Medicine and Science from The BMJ podcast

Medicine and Science from The BMJ

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The BMJ brings you interviews with the people who are shaping medicine and science around the world.

The BMJ brings you interviews with the people who are shaping medicine and science around the world.

 

#1025

ADHD therapies, and the NHS gig economy

There is an enormous amount of research on treatment for ADHD - pharmaceutical and otherwi... more

05 Dec 2025

40 MINS

40:40

05 Dec 2025


#1024

Special Episode - The Covid Inquiry

"Damning” and “unforgivable failures” is how some papers headlines reacted to criticism of... more

03 Dec 2025

31 MINS

31:04

03 Dec 2025


#1023

Climate, “car spreading”, and conflict

It’s the BMJ’s annual climate issue - and in this episode, we’ll be hearing about more way... more

18 Nov 2025

44 MINS

44:12

18 Nov 2025


#1022

Doctors against the far right

Far right rallies have been held across the UK, culminating in a large parade in London wh... more

03 Nov 2025

31 MINS

31:11

03 Nov 2025


#1021

The shaky science of the Q-collar, exercise for osteoarthritis, and patient choice.

This week on the podcast The BMJ investigates Q-COLLAR, an American device that distributo... more

21 Oct 2025

36 MINS

36:10

21 Oct 2025


#1020

The difficulty of delirium diagnosis, the lack of agency in the 10 year plan, and Gaza wounds

In this episode of the podcast; In July this year, the Government published their 10 year ... more

07 Oct 2025

44 MINS

44:14

07 Oct 2025


#1019

Doctors still have questions about the UK's assisted dying bill

In today’s episode: Assisted Dying moves closer to becoming UK law. The proposed legislati... more

22 Sep 2025

38 MINS

38:05

22 Sep 2025


#1018

Starvation in Gaza is a multi-generational disaster

In today’s episode: ---Rethinking how we measure the harm caused by the  arms industry --... more

09 Sep 2025

36 MINS

36:45

09 Sep 2025


#1017

CRISPR, stemcell banking, and a football world cup

CRISPR technology has revolutionised biological research, and for the first time it’s out ... more

21 Aug 2025

36 MINS

36:16

21 Aug 2025


#1016

The pitfalls of home test kits

If you’ve been in a high street pharmacy or supermarket recently, chances are you’ll have ... more

29 Jul 2025

27 MINS

27:58

29 Jul 2025


#1015

The Future for Physician Associates? | Prof. Gillian Leng

Professor Gillian Leng, President of the Royal Society of Medicine was asked to carry out ... more

24 Jul 2025

52 MINS

52:53

24 Jul 2025


#1014

NHS 10 year plan dissected

This week we’re focusing on the NHS. On the 3rd of July the UK’s Prime Minister, Kier Star... more

15 Jul 2025

42 MINS

42:26

15 Jul 2025


#1013

What are doctors demanding? | New BMA Chair, Tom Dolphin

Rebecca Coombes interviews Dr. Tom Dolphin, consultant anaesthetist and newly elected chai... more

11 Jul 2025

34 MINS

34:35

11 Jul 2025


#1012

Time to rethink GP's advice on weightloss, and ticagrelor data doubts

Last December, The BMJ published an investigation into the 2009 PLATO trial - exposing ser... more

01 Jul 2025

33 MINS

33:38

01 Jul 2025


#1011

The plan for NHS league tables is bad, and will lead to unintended consequences

In this episode, we hear about ketamine addiction. It's in the news, but the rise in addic... more

16 Jun 2025

26 MINS

26:09

16 Jun 2025


#1010

Wellness industry lies, and preventative AI evaluation

Devi Sridhar's new book  “How Not to Die  (Too Soon) - The Lies We’ve Been Sold, and the P... more

02 Jun 2025

38 MINS

38:53

02 Jun 2025


#1009

Conflict in South Asia, and simplifying GRADE.

Recent escalations in the ever simmering tension between India and Pakistan brought us clo... more

19 May 2025

40 MINS

40:15

19 May 2025


#1008

Malaria free China, an academic medicine revolution, and retracted data's impact

China was declared malaria free in 2021 - and we'll hear how persistence was key to their ... more

07 May 2025

36 MINS

36:36

07 May 2025


#1007

The problem of prognostication in assisted dying.

The UK government is debating legislation to allow assisted dying in England and Wales, wh... more

23 Apr 2025

30 MINS

30:48

23 Apr 2025


#1006

Trump is trying to destroy universities - Ashish Jha, Dean of Public Health at Brown University

Kamran Abbasi interviews Professor Ashish Jha, Dean of Public Health at Brown University a... more

11 Apr 2025

50 MINS

50:19

11 Apr 2025


#1005

Reducing benefits will not get disabled people back to work, and explaining overdiagnosis

The UK’s chancellor has announced a £5bn cut to benefits, much of which will be borne by t... more

09 Apr 2025

32 MINS

32:35

09 Apr 2025


#1004

What does the death of NHS England, and the western alliance, mean for health?

In the UK, the prime minister has announced the disbanding of NHS England, Nigel Crisp - f... more

26 Mar 2025

37 MINS

37:48

26 Mar 2025


#1003

The data on physician associates in the UK, and speaking up in the NHS

We've just published a new rapid review on the safety and efficacy of physician and anaest... more

12 Mar 2025

47 MINS

47:02

12 Mar 2025


#1002

Phil Banfield on the British Medical Association's plan to support doctors

From pay restoration, to making sure there are enough training posts for resident doctors,... more

05 Mar 2025

29 MINS

29:23

05 Mar 2025


#1001

Combating disinformation, and time to stop spinal injections for chronic pain

In this episode of the BMJ's Medicine and Science podcast, editor-in-chief Kamran Abbasi d... more

26 Feb 2025

31 MINS

31:10

26 Feb 2025