane Kelsall, deputy editor, interviews Dr. Xuyi Mimi Wang, fellow in geriatrics at McMaster University. In a review published in CMAJ, Dr. Wang and colleagues discuss the complex and common iss…
00:20:31 |
Mon 06 Apr 2015
Universal pharmacare in Canada would cost government little or nothing extra
Dr. Matthew Stanbrook, deputy editor for CMAJ, interviews Dr. Danielle Martin, family physician and VP of Medical Affairs and Health System Solutions at Women's College Hospital in Toronto. Dr. Marti…
00:16:28 |
Sat 14 Mar 2015
Child obesity guideline from the Canadian Task Force
Dr. Diane Kelsall, deputy editor, interviews Dr. Patricia Parkin, pediatrician at the Hospital for Sick Children, professor with the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. CMAJ recently published…
00:13:42 |
Fri 13 Mar 2015
Resident hours, RUDAS tool, follow-up for chest pain, jaundice, nocturia, tattoos, cannabis & more
Highlights from the March 17th issue of CMAJ, presented by Dr. John Fletcher, editor-in-chief, and Dr. Domhnall MacAuley, associate editor. In this issue: how different duty schedules affect day-time…
00:18:29 |
Wed 11 Mar 2015
Adult obesity guideline from Canadian Task Force
Interview with Paula Brauer, head of the adult obesity working group at the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. This latest guideline from the Task Force, published in CMAJ, focuses on the…
00:08:36 |
Fri 27 Feb 2015
Nocturnal leg cramps, safety of quinine, EMR data, myiasis, turkey wattle, #JeSuisCharlie & more
Highlights from the March 3rd issue of CMAJ, presented by Dr. Kirsten Patrick, deputy editor, and Dr. Domhnall MacAuley, associate editor. In this issue: seasonal variation of nocturnal leg cramps, c…
00:17:07 |
Fri 20 Feb 2015
At-risk drinking and alcohol use disorders: systemic failure to address
Interview with Dr. Sheryl Spithoff, addiction medicine specialist and family physician at Women's College Hospital in Toronto who co-authored a commentary published in CMAJ. Spithoff and Dr. Suzanne …
00:12:17 |
Fri 20 Feb 2015
Higher-risk patients less likely to get timely follow-up after ED visit for chest pain
Interview with Dr. Dennis Ko, interventional cardiologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto and senior scientist with the Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences. Dr. Ko and colleague…
00:16:40 |
Wed 18 Feb 2015
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