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Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Medicine Matters is a pan-specialty podcast for doctors, that discusses the most exciting, controversial, and practice-changing topics across medical practice as a whole. In our episodes, we’ll be talking to leading clinical experts, to researchers and funding institutes, and to industry partners about the well-known and perhaps the lesser-known issues affecting doctors in their clinics. We’ll be looking at everything from new drug approvals to social issues affecting medicine, and we’ll be…
Episodes
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 29: A new era for Sjögren disease
How emerging research is poised to reshape care Sjögren disease is the second most common autoimmune rheumatic disease, but despite decades of research, no…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 28: Optimizing migraine management
Evidence meets practice The expansion of available treatments for migraine led to the development of evidence-based guidelines by the Italian Society for the…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 27: VEXAS syndrome
Cracking one of medicine’s newest mysteries VEXAS syndrome is an adult-onset autoinflammatory disorder that was first identified in 2020. Caused by somatic…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 26: Air pollution and CVD
How does the air we breathe affect cardiovascular health? Around one in five cardiovascular deaths are attributable to environmental stressors, yet these are…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 25: Therapeutic cancer vaccines
The next frontier in cancer treatment? Recently there has been a renewed interest in the prospect of therapeutic cancer vaccines. But what exactly does it mean…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 24: Looking back at 2025
Advancing patient care In this special edition of Medicine Matters , we're joined by Dr Gregory Lim, Claire Greenhill, and Sarah Onuora, Chief Editors of…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 23: Improving dysphagia outcomes
Clinical recommendations for diagnosis and management Around 10 to 20% of people will complain of dysphagia during their lifetime but uncertainty remains about…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 22: Celebrating 25 years of TKIs in CML
Marking a major milestone in chronic myeloid leukemia treatment Tyrosine kinase inhibitors have transformed the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia, a…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 21: Moving towards migraine freedom?
Newcomer PACAP could make the difference in migraine control Anti-CGRP therapy has dramatically improved migraine treatment for many patients since its…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 20: Gonorrhea in the modern era
Could a world first vaccination program help to prevent the rise of antibiotic resistant cases? Dr. Hamish Mohammed discusses the rollout of the world’s first…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 19: GLP-1 medicines - past, present, and future
From diabetes to obesity and beyond In 2005 the US FDA approved the first GLP-1 medicine for type 2 diabetes, marking the start of a remarkable journey that…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 18: The fight for children's eyesight
What can we do to reduce mounting myopia prevalence? Global prevalence of myopia in children and adolescents is set to reach 40% by 2050, exceeding 740 million…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 17: Challenges of developing DMOADs
Why are disease-modifying treatments for osteoarthritis such a difficult proposition? "Current treatments for osteoarthritis mostly provide symptomatic relief…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 16: Sexual health in older age
Normalizing sexual wellbeing throughout adulthood Roughly 50% of women over 50 experience sexual dysfunction, yet fewer than 20% report it to their doctor…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 15: Breastfeeding after breast cancer
POSITIVEly reassuring results from a clinical trial The POSITIVE trial previously showed that women with breast cancer can safely interrupt endocrine therapy…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 14: Diagnostic criteria for AD
Can we define Alzheimer's disease as a purely biological entity? Blood-based biomarkers are set to make biological assessment of Alzheimer's disease much…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 13: Advances in MASLD and MASH
Welcoming a new name and a new treatment Metabolic dysfunction-associated liver disease is a significant healthcare concern and burden. Until recently there…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 12: Defining ARDS
Is the new global definition helpful? Since publication of the Berlin criteria for ARDS in 2012, several developments have prompted the need for an update…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 11: Cardiac rehabilitation in patients with frailty
The essentials of individualised rehab programmes for elderly patients with CVD and frailty Nearly half of adults over the age of 65 have some degree of…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 10: Disease-modifying therapy for type 1 diabetes
Reducing the burden of type 1 diabetes Despite many recent advances in its management, type 1 diabetes remains a burden for those living with the condition…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 9: The gut microbiome and CAR T-cell therapy
How do nutrition, supplements and antibiotics impact patient outcomes? Recent research suggests that the gut microbiome could be an important modulator of…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 8: AI in stroke
Using deep learning to predict clinical outcomes after stroke About 50% of stroke patients have an unfavorable outcome. Predicting outcome is challenging but…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 7: A deep dive into ADAURA
Cementing the role of adjuvant osimertinib in NSCLC The ADAURA trial has, as of this year, demonstrated an overall survival benefit with the adjuvant use of…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 6: OCT for coronary imaging
The new normal in interventional cardiology? New trial data comparing OCT and IVUS as imaging options in PCI has reignited excitement around the potential…
Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine PodcastEpisode 5: Next-generation sequencing
Emerging biomarkers in thyroid and non-small cell lung cancers Next-generation sequencing is a powerful tool that can identify mutations or fusions in a wide…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 4: Stem cell therapy for PD
A new era for managing Parkinson’s disease? STEM-PD, the first in-human safety trial of stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease, began this year and marks a…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 3: Unravelling resistant hypertension
Why is it so difficult to diagnose and manage? Resistant hypertension is a difficult to treat and often misunderstood phenomenon that continues to frustrate…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 2: Progress in PARP inhibitors
An exciting option for treating metastatic prostate cancer? PARP inhibitors are an emerging treatment option for metastatic castration-resistant prostate…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 1: From Gray's to Google
How do doctors learn in the digital age? Doctors are required to stay continually up to date with all the latest clinical advances in their field. We discuss…
- Medicine Matters: The Springer Medicine Podcast
Episode 0: Introducing Medicine Matters
An introduction to Springer Medicine, a new European medical education platform, and to Medicine Matters, the platform's podcast. Better informed doctors make…