Vision beyond 2020

Chronic respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma are on the rise in many countries, including low-income and middle-income countries such as Kenya that also have a sizeable burden of tuberculosis. What does this mean for patients in terms of t ... Show More

In a resource-constrained setting like Bangladesh, what proportion of a hospital's capacity is taken up with admissions for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)? How many children needing admission are turned away every year because of lack of bed space? And how many of these "denia ... Show More

Carina King and Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman outline the purpose and main findings of the new Lancet Global Health Commission on medical oxygen security and their hopes for its impact.Read the Commission:https://www.thelancet.com/commissions/medical-oxygen-security?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_p ... Show More

Dr Sabine Braat and Dr Katherine Fielding join us to discuss their study presenting new haemoglobin thresholds for defining anaemia. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(24)00030-9/fulltext?dgcid=buzzsprout_icw_podcast_generic_lan ... Show More

Jaimie Steinmetz and Theo Vos from the Institute of Health Metrics and Katrin Seeher and Tarun Dua from WHO join Heather Brown and Lauren Southwell to discuss new data on the global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system. The Article is published ... Show More

Have we over estimated the deadliness of covid? So doctors seem to think so.Is the cure worse than the disease?The GREEN GROCER—the ultimate cure.A recent article and study by John Hopkin's University demonstrates that COVID 19 has not attributed at any excessive deaths in Americ ... Show More

Today's episode focuses on Cancer with a true expert, Mark Lintern. You'll learn about the surprising links between infections, inflammation, and our body's powerhouses - the mitochondria. This is a chance to arm yourself with cutting-edge theories that could change the way we tr ... Show More

Stephen Strittmatter (Yale School of Medicine, CT, USA) discusses his first-in-human and randomised trial of a soluble Nogo-receptor-Fc decoy in patients with chronic cervical spinal cord injury. The Article is published in the August issue of The Lancet Neurology.Continue this c ... Show More

When I started medical school in 1995, we were taught that one in four people was likely to develop cancer in their lifetime. Today, that statistic has changed to one in two – a rapid rise that can’t be explained by genetics. But if our modern diet and lifestyles are the cause, w ... Show More

Men aren’t toxic, they’re traumatized. Renowned physician, author and speaker Dr. Gabor Maté talks about internalized rage, our toxic world culture, childhood trauma and reframing our approach to mental illness. With over 40 years of clinical experience and personal development, ... Show More

In this episode of the Opposing Views series, I spoke with Dr. Ellen Wiebe and Dr. Mark Pickering about the ethics and legalities behind medical assistance in dying (MAID). We talked about the arguments for and against making MAID available, which demographics are asking for it, ... Show More

Today we have an extra special episode where we talk to Dan Schachner about this year’s Puppy Bowl, then we’ll learn about the truths and myths of spontaneous human combustion, and how cancer rates in the US have gone down by 33% since the ‘90s! The Puppy BowlHuman Candles “Stran ... Show More

In this new episode Steven sits down with the physician and longevity expert, Dr Peter Attia.Dr. Attia graduated from the Stanford University School of Medicine in 2001, and until 2006 he was a surgical resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital. During this time he was a surgical oncolo ... Show More