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The Medical Week In Review
14 January 2022 | Episode 1The Medical Week in Review is a weekly podcast that takes a look at healthcare stories, news and events happening locally, and around the world. Listen to us over coffee, in your car or anytime you have ten minutes to spare.
This week: BMJ publishes the 8th edition of WHO’s Corona-19 recommendations; NEJM celebrates the 100th episode of its Corona podcast: dementia looks set to skyrocket and genomics may help improve outcomes in critical care settings. We take a look at novel research into snake envenomation, anthrax and universal flu vaccinations, and ask whether the scientific community swopped rigour for stardust in the case of Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes?
Access Podcast: Episode One | Access Links and Transcript
7 Jan 22 | Snake Envenomation (NEJM)
5 Jan 22 | Risk of Subsequent Stroke Among Patients Receiving Outpatient vs Inpatient Care for Transient Ischemic Attack (JAMA)
4 Jan 22 | Effect of dexamethasone as an analgesic adjuvant to multimodal pain treatment after total knee arthroplasty: randomised clinical trial (BMJ)
5 Jan 22 | Risk of Subsequent Stroke Among Patients Receiving Outpatient vs Inpatient Care for Transient Ischemic Attack (JAMA)
4 Jan 22 | Effect of dexamethasone as an analgesic adjuvant to multimodal pain treatment after total knee arthroplasty: randomised clinical trial (BMJ)
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 as a possible cause of severe Orbital Cellulitis
This patient case study published in the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery is the first reported case of this complication from CORONA-19.
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Assessment of Plasma Phospholipid Very-Long-Chain Saturated Fatty Acid Levels and healthy ageing
A review of recent clinical research into the association of very long-chain saturated fatty acids (VLSFA), and a possible link to healthy ageing.
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From research to keeping company: the place of robotics in healthcare
Robotic technologies are increasingly influential in the medical field. A recent article from The Medical Futurist provides several areas where the application of robotics is already apparent
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Medical Congresses, events and online activities
| Date | Conference | Location | Contact Info |
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| 11 Jan | International Conference on Bradiarrythimia and Cardiology (ICBC) | Singapore | Conference Website |
| 11 Jan | International Conference on Paediatric Pulmonology, Allergy and Immunology (ICPPA) | Singapore | Conference Website |
| 13-14 Jan | 1st International Meeting "Intermediate Respiratory Care Unit" in COVID19 | Madrid | Conference Website |
| 14 Jan | International Conference on Obesity and Endocrine System (ICOES) | Bali | Conference Website |
| 18 Jan | International Conference on Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonology (ICPAIP) | Bangkok | Conference Website |
| 20 -22 Jan | Crohn's & Colitis Congress | Las Vegas | Conference Website |
| 21 Jan | 19th Meeting of the EAU Section of Oncological Urology | Madrid | Conference Website |
| 25 Jan | International Conference on New Therapies for Gastrointestinal Cancer | Paris | Conference Website |
| 28 Jan | International Conference on Midwifery (ICM) | New York | Conference Website |
| 31Jan-4Feb | 34th Annual Selected Topics in Internal Medicine | Paris | Conference Website |
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Medical Trivia for some light relief
Alcmaeon of Croton was an early Greek medical writer and philosopher-scientist. Although the question of whether he was a physician remains contentious, there is no doubt he was responsible for some remarkable thinking regarding the human body. He was the first to put forward that the "..brain was the seat of understanding, and to distinguish that understanding from perception"1; he believed that sensory organs - such as the eye - were linked to the brain by channels, and way back in 500 BC, he is said to have distinguished veins from arteries. You can read more about this fascinating man here
Source: 1. Alcmaeon,Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Top Technology Healthcare Trends for 2022
Futurist Bernard Marr puts forward his thinking this video
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