SNP21: Sick Individuals and Sick Populations

Claims about "improving the gut microbiome" are widespread, but what would improvement actually mean? How do we establish which microbial changes contribute to disease, and which simply reflect it? Research on bacterial metabolism of medications raises questions about how the mic ...  Show more

Can an athlete reduce the environmental impact of their diet while still meeting the demands of training, competition and recovery? Peter Res argues that these aims can be compatible, provided dietary changes are planned around the athlete's needs. The discussion looks at practic ...  Show more

In this week's episode, Helen Macdonald is joined by Joseph Ross, US research editor for The BMJ, and Juan Franco, editor of BMJ EBM. They begin by discussing a review of obesity interventions in primary care, and Joe wonders if GPs are really the best people to tackle the issue. ...  Show more

The classic tale of epidemiology almost always begins with public health hero John Snow traipsing all over London to track down the source of the 1854 cholera epidemic, ultimately identified as the Broad Street Pump. While Snow’s famous endeavor earned him the title “the fathe ...

In this Talk Evidence, Helen Macdonald, Joe Ross and Duncan Jarvies discuss what's going on in the world of EBM. Firstly, a while ago on the podcast, we concluded that excess mortality would be the best way to measure the impact of the pandemic - and now a new paper looks at dif ...  Show more