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Welcome to the podcast of the QFG Research Foundation Continued Medical Education program. This podcast highlights current research in fertility and reproduction, in addition to interviews and reviews targeted to medical specialists. The podcast is hosted by A/Prof Anusch Yazdani, the Director of…

QFG Research Foundation


    • Aug 13, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
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    1.05 Paper Review: The Niacin Delusion

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2017 8:51


    In this podcast, we are going to critically review yet another paper that has made headlines, though not for the right reasons. The paper is by Hongjun Shi published in New England Journal of Medicine in August 2017, titled ‘NAD Deficiency, Congenital Malformations, and Niacin Supplementation’. Now that’s a rather more dull title than the … Continue reading 1.05 Paper Review: The Niacin Delusion →

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    1.04 Paper Review: Sperm count to oblivion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2017 9:38


    In this podcast, we are going to critically review a paper that has just recently made headlines: Temporal trends in sperm count: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis. In fact, news sources ran this as the extinction paper, suggesting that if the data on sperm counts were to be extrapolated, men will have little or … Continue reading 1.04 Paper Review: Sperm count to oblivion →

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    1.03 Back to Basics: Infertility

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2017 5:46


    This episode, the first in the Basics series, covers definitions and terms. It is not surprising that here is no agreed definition of infertility.  Even the term ‘infertility’ is controversial. ‘Subfertility’ is frequently used synonymously, though usually to denote the possibility of pregnancy, as opposed to the term ‘sterility’ or an absolute inability to conceive. … Continue reading 1.03 Back to Basics: Infertility →

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    1.02 Paper Review: Oil or Water-Based Hysterosalpingography

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2017 7:55


    In this episode we to critically review the paper by Dyer et al, Oil-Based or Water-Based Contrast for Hysterosalpingography in Infertile Women published in the New England Journal in May of this year using the four point system that focuses on the study characteristics, the validity, the applicability and the operability of the study. 1.STUDY … Continue reading 1.02 Paper Review: Oil or Water-Based Hysterosalpingography →

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    1.01 How to Critically Review a Paper

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2017 4:22


    According to a 2015 report of the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers there were 28,100 active peer-reviewed English-language journals in late 2014 (plus a further 6450 non-English-language journals). These journals were publishing about 2.5 million articles a year. The number of articles published each year and the number of journals have grown … Continue reading 1.01 How to Critically Review a Paper →

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