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Football Players and Heart Disease: Some Surprises
Henry Black talks to Robert Vogel about the National Football League's initiative on heart disease and a study with surprising findings for African Americans and defensive linemen. (Source: Medscape Cardiology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Podcast - May 17, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Listen to The Lancet: 19 October
Discussion with Jimmy Volmink, Head of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University, South Africa (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - October 19, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts

TB... what's new, what's not?
Dr Anna Ralph discusses whats new in diagnosis and management of the very old disease of TB. Despite lower incidence of TB in Australia compared to other places in the world, TB remains a significant problem in a number of at risk groups including migrants from sub Saharan Africa, India, Vietnam, the Phillipines, China and Indonesia; patients with HIV; and Indigenous Australians. While newer diagnostic tests (interferon gamma release assays) are available, they have some limitations and in Australia sputum microscopic examination and cuture remains the main method of diagnosis in symptomatic individuals. Developments in ph...
Source: Australian Family Physician audio - October 13, 2012 Category: Primary Care Authors: The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners Tags: Podcasts Source Type: podcasts

STUPID BREAST CANCER: AFRICAN/LATINA SPECIAL - Oct 01,2012
SURVIVOR SPOTLIGHT BARBARA MUSSER Founder and CEO Sexy After Cancer TARSHA WHITE-JONES, RN, MSN Nurse, Teacher, PhD Student Cancer Researcher Young African Breast Cancer Patients PAMELA CROMWELL Young Adult Survivor, Breast Cancer Founder, Pink For Pam MAILET LOPEZ Young Adult Survivor, Breast Cancer Founder, I Had Cancer.com Principal, Squeaky Mediabreast cancer | pink ribbon | underserved disparity | Affordable Care Act | cancer advocacy (Source: The Stupid Cancer Show - Blog Talk Radio)
Source: The Stupid Cancer Show - Blog Talk Radio - October 1, 2012 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Stupid Cancer Show Tags: Health Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 201: Rabid about viruses
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Kathy answer reader email about rabies, xenotransplantation, poliovirus, Ph.D. programs, mosquitoes, and much more. Links for this episode: Mattias Schnell Novel rhabdovirus from Africa (Plos Path) Milwaukee protocol (Wikipedia) How lethal is rabies virus? (virology blog) Issues with polio eradication (J Gen Virol) Vaccine-derived polioviruses (J Inf Dis) Global pandemics with Hidde Ploegh (Vimeo) Polio vs Bin Laden (Alan Dove) Letters read on TWiV 201 Weekly Science Picks ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - September 30, 2012 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

STUPID BREAST CANCER: AFRICAN/LATINA SPECIAL - Oct 01,2012
SURVIVOR SPOTLIGHT BARBARA MUSSER Founder and CEO Sexy After Cancer TARSHA WHITE-JONES, RN, BSN Nurse, Teacher, PhD Student Cancer Researcher Young African Breast Cancer Patients PAMELA CROMWELL Young Adult Survivor, Breast Cancer Founder, Pink For Pam MAILET LOPEZ Young Adult Survivor, Breast Cancer Founder, I Had Cancer.com Principal, Squeaky Mediabreast cancer | pink ribbon | underserved disparity | Affordable Care Act | cancer advocacy (Source: The Stupid Cancer Show - Blog Talk Radio)
Source: The Stupid Cancer Show - Blog Talk Radio - September 25, 2012 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Stupid Cancer Show Tags: Health Source Type: podcasts

Listen to The Lancet: 09 August
Jenny Cresswell discusses research about increasing bodyweight in sub-saharan Africa and effect on neonatal health. . (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - August 10, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts

Lynette Denny, MD, PhD: Gynecologic Cancer Care in South Africa
Dr./Prof. Lynette Denny discusses the differences in cancer care in South Africa, and her goals for future cancer care for the African people. This interview was filmed at the American Society of C... Author: vitaloptions Added: 07/21/2012 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - July 21, 2012 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts

Lynette Denny, MD, PhD: ASCO 2012 Gynecological Cancer Update - A Global Perspective
Dr./Prof. Lynette Denny discusses gynecologic cancer updates at ASCO 2012 from her perspective as an oncologist from Cape Town, South Africa. This interview was filmed at the American Society of Cl... Author: vitaloptions Added: 07/19/2012 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - July 19, 2012 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts

Otis Webb Brawley, MD: African-Americans and Sun Screen. Yes! You Need it.
Dr. Otis W. Brawley talks about the importance of sun screen for everyone, and why you might want to grab the lower SPF. This interview was filmed at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annua... Author: vitaloptions Added: 07/18/2012 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - July 18, 2012 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts

Listen to The Lancet: 11 May
Discussion of the pioneering renal transplantation work of Dr Elmi Muller in South Africa. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - May 11, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts

Mentoring Youth- Jill Gurr talks about her new book and Create Now
Today’s podcast is about mentoring youth. My guest is Jill Gurr-yes, a relative-who just published a book on mentoring called “Mentor Youth Now- A Guidebook for Transforming Young Lives”. Jill Gurr Is the Director of Create Now, a creative arts mentoring organization that she founded in 1996. She has trained hundreds of volunteers to mentor thousands of the most troubled children in Southern California. She is also a produced screenwriter and worked us a script supervisor on award-winning movies around the world. She has been featured on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams and Anderson Cooper 360.She was one...
Source: The Shrink Is In - January 2, 2012 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrGurr Source Type: podcasts

Johns Hopkins Medicine News Roundup, August 5, 2011
This week's topics include a new way to assess newborns for heart problems, texting to improve malaria care in Africa, a disappointing report about hospitalists, and guidelines for managing COPD. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Weekly Health News - August 5, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Tracey and Rick Lange, M.D. Source Type: podcasts

#30: Helping Those Who Were Displaced by Civil Unrest in North Africa
Two American Red Cross responders, Laura Hevesi and Colin Chaperon, reflect on their experiences working in Tunisia as part of an international team that organized the construction of a transit camp and provided vital services to migrants who had left their homes as a result of the civil unrest in Libya. (Source: Cross the Globe)
Source: Cross the Globe - July 29, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Authors: American Red Cross Source Type: podcasts

Einstein On: HIV, Dr. Harris Goldstein
Harris Goldstein, M.D., director of the Einstein-Montefiore Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) discusses the global progress in HIV/AIDS research, his own research and his recent trip to South Africa, the country with the largest HIV epidemic in the world according to UNAIDS. Interviewed by Einstein’s Gordon Earle. (Source: Einstein On...)
Source: Einstein On... - October 25, 2010 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Albert Einstein College of Medicine Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 104: The colony-collapse blues
On episode #104 of the podcast This Week in Virology, The entire TWiV family reviews the latest ideas about colony collapse disorder of honeybees, and resurgence of monkeypox in Africa. Host links Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Links for this episode: The Harvey Lectures Iridovirus and microsporidian linked to colony collapse disorder CCD discussed previously on TWiV 64, 49, and 46 Why are they called iridoviruses? Iridoviruses at ViralZone Scientists and soldiers solve a bee mystery (NY Times, pdf) Edg...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - October 24, 2010 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV #104 - The colony-collapse blues
The entire TWiV family reviews the latest ideas about colony collapse disorder of honeybees, and resurgence of monkeypox in Africa. (Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition)
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - October 24, 2010 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

Listen to The Lancet: 23 October
Kelly Morris discusses genomic research in Africa with Charles Rotimi. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - October 22, 2010 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts

STANDUP2CANCER - Sep 07,2010
LAURA ZISKIN Breast Cancer Survivor Award-Winning Film & Television Producer/Director Co-Founder, StandUp2Cancer ETHAN ZOHN Young Adult Survivor Hodgkins Lymphoma Founder, Grassroot Soccer Winner, Survivor: Africa (2002) LEONARD SENDER, MD i[2]y Chairman of the Board Clinical Professor of Medicine Director of Clinical Oncology Services Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center standup2cancer | laura ziskin | ethan zohn | cancer research | healthcare (Source: The Stupid Cancer Show - Blog Talk Radio)
Source: The Stupid Cancer Show - Blog Talk Radio - September 6, 2010 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Stupid Cancer Show Tags: Health Source Type: podcasts

Listen to The Lancet: 21 August
Zulfi Bhutta on the public-health crisis from the recent Pakistan floods, and Tony Nelson discussing rotavirus vaccination in Africa and Asia. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - August 20, 2010 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts

OMG! ONCOFERTILITY - May 18,2010
SURVIVOR SPOTLIGHT CALEB EGWUENU Young Adult Cancer Advocate in Africa Founder/President Stand Up 2 Cancer Naija LEONARD SENDER, MD Chairman, i[2]y Clinical Professor of Medicine Director, Oncology Services CHAO Comprehensive Cancer Center KAREN ALBRITTON, MD Director, AYA Oncology University of North Texas Cook Children's Hospital TERESA WOODRUFF, Ph.D Thomas J. Watkins Professor of OB/GYN Director/Founder The Oncofertility Consortium Northwestern University oncofertility | teresa woodruff | Young Adult Cancer | stupid cancer | matthew zachary (Source: The Stupid Cancer Show - Blog Talk Radio)
Source: The Stupid Cancer Show - Blog Talk Radio - May 17, 2010 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Stupid Cancer Show Tags: Health Source Type: podcasts

Einstein On: Global Health, Dr. Dan Kelly
Dan Kelly, M.D., who graduated from Einstein in 2008, discusses his experience running the global health program for an amputee community in the West African nation of Sierra Leone. Dr. Kelly is currently a resident of Baylor College of Medicine. Interviewed by Einstein’s Karen Gardner. (Source: Einstein On...)
Source: Einstein On... - March 16, 2010 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Albert Einstein College of Medicine Source Type: podcasts

Who The Hell Is Hodgkin's? - Dec 29,2009
ETHAN ZOHN Young Adult Survivor Hodgkins Lymphoma Founder, Grassroot Soccer Winner, 2002 Survivor: Africa HILDY DILLON Senior Vice President Patient Services The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society LEONARD SENDER, MD i[2]y Chairman of the Board Clinical Professor of Medicine Director of Clinical Oncology Services Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center hodgkins lymphoma | cancer advocacy | young adult | leukemia lymphoma society | healthcare reform (Source: The Stupid Cancer Show - Blog Talk Radio)
Source: The Stupid Cancer Show - Blog Talk Radio - December 28, 2009 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Stupid Cancer Show Tags: Health Source Type: podcasts

MSF Frontline Reports - December 2009
Hear the song created by an MSF nurse in Central African Republic to raise awareness of sleeping sickness and malaria; MSF helps fight HIV/AIDS in South Africa's Khayelitsha township and addresses the double crises of HIV-TB co-infection in Swaziland. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - December 7, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts

TB and HIV double epidemic in southern Africa
The double epidemic of TB and HIV in southern Africa (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - October 29, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: MSF Tags: News & Politics Source Type: podcasts

SEASON PREMIERE - Sep 08,2009
ETHAN ZOHN Young Adult Survivor Hodgkins Lymphoma Founder, Grassroot Soccer Winner, 2002 Survivor: Africa LEONARD SENDER, MD i[2]y Chairman of the Board Clinical Professor of Medicine Director of Clinical Oncology Services Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center ethan zohn | cancer | stand up 2 cancer | komen | young adult (Source: The Stupid Cancer Show - Blog Talk Radio)
Source: The Stupid Cancer Show - Blog Talk Radio - September 7, 2009 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Stupid Cancer Show Tags: Health Source Type: podcasts

Listen to The Lancet: 05 September
Discussion of the South Africa series, including an interview with the new South African Minister of Health. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - September 4, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts

HPV Oral Cancer and Cervical Cancer: A Study
This study reviews HPV oral cancer and its potential link to cervical cancer, differences between mobile and static populations, behavioral differences between whites and African Americans and age specific lifestyle differences. (Source: MUSC Cancer Podcast)
Source: MUSC Cancer Podcast - September 3, 2009 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Medical University of South Carolina Source Type: podcasts

TWiV #45 - Hendra and polio are back
Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Jennifer Drahos tackle the Hendra virus disease outbreak in Australia, AIDS-like disease in wild chimps, return of polio type 2 in Nigeria, the influenza pandemic wave, and rabies in three countries. Links for this episode: Hendra virus killing horses in Australia AIDS-like disease in wild chimps [ NY Times ] Polio type 2 returns in Nigeria Influenza pandemic wave [Branswell ] Rabies in Ukraine , South Africa , and USA Cell phones turned into fluorescent microscopes [Thanks, Jim!] HIV-1 vaccine trial in South Af...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - August 16, 2009 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

Listen to The Lancet: 25 July
Discussion of the malaria Special Report, and news from the International AIDS Society meeting in South Africa. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - July 24, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts

Listen to The Lancet: 20 July
Pam Das and Stefan Baral discuss the Review about HIV and men who have sex with men in sub-Saharan Africa. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - July 20, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts

Minority Breast Cancer
Breast cancer does not discriminate. Any woman of any race can get it. But what many might not know is that minorities such as African Americans, Latinos and Asians tend to develop breast cancer earlier and often have more aggressive tumors than white women. And too often minorities aren't diagnosed until after the disease has spread. More on breast cancer and minorities from Mayo Clinic. (Source: Mayo Clinic - Medical Edge Video)
Source: Mayo Clinic - Medical Edge Video - June 15, 2009 Category: Consumer Health Advice Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: podcasts

DRC Condition Critical - Express
Africa, DRC (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - June 9, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: MSF Tags: News & Politics Source Type: podcasts

DRC Condition Critical - Survive
Africa, DRC (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - June 8, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: MSF Tags: News & Politics Source Type: podcasts

Global Health - Interview with Dr. Dan Kelly, Class of 2008, on delivering healthcare in Sierra Leone.
Dr. Dan Kelly, class of 2008, discusses his fascinating experience running a global health program in the West African nation, Sierra Leone, delivering healthcare to the nation's amputee communities. Dr. Kelly is currently a resident at Baylor College of Medicine. (Source: Einstein On...)
Source: Einstein On... - June 1, 2009 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Albert Einstein College of Medicine Tags: Global Health Source Type: podcasts

Month in Focus - May 2009
Somalia, DRC, Sudan, Yemen and West Africa (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - May 14, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: MSF Tags: News & Politics Source Type: podcasts

Meningitis vaccination in Niger, Nigeria and Chad
This year the worst meningitis epidemic in years has killed up to 2,000 people and affected 60,000 in West Africa. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - May 12, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: MSF Tags: News & Politics Source Type: podcasts

Frontlines - April 2009
Meningitis in Africa and Haiti's health concerns. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - May 5, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: MSF Tags: News & Politics Source Type: podcasts

MSF Frontline Reports - April 2009
MSF is carrying out its largest ever vaccination campaign to fight a meningitis epidemic in West Africa. And hear MSF field workers in Haiti describe the overwhelming need for medical care in that country. (Source: MSF Podcasts)
Source: MSF Podcasts - May 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Source Type: podcasts

TWiV #29 - Swine flu returns
In episode 29 of This Week in Virology, hosts Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove and Dick Despommier talk about insect and human dengue virus host proteins, equine vaccine for WNV and EEEV, return of swine flu to humans, spread of polio in Africa, and listener email. Links for this episode: Discovery of insect and human dengue virus host proteins Immunize your horse with PreveNile Swine flu returns to California, Texas, Mexico Polio spreads from Nigeria to 15 African countries Dead Chinese woman on Russian train: no SARS or influenza Jenny McCarthy body coun...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - April 27, 2009 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

TWiV #29 - Swine flu returns
Vincent, Dick, and Alan talk about insect and human dengue virus host proteins, equine vaccine for WNV and EEEV, return of swine flu to humans, spread of polio in Africa, and listener email. (Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition)
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - April 27, 2009 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Science Source Type: podcasts