Free Associations

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Episode 65 - Does quality of care affect maternal and neonatal outcomes? Jan 28, 2020

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Matt, Chris, and Jen discuss a study modeling the impact of improvements in quality of care, they discuss a poorly thought through letter from a group of publishers to the president, and Jen teaches us about worm memories.

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Quality of care impact

Episode 64 - What's new for treating Ebola? Jan 14, 2020

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Matt, Chris, and Jen examine a study on new treatments for Ebola, they discuss whether retracted papers should still be cited, and Chris and Jen have the same Amazing and Amusing.

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Ebola treatment study

Episode 63 - Can my Apple Watch detect atrial fibrillation? Dec 31, 2019

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Matt, Chris, and Jen discuss a study on whether Apple Watches can detect atrial fibrillation, they discuss a proposal to limit researchers to one published paper per year, and Matt wants to clown around.

Journal club article:

Smartwatches and atrial fibrillation

Episode 62 - Does the time you take your blood pressure meds matter? Dec 17, 2019

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Matt, Chris, and Jen discuss a study on whether taking blood pressure medication at night is better than taking it during the day, they discuss the harms that come from hyping medical research (and what we can do about it), and Matt finally has an amazing and amusing that goes in the amazing direction.

Journal club article:

Blood pressure medication timing study

Episode 61 - Professional soccer and neurodegenerative disease Dec 03, 2019

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Matt, Chris, and Jen discuss a study on whether playing professional soccer increases the risk of death from neurodegenerative disease, they vent about how much it costs in time and money to reformat papers for journal submission, and Jen gives Chris and Matt an early Christmas present.

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Soccer and neurodegenerative disease

Episode 60 - Low dose radiation and cancer Nov 19, 2019

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Matt and Jen examine a study from South Korea on the effects of low dose radiation on cancer, we discuss a fascinating study that was retracted and republished because of a coding error, and Matt shares Star Wars secrets gleaned from a figure in a research paper.

Journal club article:

Low dose radiation and cancer study

Episode 59 - Red meat for the public health crowd Nov 05, 2019

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Matt and Jen discuss a new set of surprising recommendations around eating red meat, we skip the second segment entirely because we had so much to say on segment 1, and Jen reveals who has been killing all the cane toads.

Journal club article:

Red meat recommendation study

Episode 58 - California’s Extreme Risk Protection Law Oct 22, 2019

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Matt, Chris, and Jen discuss a case series on California’s Extreme Risk Protection Law, the gang discuss why it’s so difficult to talk about science on controversial topics, and Chris gets serious about classical music.

Journal club article:

Extreme risk protection law study

Episode 57 - Sugary drinks and cancer Oct 08, 2019

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Matt, Chris, and Jen discuss a study on the relationship between sugary drinks and cancer, the gang discuss how to improve nutritional epidemiology, and Jen gets us all up to speed about avocados.

Journal club article:

Sugary drinks and cancer

Episode 56 - A breakthrough for sickle cell disease? Sep 10, 2019

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Matt, Chris, and Don discuss a study on a new treatment for sickle cell disease, the gang discuss some advances in registered reports, and Matt figures out which celebrity he should publish a paper with.

Journal club article:

Sickle cell treatment study

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