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OrthoJOEAmputation Surgery in Diabetic Patients In this episode, Marc and Mo discuss the topic of amputation surgery in diabetic patients, with a specific focus on the risk factors for failure following transmetatarsal amputation, the challenges to performing RCTs in this area of orthopaedics, and the need for collaborative multidisciplinary/multi-institutional consortia focused on this important topic.
Links:
Ron I, Kyin C, Peskin B, Ghrayeb N, Norman D, Ben-Kiki T, Shapira J. Risk Factors for a Failed Transmetatarsal Amputation in Patients with Diabetes. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2023 May 3;105(9):651-658. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.22.00718. Epub 2023 Mar 21. PMID: 36943915. https://bit.ly/3o72Et0
2023-06-2815 min
Terrible LizardsThe Origins of PaleontologyDave Hone tells Iszi Lawrence about the early days of paleontology and the very first dinosaur discoveries in the UK. We cover the perpetually unlucky Gideon Mantell and the not especially nice Richard Owen (and Mary Anning pops up though she didn't really do dinosaurs). Dr Kiki Sandford then joins us and asks what clues there are in fossils to tell us how dinosaurs behave... and things get silly. A link to an old blogpost of Dave's including photos of the original Megalosaurus jaw at Oxford https://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/more-of-megalosaurus/ A...2021-07-141h 11
Science Magazine PodcastDouble dipping in an NIH loan repayment program, and using undersea cables as seismic sensorsThe National Institutes of Health’s largest loan repayment program was conceived to help scientists pay off school debts without relying on industry funding. But a close examination of the program by investigative correspondent Charles Piller has revealed that many participants are taking money from the government to repay their loans, while at the same time taking payments from pharmaceutical companies. Piller joins Host Sarah Crespi to talk about the steps he took to uncover this double dipping and why ethicists say this a conflict of interest.
Sarah also talks with Nate Lindsey, a Ph.D. candidate at the...2019-11-2839 min