Better Listening for Better Health podcast

Episode date 13.01.2025

This is Better Listening for Better Health (Series 1 Trailer)

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Featuring

Dr Kevin Fernando
Shaalan Beg MD
Dr Amar Puttanna
Prof. Richard Brady
Prof. Partha Kar
Katie King, PhD
Daniel Ghinn

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Transcript

DANIEL GHINN: Wow, so you were actually inspired by how you saw other consultants working, and what you saw in their work?

PARTHA KAR: Yeah. Definitely.

DANIEL GHINN: What’s most exciting you about advancements in the treatment diabetes.

PARTHA KAR: So I think if you look across the board… I would say in type 1 diabetes it’s go to be…

SHAALAN BEG: Well the challenge is that less than five percent of people with cancer are treated on a cancer clinical trial.

DANIEL GHINN: Wow,

SHAALAN BEG: While at the same time, there are hundreds of cancer clinical trials that are running behind because they can’t find patients.

KEVIN FERNANDO: Well to be honest it’s the toughest time I’ve worked in General Practice in the last fifteen years.

KATIE KING: Well how can we solve for these problems, so that we can have mass manufacture in a space environment?

RICHARD BRADY: It’s startling, when Government are asked about the incidence of diseases, how inaccurate their own figures are.

AMAR PUTTANNA: Education is an experience, and that’s the key thing…

KEVIN FERNANDO: 2010, estimated doubling of medical knowledge about three years. Guess what it is now, Daniel?

DANIEL GHINN: Well it must be less than that!

KEVIN FERNANDO: Yes, estimated time for doubling of all medical knowledge…

DANIEL GHINN: Oh my goodness, that’s ridiculous!

AMAR PUTTANNA: You can get behind if you don’t know it, and I need to know.

SHAALAN BEG: A dirty little secret is…

KATIE KING: We’re building a pharmaceuticals factory in microgravity…

RICHARD BRADY: We are finding that politicians are more and more interested in colorectal disease. One of the big issues is…

KATIE KING: The impact that this can have on everyone is just gigantic.

DANIEL GHNN: Hi, I’m Daniel Ghinn, and this is Better Listening for Better Health.
It’s a podcast about how healthcare professionals learn and share medical knowledge.
We’re going to discover this together, by listening to some of the most inspiring doctors, nurses and scientists I’ve met.
We’ll hear them talk about how social media impacts their work and helps them achieve better health.
Our first episode is coming soon, so follow or subscribe now on your favourite platform.