421: Journal Club- Trial and Error

Published: Feb. 3, 2018, 6:30 p.m.

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh once again perform their bimonthly roundup of medical stories from around the world, this time with a focus on promising technologies that seem too good to be true. Along the way they discuss the scientific process, status epilepticus, drug phase trials, Scottish scientists, menorrhagia, a vaccine for diabetes, coxsackie virus, a moment of silence for mice, diabetic teardrop monitors, tb urine tests, and more, plus a just the tip from Egypt! So Sit back as we try and try again to teach you all about what's new in medicine!

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Sources:
1) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28779545
2)https://www.mrc.ac.uk/news/browse/insight-into-heavy-periods-could-pave-the-way-towards-new-treatment/
3) https://www.sciencealert.com/this-vaccine-could-prevent-many-cases-of-type-1-diabetes?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Branded+Content&utm_campaign=ScienceNaturePage
4) https://labiotech.eu/contact-lens-glucose-diabetes/
5)https://www.newscientist.com/article/tb-not-tb-last-urine-test-can-diagnose-quickly/?cmpid=ILC%7CNSNS%7C2017_webpush&utm_medium=ILC&utm_source=NSNS&utm_campaign=webpush-TB

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