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The SporkfulThe Secret Society With A Giant Omelet TraditionWhat makes the taste of a Meyer lemon so special? And why is there a secret society in Louisiana that holds a giant omelet festival every year? This week our friends at the The Atlas Obscura Podcast — which celebrates the world’s strange and wondrous places — bring us stories that answer each of those questions. First up, professional taster Mandy Naglich tells us the twisty history of the Meyer lemon, from the eccentric man it’s named after to the role it played in a citrus epidemic. Then we visit Abbeville, Louisiana, to eat that giant omelet, and learn about th...
2025-01-0636 min
Age Better with Liz EarleAlzheimer's, midlife sex, and sunlight: Liz's 2024 highlightsAs 2024 draws to a close, Liz reflects on some of our most impactful podcast conversations over the last year that offer valuable insights into how we can thrive in the new year ahead. Liz also reveals your favourite episodes from 2024 and why they resonated most with you. The episode shares highlights from Patrick Holford on reducing our risk of Alzheimer's disease, Liz's candid chat with Gabby Logan on finding love online, Sam Evans on transforming your sex life in midlife, Kate Muir on the truth about the pill, Dr Lubna Khan-Salim on how our h...
2024-12-2759 min
The Journey Of Self Love Through Self CareBreathplay & Mini Yoga Nidra (This is an activity based session)Get comfy, lay down and come join this breathplay with a yoga nidra. Not to be done when driving or operating machinery! Not suitable for epilepsy or pregnancy. Breathplay and Yoga Nidra has completely transformed my life. They have transformed my relationship to myself and others, tools that have created freedom around anxiety, sleep and over thinking.
This session was inspired after our last episode Sleep, Melatonin and Boundaries where I share how pre 2020 I was heavily reliant on medication, weed and supplements to aid my sleep. I would struggle to fall asleep, wake...
2023-10-3035 minThe Journey Of Self Love Through Self CareThe Journey of Self Love through Self Care: Sleep, Boundaries and MelatoninIn todays episode I share my journey of sleep with tips and ideas to get a deeper more blissful sleep plus ways to support our bodies to produce sleep hormones and happy hormones naturally. Even if we fall asleep quickly, trying some of these ideas may help you get into a deeper cycle, create more joy around sleep and boost our happy hormones. This is a mixture of science and holistic approaches that you may like to explore. Perhaps grab a pen and paper to jot down some tips and reflect on your sleep hygiene. Sleep helps with our...
2023-09-221h 00The SporkfulA Garlic Dispute 20 Years In The MakingWe asked for your food fights and hot takes, and you delivered! We hear about a 20-year dispute over a garlic aversion (with unsavory origins), get to the bottom of the best way to eat a pint of ice cream, and challenge Dan’s long-standing feud with spaghetti. Joining Dan to dish out wisdom are two opinionated, food-obsessed women of letters: Jiayang Fan and Samantha Irby. Jiayang and Sam also come with their own hot takes on Sichuanese beef jerky, mayo, and store-bought vs. homemade food. The Sporkful production team includes Dan Pashman, Emma Morgenstern, Andres O'Hara, Nora...
2023-08-2839 min
Music for Education & WellbeingPODCAST [31] From connection to catharsis: the benefits of singing in a choir, with Sam Chaplin from The Choir With No NameIn this episode, I talk with Sam Chaplin, community choir leader for The Choir With No Name, workshop leader, singer-songwriter, jazz trumpeter, pianist, composer and arranger. We discuss: how community choir leading is ‘caught rather than taught’; the four Cs of connection, confidence, congratulations and the catharsis of ‘singing it out and the song on Sam’s new album inspired by this; the value of peer mentors as part of advocating for the choir; music more central in everyone’s lives.
2022-02-1031 min
Middlemore Middle SchoolA review of the updated CMDHB maternal mental health guidelinePresented by charge midwife Steph King
2021-03-1639 minMiddlemore Middle SchoolDermatoses of pregnancyA brief review of common pregnancy-related skin conditions including pemphigoid gestationis.
2021-02-0211 minMiddlemore Middle SchoolSmokefree cessation at CMDHBPractical tips (+/- what happens when doctors try nicotine gum 🤢)
2021-01-2145 minMiddlemore Middle SchoolDr Emma Parry presents NIPTApologies that this cut out at 60min! (She talked for 80min total) follow the links below for some more helpful tips https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/12/the-last-children-of-down-syndrome/616928/
https://ranzcog.edu.au/RANZCOG_SITE/media/RANZCOG-MEDIA/Women%27s%20Health/Statement%20and%20guidelines/Clinical-Obstetrics/Prenatal-screening_1.pdf?ext=.pdf
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25358606/
https://raisingchildren.net.au/disability/guide-to-disabilities/assessment-diagnosis/down-syndrome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5TtopYX1Gc (sensitivity and specificity)
2021-01-2159 min2020-11-111h 23Middlemore Middle SchoolPre-eclampsia - Dr Kerrie HidesA comprehensive discussion on PET from the basics to the clinical realities.
2020-08-0159 min2020-08-0122 minMiddlemore Middle SchoolGynae Onc Referrals - Dr Sam HolfordJust Google "Auckland Gynae Onc referral" for resources for making a good gynae onc referral, including the latest referral form.
https://nationalwomenshealth.adhb.govt.nz/healthprofessionals/referrals-and-information/gynaecology/
Tips for referrers: https://nationalwomenshealth.adhb.govt.nz/assets/Womens-health/Documents/Referrals-and-info/ADHB-Gynae-Oncology-Tips-for-Referrers.pdf
2020-07-2114 minMiddlemore Middle SchoolSGA pathway - Dr Lana HughesLana runs through the NZMFM SGA pathway for 34 weeks and beyond and goes through some exam stuff. Rock on.
2020-07-2040 minMiddlemore Middle SchoolObstetric Cholestasis - Dr Anna BrownsonThe low down on the salty itch. From everyone's favourite bud: Dr AB herself!
2020-03-1827 minMiddlemore Middle SchoolExercise in pregnancy - Dr Si OkanaKeep cross fitting (if that's your thing).
2020-03-1834 minMiddlemore Middle SchoolSickle cell disease - Dr Lindsey HarbourDr Lindsey Harbour presents sickle cell disease in pregnancy.
2020-03-0827 minMiddlemore Middle SchoolPreterm birth & cervical cerclage - Graham TydemanThe Scottish guru & visiting MFM Dr Tydeman runs through the latest on preterm birth.
2019-12-1934 minMiddlemore Middle SchoolJournal Club C/SOAPShould we add azithromycin prophylaxis prior to emergency Caesarean section? Ureaplasma are a common cause for endometritis, is sensitive to azithromycin, but not to cephalosporins. This trial found a significant reduction in infectious morbidity. So is it a no brainer? The boffins duke it out.
Tita AT, Szychowski JM, Boggess K, Saade G, Longo S, Clark E, Esplin S, Cleary K, Wapner R, Letson K, Owens M. Adjunctive azithromycin prophylaxis for cesarean delivery. New England Journal of Medicine. 2016 Sep 29;375(13):1231-41.
2019-11-2022 minMiddlemore Middle SchoolAdnexal masses - Angela Cross & Debbie ChenDr Debbie Chen goes through the must knows of adnexal masses. Dr Angela Cross then covers some clinical realities and shares her top tips to the surgical approach.
Download the slides.
2019-11-0658 minMiddlemore Middle SchoolJournal Club - ANODE: Antibiotics for instrumental birthThis week the boffins discuss the ANODE trial, published in The Lancet this year. This was a large multi centre placebo-controlled trial that found a reduction in infective morbidity when a single dose of IV Augmentin was given within 6 hours of instrumental birth.
Knight M, Chiocchia V, Partlett C, Rivero-Arias O, Hua X, Hinshaw K, Tuffnell D, Linsell L, Juszczak E, Enderby H, Thakar R. Prophylactic antibiotics in the prevention of infection after operative vaginal delivery (ANODE): a multicentre randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. 2019 May 13.
2019-10-1741 minMiddlemore Middle SchoolThyroid Disease in Pregnancy - Dr Emilie RobertsonNuts and bolts of thyroid disease in pregnancy.
Here are the slides, which include SAQs and MCQs with model answers.
2019-10-0421 minMiddlemore Middle SchoolCMV and Syphilis - Dr Claire LillyDr Claire Lilly presents a couple of topical perinatal infections: CMV & Syphilis. RANZCOG released a new guideline recently on CMV, and syphilis rates are up across Australia and New Zealand.
Check out this recent syphilis review article: BMJ 2019;365:l4159 (Published 28 June 2019)
RANZCOG C-Obs-64 Prevention of congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection
ASID Management of Perinatal Infections
2019-09-2549 minMiddlemore Middle SchoolPolycystic ovarian syndrome - Dr Delia SmithDr Delia Smith highlights aspects of the 2018 International evidence-based guideline for the assessment and management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). 4 past RANZCOG SAQs are also discussed.
Slides from the talk (including some links to other learning resources - a youtube video, RANZCOG guideline, O&G chapters)
2018 International evidence-based guideline for the assessment and management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
2019-09-2039 minMiddlemore Middle SchoolDiabetes in pregnancy - Dr Henna LakhdhirDr Heena Lakhdhir runs us through the practical aspects of glucose control.
2019-08-2819 minMiddlemore Middle SchoolImpact of birth on the pelvic floor - Dr Albert De DeckerDr Albert De Decker brings us up to date with the mechanisms of pelvic floor injury related to vaginal birth.
Dr Kerrie Hides demonstrates a forceps technique that minimises the risk of anal sphincter injury.
Slides
2019-08-2122 min
Ward CallsIntroduction to the podcastThe Ward Calls podcast dissects common ward calls you will need to confidently manage as a PGY1 doctor and beyond. We discuss practical, safe and comprehensive approaches that are achievable in the limited time available when working on the ward.
The podcast is co-hosted by Dr Vani Chandran and Dr Sam Holford, based in Auckland, New Zealand.
We hope to provide guidance applicable to hospitals throughout New Zealand, and expect most of the content to apply to Australia and further abroad. Thanks to the NZRDA Education Trust for making this podcast possible.
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2017-11-0300 min