Podcasts about MED

Today I sit down with Max, a fellow instructor here in Northen Michigan who will soon be setting sail on an epic adventure that includes the Med, an Atlantic crossing and the Caribbean! I can't wait to hear all about the adventure when we do our follow up show next year.  Safe sailing my friend ns thanks for sharing! Help Support this podcast with the following links, Thanks for listening! Support this Podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sailingintooblivionpodcast Help fund my next adventure here: https://gofund.me/6df0fb45 One Time Donations Via PayPal and Venmo: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/JeromeRand https://account.venmo.com/u/sailingintooblivion Amazon WishList: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/33F36RF315G8V?ref_=wl_share Children's Book: https://a.co/d/1q2Xkev Sailing Into Oblivion Children's Audio Book: Audible.com Sailing Merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/sailing-into-oblivion/ Books: https://a.co/d/eYaP10M Reach out to the Show: https://www.sailingintooblivion.com/podcasts Total Boat 5% discount code: https://www.totalboat.com/?sca_ref=9803393.xY85BaEnxZ Rustbelt 950: https://glexpeditionaryclub.org/rust-belt-950 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week's host, John Arndt, is joined by Gerry Gragg to chat his lifetime of sailing stories near & far from the Bay Area. Gerry is a Latitude 38 Ambassador who has been a fan of the magazine for over 30 years, and credits it with shaping his sailing career. Hear how he learned to sail & race, how he & his wife sailed left out the Gate and never looked back, his favorite memories from many years in the Med, how they learned Spanish & Italian, and why sailing volunteers are so crucial to teaching the next generation of sailors. Learn more about Gerry here: https://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/latitude-ambassador-sports-basement/

Kender du følelsen af at sætte dig i flysædet, spænde sikkerhedsbæltet og mærke roen over, at nu er du igennem alt bøvlet med bagage og boarding? Med et halvt øje følger du måske med, mens stewardessen gennemgår hvor flyets nødudgange er, og hvordan man bruger redningsvesten. Følelsen af, at der er nogen andre, der har styr på det hele. Men hvad nu hvis de ikke har? Politikens Michael Thykier har i årevis skrevet om sikkerheden i Kastrup Lufthavn. Nu har han fået indsigt i en rapport, der har været hemmelig i fire år, og den viser flere alvorlige brud på sikkerheden.Han er gæst i dagens afsnit af 'Du lytter til Politiken', hvor vi spørger ham om, hvorvidt danskerne skal være nervøse, hvis de om lidt skal flyve på sommerferie. Vært: Kathrine Rossau Producer: Inge Høeg Research: Laura Dalgaard Redaktør: Line PraszSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Indeholder reklame for Mofibo.Da en ung mor kom hjem efter en festlig aften, tjekkede hun som det første, om alle sov og havde det godt. Hendes mand mumlede noget i søvne, og hendes yngste søn vågnede og ville sove med hende. Alt åndede fred og ro i det lille toetagers byhus. Lige indtil hun skulle op på førstesalen til soveværelset. Med sin toårige i den ene hånd og en lampe i den anden så hun pludselig noget i mørket oppe for enden af trappen. Bagefter taler vi om et velkendt ansigt på Vesterbro. Om dagen solgte hun tobak og våde varer til kvarterets beboere, og om natten spillede hun klaver i sin lille lejlighed, der lå i forlængelse af butikken. En mandag morgen i marts åbnede hun ikke sin forretning, som hun plejede, og klaveret havde heller ikke spillet aftenen før.Assisterende research: Ditte Katharina Møller og Katrine FuglsangAssisterende klip: Anders EskeMusik: BensoundSag 1: 00:06:04Sag 2: 00:43:52Bemærk: Tidsangivelserne kan flytte sig lidt som følge af indlagte reklamepauser.Obs: Episoden indeholder omtale af selvmord. Hvis du har akutte tanker om selvmord, skal du ringe 112. Livslinien er åben for rådgivning fra klokken 11 til 05 på telefon 70 201 201. Mange lokale psykiatriske skadestuer har døgnåbent, også på telefonen. Find mere info om mulighederne for akut hjælp hos Psykiatrifonden lige her.

From Evidence to Action: Incorporating Disability Inclusion in Medical Training and Practice (ICAM 2026) Session Description The ICAM Series | Recorded Live at the International Congress on Academic Medicine (ICAM) What does it take to move disability inclusion from research and policy into everyday medical training and practice? Recorded live at the International Congress on Academic Medicine (ICAM) in Ottawa, Canada, this special episode of the Docs With Disabilities Podcast brings together an extraordinary panel of physician leaders, educators, and advocates working to transform disability inclusion across undergraduate medical education, residency training, and clinical practice. Together, the panel explores how institutions can move beyond awareness and compliance toward meaningful, sustainable change. Drawing from scholarship, systems leadership, and lived experience, they discuss the realities of accommodation implementation, the importance of centralized and trusted systems, faculty training, universal design, and the role of culture in shaping whether disability inclusion succeeds or stalls. This conversation asks difficult—but necessary—questions: How do we create systems that are consistent and humane? How do we support learners and physicians across transitions and career stages? And how do we build medical environments where disability is expected, planned for, and valued? Rich with practical insight and grounded in real-world experience, this live ICAM session highlights a field at an important turning point—one where we increasingly have the evidence, the tools, and the responsibility to act. Whether you are a learner, educator, physician, administrator, or institutional leader, this episode offers concrete ideas and inspiration for advancing disability inclusion within your own environment. Keywords: UGME, PGME, Disability, Learner, Trainee, Medical Education, Policies, Processes, Ableism, Culture, ICAM, AFMC, Docs With Disabilities. Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18hNrBcylnDfSuT6hJB-RwFMpIBVzEPY21Qf4y0mU0WY/edit?usp=sharing Co-Moderators Lisa Meeks, PhD, MA  Dr. Meeks is a Professor of Medical Education at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago, IL and holds an appt as an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan School of Medicine in Ann Arbor, MI. She is the founder of the Docs with Disabilities Initiative and host of the DWDI Podcast. Lynn Ashdown, MD, MMEd   Lynn Ashdown is a patient experience expert who advocates for patients to be included as stakeholders in all levels of healthcare. She has a medical degree, and was close to finishing her residency in family medicine when she began, and continues to navigate, a complex journey as a full-time patient. She has a masters degree in medical education, and presents, participates in research, and is a senior patient partner consulting with various organizations like the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada. She's involved in curriculum reform focusing on patient partnerships and is a disability educator within medicine. Lynn is a disability advocate, drawing from her experiences as a patient and person living with multiple disabilities. She's a board member of the Canadian Association of Physicians with Disabilities and is involved with policy and legislative changes to combat ableism and inequities for people living with disabilities. She co-authored Canada's first position statement on the importance of disability inclusion in medical education, and received the 2024 CMA Dr. Ashok Muzumdar Memorial Award for Physicians with Disabilities. Pam Liao, MD, MEd, FRCPC Dr. Liao is the Inaugural Interim Associate Dean Accessibility and Disability Health at the Toronto Metropolitan University School of Medicine. Here, she previously served as the Disability Health Lead and Special Advisor to the Dean at the Toronto Metropolitan University School of Medicine. In her work, she leads efforts to embed critical disability perspectives and anti-ableist practices into medical education. Drawing from her personal experience navigating medical training with a disability, she has dedicated her career to dismantling systemic barriers faced by individuals with disabilities in medicine. Her work includes groundbreaking research—such as the first analysis of accommodations policies in Canadian undergraduate medical programs—and advocacy efforts like the widely recognized "#docswithdisabilities" social media campaign, which brings attention to the underrepresentation of disabled individuals in healthcare and drives meaningful change. She advocated for the establishment of the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) Disability Inclusion Network and currently serves as its inaugural Co-Chair. Her advocacy earned her a place on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Association of Physicians with Disabilities, where she continues to serve. Dr. Liao earned her medical degree from the University of British Columbia and completed her residency in Family and Community Medicine and a fellowship in Palliative Medicine at the University of Toronto. She is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto and practices clinically in long-term care and rehabilitation settings. Her contributions have been recognized with several honors, including the OMA Section of Palliative Medicine – Award of Excellence. Jill Rudkowski, MD, FRCPC  Dr. Jill Rudkowski is an Associate Professor of Medicine in Department of Medicine (Critical Care) at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.  She has practised as a critical care physician for over 20 years and is an educator, researcher, and educational leader.  She obtained her MD from the University of Calgary. She trained in Internal Medicine, Respirology, and Critical Care at McGill University after which she completed a Post-doctoral Fellowship with Dr. Barrett Rollins at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University. She served as Head of Service for the Medical Stepdown Unit and then the Intensive Care Unit at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton for over 10 years.  Dr. Rudkowski has been involved as a co-investigator on numerous patient-focused clinical studies, and these collaborations focus on improving outcomes for survivors of critical illness and the impact on their caregivers. She has designed and delivered curriculum through sessions and workshops on the concept of team compassion in critical care and its role in effective communication.      Dr. Rudkowski has held several educational leadership roles within the McMaster University DeGroote School of Medicine including the Chair of Clerkship and the Director of Student Advising. She is currently the Postgraduate Medicine (PGME) Accommodation Advisor within Resident Affairs and the PGME Resident Assessment Faculty Lead. Dr. Rudkowski has been involved in writing and implementing policy and guidelines around accessing accommodations as well as designing and delivering curriculum aimed at faculty, learners, and administrators through virtual and in person sessions and workshops. Dr. Rudkowski has had the privilege of collaborating nationally and internationally around disability policy in medical education.  She was a member of the Disability Policy Toolkit Committee, Multimedia Resource Hub for Disability Inclusion in Graduate Medical Education on "Learn at ACGME" supported by the 2024 Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Catalyst Award for Transformation in Graduate Medical Education.  Dr. Rudkowski is currently a member of the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada Disability Inclusion and Accessibility Network.  She lives with a chronic disability and is passionate about ensuring that all medical learners and practitioners with disability experience belonging and accessibility in the clinical learning and practice environments.   Camille Munro MD CCFP (PC) Dr. Camille Munro is a palliative medicine physician in the Department of Medicine at the Ottawa Hospital and an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa. Originally from Chester, Nova Scotia, she received her Doctor of Medicine from Dalhousie University in 1991 and completed her rotating internship at Royal Columbian Hospital, University of British Columbia. After practicing family medicine in Ottawa for 18 years while raising her children, she returned to the academic setting, driven by a longstanding commitment to compassionate, whole patient-centred care for those facing a serious illness.  In 2018, Dr. Munro was appointed Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for the Department of Medicine where she led initiatives to foster a more inclusive and equitable academic and clinical environment. Her work included the development and implementation of the first formal accommodations policy for physicians with disabilities at a Canadian academic hospital. She remains a strong advocate for physicians with disabilities and for creating environments free from discrimination and inequity. Here work is grounded in compassion, advocacy, and representation; values she brings to her clinical care, teaching, mentorship and leadership. In recognition of her contributions, she received the 2022 Faculty Member Award of Excellence for Leadership in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion from the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine.  Samantha Lavitt, MD Dr. Samantha Lavitt (she/her) is the first Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Curricular Lead in undergraduate medical education at the University of Ottawa, which sits on the traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin people. In this role, she designs educational content including topics such as gender equity, sexual orientation and gender diversity, language rights, and disability, integrating these topics throughout the clinical curriculum in a format that connects students with community teachers with lived experience. Trained as a family physician and dedicated to resilience through sustainable practice development, Dr. Lavitt also offers coaching and peer support to family physicians on advocacy, disability, and well-being through the Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP). She established the first peer support group for physicians with chronic illness and/or disabilities at the OCFP in 2024 and continues to co-lead this group monthly.  While she finds working with individual physicians and small groups deeply rewarding, this intervention is not enough to dismantle the system of barriers that disabled physicians face in our medical culture, so Dr. Lavitt brings her professional and lived experience as a disabled physician to advocacy initiatives at her academic institution, provincial, and national levels with involvement in peer support projects, webinars, and conference appearances. Produced by: Dr. Lisa Meeks.  Audio editor: Next Day Podcast Digital Media: Lisa Meeks Resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EXw4F1pt5J-O6Y0k-WksDC71RCA6aTFSCOkz-lqJiyc/edit?usp=sharing  

The Immune team talks about two papers on the effect of sleep and environment on seasonal allergies.  Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cindy Leifer, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of Immune! Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server Sleep is needed for condition dependent allergic responses (PNAS, 2020) Original paper on allergy to artificial rose (Am. J. Med. Sci. 181, 45–56 (1886)) One of multiple personalities allergic (Am J Clin Hypn, 1983) Environmentally driven immune imprinting protects against allergy (Nature, 2026) News and Views on immune imprinting paper (Nature, 2026) Immune 90 discussion of "dirty mice" Time stamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Music by Tatami. Immune logo image by Blausen Medical Send your immunology questions and comments to immune@microbe.tv Information on this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

I dette afsnit af ’Poptillægget’ ringer Lucia Odoom til sanger, producer og danser FKA Twigs, der er kendt for at bygge verdener i sin musik – senest på de to album ’Eusexua’ og ’Eusexua Afterglow’. Med sin blanding af electronica, ambient, klassisk musik og avantgardistisk R&B har hun indtaget scener over hele verden med koncerter, der mest af alt minder om performancekunst. Da hun lagde vejen forbi Roskilde Festival i sommer, var der både et samuraisvær og en stripperstang på scenen. Her laver Lucia Odoom og FKA Twigs et mixtape over de stemmer, der har været med til at forme hendes helt særlige lyd. Og det er folk lige fra Patti Smith til den ikoniske koreograf Pina Bausch. Redaktion: Lucia Odoom, Jonas Bach-Madsen og Sille Westphal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kattpsykologen Susanne Hellman Holmström är tillbaka i Kvällspasset för att svara på lyssnarfrågor om allt som har att göra med katter och deras beteenden! Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Ett nyfiket och underhållande aktualitetsprogram med lyssnaren i fokus.Hanna undra när en sibirisk katt blir fullvuxen, Tore vill ha tips på hur han kan få kattgrannen på sommarstället att sluta bråka med hans katt. Vi följer också upp hur det gått för lyssnaren Hussein som har använt Susannes tips för att få sin katt mer tillgiven!

Musikprofessor Mattias Lundberg sätter upp diagnoskriterier för en noveltyhit. Michael B Tretow, Hemliga Byrån, Siw Malmkvist och hästjazz nämns. Irriterande ljud hörs. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app.

Rysslands ledare riskerar att tappa ansiktet när Ukraina bombarderar Moskva med drönare. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Vad som beskrivs som ett av de mest omfattande angreppen mot Moskva sedan Rysslands storskaliga invasion av Ukraina väcker frågor om vad president Vladimir Putin egentligen har att sätta emot. Kärnvapenhotet skrämde omvärlden i början av kriget, men verkar inte längre fungera.Samtidigt dödas fortfarande långt fler ukrainare i ryska luftangrepp. Bara dagar innan attacken mot Moskva dödades 24 människor i Kiev av en rysk kryssningsrobot.I veckans avsnitt pratar vi även om varför Putin åker till Kina – precis efter att USA:s president Donald Trump har varit där.Veckans gäster är Magnus Christiansson, lektor på Försvarshögskolan, Sveriges radios Ukrainakorrespondent Lubna El-Shanti och Sveriges radios Rysslandskorrespondent Fredrik Wadström.Programledare: Johanna Melén.Producent: Åsa Welander.

Snart er det oktober igjen. For noen kan det høres merkelig ut å mase om dette i mai måned. Men oktober trenger planlegging. Spesielt fordi det er Nasjonal sikkerhetsmåned. Med oss til å prate om Nasjonal sikkerhetsmåned dette har Roar Thon og Jørgen Dyrhaug invitert NSM kollega - Eivind Reiner-Holm fra NorSIS/NSM. En podkast fra Nasjonal sikkerhetsmyndighet 2026

(00:00) — Ear cleaning origin: A childhood earwax ritual lights the first spark for medicine.(01:25) — Writer first, then premed: Entering college for writing before finding patient care through EMT work.(02:10) — EMT on campus: Deescalation, student calls, and heavy mental health moments.(03:27) — Suicide hotline: Human-to-human conversations that clarified her desire to be a physician.(04:10) — Medicine vs therapy: Drawn to anatomy and physiology while honoring psych's importance.(05:45) — Apocalypse-proof skills: Why medicine felt enduring through pandemics, borders, and war.(07:32) — Query-letter essay: How a creative application and workshop hustle shaped her identity.(08:55) — Premed pressure: Cutting hobbies, feeling locked out of creativity, and the regret that followed.(11:31) — The rat race and AMCAS: Hours, comparison culture, and resisting the 15-activity myth.(15:04) — Rest as training: Reframing hobbies as recovery to prevent burnout and learn better.(15:59) — What stood out: Interviews focused on her writing more than her activity count.(18:19) — Reapplying after COVID: Canceled MCAT, delayed app, and an external nudge to pause.(20:01) — Perspective shift: Time off, returning to writing, and no longer feeling behind.(23:11) — Ready the second time: Growth, humility, and being prepared to start medicine.(24:42) — First acceptance: Relief, joy, and finally buying the book she'd saved for that day.(26:02) — Personal statement redo: From listing achievements to writing about who she is.(27:06) — Med school + novels: Supportive team, deadlines, and writing as catharsis.(28:43) — Step 2 vs deadlines: Balancing dedicated study with book edits on a tight schedule.(30:10) — Dark fiction and stakes: Embracing perimortem themes and high-impact care.(32:24) — Pathology curiosity: Autopsies, TV inspirations, and creative crossover.(33:09) — Can students work?: Policy gray areas and being featured regardless.(33:47) — Zero-sum myth: Why gym, games, and hobbies can make you a better learner.(36:24) — Guilt and games: Mario Kart, streaming, and naming the pressure to always study.(37:13) — Permission to be human: Keep your passions—people, not checklists, become doctors.Vanessa's path to medicine started with a childhood ear-cleaning ritual and grew through college EMT shifts and suicide hotline work that centered real human connection. In this conversation, she and Dr. Gray unpack the premed rat race—the pressure to pack 15 activities, the guilt of cutting hobbies, and the lie that every minute not studying sets you back. Vanessa candidly shares applying twice, including a COVID-canceled MCAT that delayed her first cycle, the external nudge to pause, and the growth and humility that made her ultimately ready to be accepted. She explains how interviews gravitated to her writing, why her second personal statement focused on who she is rather than everything she did, and how she now balances med school with novel deadlines—treating writing as both catharsis and a job, while preparing for Step 2. Along the way: apocalypse-proof humor, a reframe of rest as part of training, and a clear message to premeds and medical students alike—keep the passions that make you human. Because people, not checklists, become doctors.What You'll Learn:- How campus EMT and suicide hotline roles shaped a patient-first “why medicine”- What changed between a late, COVID-impacted first cycle and a successful reapplication- Why focusing your personal statement on who you are can resonate more than listing activities- Practical ways to protect hobbies in premed and med school without burning out- How interviews may lean into your authentic passions—even more than your hours

Our latest episode of QuidelOrtho Science Bytes explores hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN) – a complex and often misunderstood condition that can have life-threatening consequences during pregnancy. Host Michelle Mullens is joined by Bethany Weathersby, Founder of the Allo Hope Foundation, to connect diagnostic science with real patient experiences. Together, they explain how alloimmunization occurs, why many patients are unaware of their risk and how laboratory testing plays a central role in guiding care.  The conversation reveals how gaps in awareness, inconsistent care practices and delays in acting on lab results can significantly impact outcomes. It also highlights the importance of patient advocacy and collaboration between laboratories, clinicians and patients to improve care pathways.   About Our Speaker:  Bethany Weathersby Bethany Weathersby serves as the Executive Director at The Allo Hope Foundation. She received her BS degree in Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education at Jacksonville State University. She received her MEd degree in Curriculum and Instruction at Columbia International University and spent the next 15 years teaching ESL before transitioning into patient education and advocacy. Bethany lives with her husband, Josh, and their five children in Tuscaloosa, AL. During her third pregnancy in 2013, Bethany was diagnosed with maternal alloimmunization (Kell antibodies) and her daughter was at risk for severe HDFN due to Bethany's incredibly high titer. Bethany and her husband struggled to find the proactive medical care that Bethany and her unborn baby needed. Unfortunately, due to lack of monitoring and treatment, their daughter, Lucy, was stillborn just shy of 20 weeks. Determined to continue growing their family, Bethany partnered with two maternal-fetal specialists out of state who supported her throughout her next three pregnancies, helping the Weathersbys have the large family they had always wanted. In 2019, Bethany founded the Allo Hope Foundation to provide resources and support, and improve care practices for alloimmunized women and HDFN patients.

Palliative care in multiple sclerosis spans the disease course, from early screening and support after diagnosis to symptom management and quality‑of‑life optimization in midstage disease, and end‑of‑life care in advanced MS. This episode outlines a staged approach to palliative care, highlights the roles of neurology and primary care teams, and discusses tools such as patient‑reported outcomes and symptom scales to support ongoing assessment of patients and care partners. In this episode, Katie Grouse, MD, FAAN, speaks with Penelope Smyth, MD, FRCPC and Janis M. Miyasaki, MD, MEd, FRCPC, coauthors of the article "Palliative Care in Multiple Sclerosis" in the Continuum® April 2026 Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders issue. Dr. Grouse is a Continuum® Audio interviewer and a clinical assistant professor at the University of California, San Francisco in San Francisco, California. Dr. Smyth is the director of the Division of Neurology in the Department of Medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Dr. Miyasaki is a professor in the Division of Neurology in the Department of Medicine at the University of Alberta and the zone clinical department head for Clinical Neurosciences at Alberta Health Services in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Additional Resources Read the article: Palliative Care in Multiple Sclerosis Subscribe to Continuum®: shop.lww.com/Continuum Earn CME (available only to AAN members): continpub.com/AudioCME Continuum® Aloud (verbatim audio-book style recordings of articles available only to Continuum® subscribers): continpub.com/Aloud More about the American Academy of Neurology: aan.com Social Media facebook.com/continuumcme @ContinuumAAN Full episode transcript available here Dr Grouse: With the new treatments for MS, people might be saying palliative care is not relevant at all. It's about giving up hope and hopelessness. But this article covers why palliative care is important for your patients and families throughout their illness trajectory. Dr Jones: This is Dr Lyell Jones, Editor-in-Chief of Continuum. Thank you for listening to Continuum Audio. Be sure to visit the links in the episode notes for information about earning CME, subscribing to the journal, and exclusive access to interviews not featured on the podcast.  Dr Grouse: This is Dr. Katie Grouse. Today, I'm interviewing Drs Penelope Smyth and Janis Miyasaki about their article on palliative care in multiple sclerosis, which appears in the April 2026 Continuum issue on multiple sclerosis. Welcome to the podcast, and please introduce yourselves to our audience.  Dr Smyth: Thank you, Katie. I'm Penny Smyth. I am a neurologist at the University of Alberta, a professor in neurology, and a clinical multiple sclerosis specialist.  Dr Miyasaki: Hi, Katie. Thanks for having us. I'm Janis Miyasaki. I am a movement disorder neurologist primarily who also provides neuropalliative care at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.  Dr Grouse: It's so great having you today to talk with us about your article. I thought this article was really a wonderful take on the topic. I learned a lot, and I'm really hoping all of our listeners will take advantage of this article and take advantage of all the learning they can get from reading about this topic. So, I wanted to start with a more general question, which is, what is the key message from this article that you're hoping your readers will take away?  Dr Smyth: In terms of key takeaways, I think it's our hope that neurologists will come away from reading this article with, really, an expanded understanding of what palliative care is and how that might be applicable to them in their care for their patients with MS along a continuum of treating people with MS, that there can be components of palliative care and strategies that can be integrated early after diagnosis in, really, anywhere along the continuum of caring for people with MS. We've called that kind of mid-stage. And then there are particular needs for people with MS and their care partners in late-stage or severe MS and end of life that might require different palliative care strategies. I think we kind of have maybe a bit of a bias sometimes in thinking of palliative care as more directed towards those that are near end-of-life. But in fact, it's a much expanded concept.  Dr Miyasaki: And I'll just add that we also discuss a palliative approach, that palliative care skills and philosophies can be used by generalists---in this case, neurologists who are providing care to people with MS---and that adopting certain skills and communication techniques can help us better address our patients' and their families' symptoms. And also to keep in mind that for most people with neurologic illness, the unit of care is not only the patient, but it's the patient and the family, however that family looks.  Dr Grouse: Now, Penny, I'm curious, how are early-stage and mid-stage multiple sclerosis palliative care strategies different from, say, a typical evaluation and counseling that a neurologist would give, say, an MS specialist or even a general neurologist?  Dr Smyth: Thank you, Katie. That's a great question, and something that actually I learned in writing this piece with Janice and from her as a neuropalliative care expert. I think in terms of early strategies around palliative care that can be helpful to the general neurologist in their office, palliative care is about holistic support for patients and their care providers spiritually, emotionally, physically. There are components of palliative care and symptom management and making sure that the patient is at the center of the care, as well as support for their care partners with their holistic approach of relief of suffering as well as offering hope. When I started this piece, I was thinking that many of us neurologists, I think, often informally utilize many of these components already when we're dealing with patients early on after diagnosis in terms of communication, counseling, and education; going through their fear of an uncertain future; spiritual well-being; and then connecting them with supports for adaptive coping strategies. And then as well in mid-stage, which is really around what we can do in symptom management and improving quality of life, with screening tools and patient-reported outcome measures. However, I have to say that there are many unmet needs for people with MS and their care partners that they identify that are clearly not being met by us neurologists in this day and age. So even though we may be incorporating some of these strategies, I don't think we're meeting the mark all the time and hitting the target, especially in our busy office practices, in various ways. Dr Grouse: Given that, at a high level, what are some important early-stage MS palliative care concepts that we should be keeping in mind when we are counseling patients in these stages of the disease? Dr Miyasaki: An important concept to keep in mind for neurologists dealing with early-stage MS patients is that for us, we feel successful that we have made a diagnosis. And yet for the patient, it is taking away that hope. Maybe it's not MS. Maybe I just have a numb hand and it's gonna go away. And for us to appreciate that while we make this diagnosis multiple times a week---or, for MS specialists multiple times a day---for this person, it is the first time, the first experience, and it shakes their entire foundation of who they are as a person, how they will perform all the tasks and roles that they have in society, in their professional lives, in their family structures, and in their close, intimate relationships. As physicians, we may be overwhelmed by acknowledging that. I feel that it's important for us to understand the needs that our patients have and to allow them to have their feelings. You know, feelings can feel messy and time-consuming, and yet when we fully see our patients, I feel that this is the best of medicine. And it certainly is, in terms of palliative care, the principle that we seek. We accept all of the patient, the joy and the sorrow, the anger and the frustration. We accept it all, and we try to determine what will serve this person who is suffering in front of us now.  Dr Smyth: There's another piece to this, which came up as Janice and I were writing together. We were talking about offering a prognosis to a patient as to how they would do, and this was something that I thought deeply about, because I said, we always communicate how uncertain the prognosis is and how we can't predict the future. And then she said to me, well, what about offering a roadmap to a person with MS soon after diagnosis as to how you're gonna determine how they do over the next couple of years? Which are really important years in terms of determining how patients are doing on their disease-modifying therapies, whether they're having progression or not, and things. It's a pivotal time. So, if you can offer a roadmap to a person with MS and say, look, this is when we will be following you up. This is how we will be following you with MRI and biomarkers if you have that available, and this is how we will determine how responsive you are and then how we move forward from there. Dr Grouse: Really important concepts. And the roadmap certainly makes a lot of sense to me and something that, apart from just being useful to the patient for so many reasons to help set expectations, you know, is useful for us to better partner with the patient so they understand this is sort of how we do things and everyone's sort of expectations are met. So, I think those sound like really great goals and things to keep in mind. Now, we talked about early-stage MS palliative care concepts. How does that change as you get into the mid-stage of the disease?  Dr Smyth: Yeah. So, this is reflecting the fact that the course of MS is so different and the experience of MS is so different person to person. And so, what do we do as neurologists when we follow these people long-term over years and decades of living with their MS as their needs evolve, as their symptoms evolve, and as their disability evolves? Well, really, this is about the time of getting into, what are the symptoms that they're struggling with, what are the causes of their suffering at various points? And then how do we identify that, maybe with use of patient-reported outcome measures, screening scales, things like that. And then how do we direct symptomatic management to the specific symptoms that are causing distress to the patient? As well as trying to improve their quality of life in various ways, treating their comorbidities, making sure to check on exercise, healthy living, and that kind of thing.  Dr Grouse: Now getting into, I think, topics that we're more used to thinking about when we think about palliative care: a lot of us, I think, are really unsure of the right time to discuss advanced care directives in the course of multiple sclerosis, and I think that's not helped by the fact that many of us are just, in general, not terribly comfortable talking about those types of things in general. What is your advice to questions like this?  Dr Smyth: And this is something that, again, Janice and I had to come together on, because there is no universal accepted time for when is the right time in multiple sclerosis to discuss advanced care directives and goals of care. And in fact, when they have looked at it in the literature, different things have come out. It has come out that neurologists can be uncomfortable discussing this. There's unique challenges to people with MS in that they have a diagnosis at a young age with an uncertain trajectory of how their course of disease is going to go. And many of these things lead care providers to be somewhat hesitant as to when is the right time, as well as, there were identified barriers within patients themselves as to when the right time might be to discuss. In that, you know, some of the coping strategies might be, as identified by some of the qualitative studies that have been done on this, around the fact that they would prefer to focus on the present rather than the future. In some studies expressed an ambivalence as to when they thought the right time might be, as well as some negative experiences that they might have had from providers trying to discuss these things in their previous experience. So, I went back to looking at the European guidelines for palliative care in MS, who suggested when a person might have severe MS---which they define as walking with bilateral aids for at least twenty meters or an EDSS of six or higher---or trigger-based, when there has been a change in the patient's status, when there's been a decline in some way or progression. Now, this is a little different, actually, than what we offer other people with neurologic diseases, and I don't know if that's the right answer. And this is where I'm going to turn it over to Janice, because I think we could learn something, as neurologists who treat people with MS, from our palliative care specialists.  Dr Miyasaki: I think of advanced care planning in a very different way. I think what a lot of the patients were expressing in the studies was that being asked about advanced care planning signaled to them in some way that they have reached this point in their illness where things aren't going so great and I anticipate that you may run into complications. Whereas in our movement disorder clinic, one of our fellows did a study looking at capacity for decision-making. And even in people who scored normally on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, they had impairments in some of the domains of decision-making. And so, our philosophy in movement disorders at least---and some of our patients are quite young who have multiple system atrophy, they could be in their forties---we take the philosophy that everyone over the age of decision-making capacity, which is generally eighteen, should have some goals of care established. And how I introduce it in my clinic is, you know, for the young resident, you want the full-meal deal, because the likelihood of the resident surviving the ICU admission is very high. And then when we look at me, who… I am older, the likelihood of surviving an ICU admission is considerably lower. And so, the appropriate goals of care might be that I am willing to go to the ICU, and if things go well, then they can continue. But if things are not going well, they can have a discussion with my personal directive or power of attorney to talk about what the goals of care should be. And then the other aspect is sometimes having the conversation with family is really important because most of our families in hospital express an uncertainty. Am I doing the right thing? And they want to do the right thing for their loved ones. And most people actually say, if you ask them, I don't want to burden my family with making decisions that are going to tear at their hearts. So, then we can't actually make good informed decisions for our loved ones unless we have clear conversations. I think it does speak to our superstitious beliefs that if we talk about death, it's going to happen. But I hope the listeners will take my word for it, it really doesn't. And someone had a really good saying about the advanced directive. They're kind of like evening clothes. You should take them out every once in a while and make sure they still fit. And so, when you normalize it in this way, it helps people to just say, oh, yeah, it's once a year. Dr. Miyasaki is gonna ask me about how do I feel about those goals of care. And then it doesn't have this portent of, oh, I'm not doing well. Instead, it's just, this is what we should all be doing for our sake and for our family's sake.  Dr Smyth: Now, one thing that I have to add on to this is that it is important to try to establish advanced care directives before patients experience cognitive decline, because then that can make it a much more challenging conversation and brings nuances of challenge into the interactions, which, you know, are hard.  Dr Grouse: And Penny, I'm glad you brought that up, because I was really struck by that point too when reading this article, how easy it is to miss the subtle signs that cognitive changes are happening. I think it's just- it's a good kind of segue into that topic in general, but it is such an important link to, you know, making sure that you get those advanced directives at a time when the patient's really able to express and understand what they're talking to you about. Now, on the topic of the cognitive screenings, what's a good way to do this type of screening, and why is this type of screening so particularly important in the case of multiple sclerosis?  Dr Smyth: Yeah. Thank you, Katie. I think that it's important for our listeners to think about and recognize when we see our patients with MS because it is one of the invisible symptoms that people with MS can live with and may not be apparent on regular conversation in the office. So, it's important to deliberately ask about subjective challenges in cognition. Ask the partner about how they're doing in terms of their cognition in various ways. As well as asking them and exploring then, how are they doing in their professional roles if they're working or in their surroundings? How are they coping on a daily basis on a cognitive level in addition to a physical level? We know that cognitive issues are actually the biggest contributor for not working and are a huge driver of disability in MS in terms of functioning, even more than physical decline in many ways. So, it is important for us neurologists to keep top of mind and to think about and deliberately attend to. There are screening tests that we can do in the office. The easiest for us, which measures the verbal processing speed, is the SDMT test, which is a ninety-second test matching symbols and numbers. It's easy to do. You can train a MOA to do it before you see the patient and things like that, and it just gives you an idea as to where the patient is at. And usually they're having difficulties if they're greater than two standard deviations below the norm for their age, or if there's a significant drop of four or eight points, and that might signal to you that there might be more going on. You can explore it, and then if you do have this available, the ability to refer for neuropsychological testing if there's questions. But often we can't get it with the MoCA score, unfortunately.  Dr Grouse: Talking about all these concepts, I think they all sound great. I think a lot of us hearing this will naturally say, "Yes, these are absolutely things we should be incorporating in the care of these patients." What I wondered about was, certainly we're all very busy, it is really hard to find time for a lot of these things. We don't always have access to specialists who can help us with some of these conversations. How can we find time, and how can we work this into the care of our patients effectively and still make time for all the other things we have to talk about, and make sure that we're seeing all of our other patients and staying on time and all of those things?  Dr Miyasaki: Yes. I think that's the challenges of dealing with people who actually, over time, their care needs increase, is huge in neurology. I can't think of a single subspecialty where care actually gets easier. It's constantly getting harder. You know, having come from private practice, I completely understand my colleagues' challenges in the community. Some of the ways that other groups have managed this when they don't have government or university support in their center is actually to look at not-for-profits. There are a lot of not-for-profits that can help in terms of wayfinding for social services, explaining to the patients and the family what is available to them. And in fact, some of them can also provide some cognitive supports, as well as point them in the way of day programs. And many of them have very established caregiver support groups, as well as patient support groups for various stages of their illness. So, I think it requires for the individual or small or even a large group practice to be inventive, to look in your community and see what resources are available and free for your patients in order to establish that loose team without boundaries to help your patients. Of course, for those in academic centers, I know that times are tight for all of us, and if you haven't established a team, it is a challenge; and then learning how to write a business plan or a briefing note for your institution and to learn how to speak the love language of administrators, is really key to putting forward the needs of our patients. Which, compared to heart attack patients or hips and knees, they are very rare, and yet our patients can result in significant cost to the healthcare system. So, we do have an opportunity to make the case that putting a little bit of investment in the ambulatory setting can result in significant cost savings to the system when it comes to acute care hospitalization.  Dr Smyth: So, I was thinking, Janis, as you were talking about that, when you were talking about not-for-profit groups, it's really the MS societies in various countries that are very active in this and have a lot of resources available, especially for care partners.  Dr Grouse: Those are really great tips. Thank you for bringing those up as potential other resources we can take advantage of. I wanted to ask specifically about physician-assisted death and assisted suicide, which certainly does come up, especially in later-stage parts of the disease. How can palliative care specialists be helpful when patients do express interest in these types of interventions?  Dr Miyasaki: As you know, Katie, in Canada, we've had a legislative right to access to what we call medical assistance in dying. When the legislation passed, one of my other colleagues and I felt that these were the only conversations we were having with our patients. In all this experience, I have sort of developed in my mind a framework of people who are what we call MAID-curious. They want to know what their rights are and how it would look, when they feel the time is close, for them to exercise that right. And then there are those who are fearful of future suffering. And some of them may have a very unrealistic view of what the future will look like. And this may be in particular for multiple sclerosis because many of the public's view is based on what treatment was like thirty years ago. It may not be informed by more recent treatment where patients actually do quite well, and the majority never get to progressive MS. And so, to explore and be open to that request is the first thing that is important. And then if the person has unresolved symptoms that, traditionally, we can't care for, the palliative care specialist can be very helpful because they just have inventive ways of looking at things. They look at it outside the box, and they have a different toolkit available to them. I would not want all neurologists to just send all these patients requesting physician-assisted death to their palliative care colleagues. But I think for those who are having unaddressed symptoms, it can be very helpful. Certainly, if there is an acute event in the hospital, then this is a time of crisis. And often hospitals will have an in-hospital palliative care team who can come and speak to the patient about what is going on and address some of their needs. And I would also like to emphasize the importance of spiritual care, because for many of our patients, they are not just having the physical suffering, they are also having the spiritual suffering of hopelessness or of feeling that they are a burden or that they just are not seen because a lot of the symptoms in MS are invisible. To have that understanding by a spiritual care counselor is really helpful for the people to feel understood and to reduce some of that suffering.  Dr Grouse: That's a really great point, I think, to end on, and I think it really ties in a lot of the themes that we've been talking about today. Thank you so much for coming to talk with us today. It's been such a pleasure having you both here. Dr Smyth: Thank you. Dr Miyasaki: Thank you, Katie. Dr Grouse: Again, today I've been interviewing Drs Penelope Smyth and Janis Miyasaki about their article on palliative care in multiple sclerosis, which appears in the April 2026 Continuum issue on multiple sclerosis. Be sure to check out Continuum Audio episodes from this and other issues, and thank you to our listeners for joining today.  Dr Monteith: This is Dr. Teshamae Monteith, Associate Editor of Continuum Audio. If you've enjoyed this episode, you'll love the journal, which is full of in-depth and clinically relevant information important for neurology practitioners. Use the link in the episode notes to learn more and subscribe. AAN members, you can get CME for listening to this interview by completing the evaluation at continpub.com/audioCME. Thank you for listening to Continuum Audio.

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Det fanns en oro i riket när de församlade ständerna den 16 juni 1527 steg in i dominikanernas kloster i Västerås för att samlas till Sveriges första riktiga riksdag med representation av alla fyra stånden.Gustav Vasa var pressad av upprorsrykten från Dalarna och stora skulder till Lübeck, men han hade en lösning – kyrkan skulle betala. Med mycken politisk teater, åtminstone enligt Peder Svarts krönika, lyckades Gustav vingklippa den mäktiga kyrkan och ta en stor del av deras rikedomar. Riksdagen blev också ett godkännande för en försiktig reformation.I detta avsnitt av podden Historia Nu samtalar programledaren Urban Lindstedt med historikern Olle Larsson som skrivit boken Gustav Vasa – Furstar bland furstar. Detta är ett betalt samarbete med Västersås stad i inför 500 års-jubileet av Västerås riksdag år 1527.Västerås år 1527 räknas ofta som den första riksdagen i modern mening därför att ständerna här framträder tydligare som politiska aktörer i en förhandlingsprocess. Omkring 200 ledamöter nämns, och kungen lade fram sin proposition medan ständerna gav egna svar – ett mönster som gör det möjligt att tala om en riksdag som institution snarare än ett utvidgat rådsmöte.Att riksdagen hamnade i Västerås var inte självklart. Den var ursprungligen tänkt att hållas i Söderköping, men de oroliga förhållandena, särskilt i Dalarna, gjorde platsvalet osäkert. Västerås låg strategiskt så att kungens militära uppbåd snabbt kunde sättas in om läget försämrades norrut.Själva mötet kunde inte hållas på slottet eftersom det var härjat av unionsstriderna, och därför samlades man i dominikanernas kloster. Att just klostret blev riksdagens arena är talande: kort efteråt revs byggnaden och teglet användes för att renovera slottet – ett konkret eko av hur kyrkans resurser skulle komma att styras om till kronans behov.Det är också viktigt att notera att representationen inte var fullständig; den östra rikshalvan, Finland, var inte representerad. Ändå var uppslutningen och dokumentationen tillräckligt stark för att ge besluten särskild tyngd och för att Västerås 1527 i efterhand ska uppfattas som en milstolpe i riksdagens framväxt.I svensk tradition berättas också hur Gustav Vasa under förhandlingarna spelade högt – bland annat genom att antyda att han kunde avsäga sig ansvaret att styra om han inte fick stöd. Själva förloppet är källkritiskt svårt att följa i detalj; en central berättande källa är Peder Svarts krönika, som är omdiskuterad. Utfallet är däremot entydigt: ständerna accepterade en kursändring som gjorde kyrkans rikedomar åtkomliga för kronan.Bildtext: Västerås riksdag. Illustration av Elias Martin till Peder Svarts krönika, sent 1700-tal. På bilden skildras hur de fyra stånden håller enskilda överläggningar under riksdagen i Västerås 1527: adeln längst till vänster, därefter prästerna samlade kring biskop Brask (med biskopsmitra), följda av borgare och bönder. Bakom dem står kanslern Laurentius Andreæ, igenkännbar med långt skägg och kalott. Bilden ingår i samlingarna vid Uppsala universitetsbibliotek.Musik: Aria för sopran med obligat oboe ur Johann Sebastian Bachs kantat BWV 80, Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott, komponerad och framförd i kyrklig kontext i Leipzig 1723. Musikexemplet belyser hur luthersk koraltradition blev konstmusik under reformationstidens efterklang. Johann Sebastian Bach. Wikimedia Commons. Public domain,Klippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Description: Amy Hewitt, PhD, Director, and Susan O'Nell, BA, Director of Curriculum Development, from the Institute on Community Integration at the University of Minnesota discuss the evolution, challenges, and progress of the direct support profession. Interviewer: Colleen McLaughlin, MEd, Co-Director, The Boggs Center on Disability and Human Development Click for Full Transcript of Episode 46

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Författaren och producenten Amanda Romare har blivit en hel generations röst för kaotisk dejting, besatthet, hjärtekross och allt det där vi kanske inte alltid vågar erkänna högt. Med böcker som Halva Malmö består av killar som har dumpat mig och nya Judas skriver hon brutalt ärligt, mörkt roligt och träffsäkert om kärlekens totala kaos. Men mitt i allt drama och alla katastrofdejter dök faktiskt den stora kärleken upp. Det här avsnittet är en kärleksberättelse fylld av livets alla nyanser!!!

Med utställningen Predicting History testing translation representerar Lubaina Himid Storbritannien på Venedigbiennalen. Vår Sydeuropakorrespondent har träffat henne. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Lubaina Himid rör sig kring erfarenheter av uppbrott, tillhörighet och minne. Frågor om vad det är att känna sig hemma på en plats man inte nödvändigtvis valt. Hon är född på Zanzibar men har vuxit upp i Storbritannien. Det största arvet från den östafrikanska ön är mitt måleri, ljuset och viljan att kommunicera genom mönster och starka färger, säger hon till Cecilia Blomberg som träffat henne i den brittiska paviljongen i Venedig. Utställningen är producerad av British Council.

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很多照顧過家中長輩的人，都有類似的經驗：晚上擔心長輩半夜起床跌倒、呼吸不穩，卻不可能整晚守在旁邊； 想關心睡眠與身體狀況，但長輩往往不願意戴手錶、貼感測器，也不習慣每天操作 App。我們近期發表於 npj Digital Medicine 的研究，探討的正是一種希望減少照顧負擔、同時保留長輩生活自主性的科技：無接觸式生理訊號偵測床墊。這項裝置安裝在床墊下方後，就能透過細微壓力變化，持續偵測睡眠中的呼吸、心跳、體動與離床狀態。 長輩不需要改變原本生活習慣，不必額外配戴裝置，也不需要每天操作設備；對多數人而言，仍然只是「像平常一樣睡自己的床」。但對家人而言，系統可能提供的是另一種安心。例如：➡️ 長輩半夜離床太久，是否可能跌倒或身體不適？ ➡️ 呼吸、心跳是否出現異常變化？ ➡️ 白天是否長時間躺床，影響夜間睡眠與活動能力？ ➡️ 是否因服用安眠藥、鎮靜藥物，而增加夜間風險？這些原本只能靠照顧者「一直注意、一直擔心」的事情，未來有機會透過低干擾的方式，在背景中持續協助觀察。而近年國際高齡醫學與睡眠研究，也越來越重視這類無接觸式監測技術。除了睡眠品質之外，高齡照護真正重要的問題，往往還包括夜間離床、跌倒風險、白天活動量下降，以及長期臥床造成的身體退化。例如近期刊登在 JAMA Internal Medicine 的回顧文獻指出，對高齡者而言，「避免跌倒」很多時候比單純追求漂亮的生理數值更重要。因此，像是夜間離床提醒、起身前先坐穩再站起來、避免白天過度臥床等設計，其實都與真實照顧現場密切相關。在這集 Podcast 中，我會用「電風扇原則」來介紹這項科技與我們的研究：真正能長期進入長輩生活的照顧科技，最好像電風扇一樣——插上電、放在適合的位置，就能自然運作。 它不需要每天學習新的操作，也不該成為家人新的負擔。這一集 Podcast 將分享：➡️ 為什麼高齡照顧科技需要「低門檻、低負擔、低干擾」？ ➡️ 無接觸式床墊如何偵測呼吸、心跳、體動與離床狀態？ ➡️ 它如何協助家屬更早注意跌倒風險、呼吸異常與睡眠問題？ ➡️ 當健康提醒能透過電話或 LINE 即時通知，居家照顧可能出現哪些改變？ 高齡照顧科技真正重要的，未必是功能有多炫，而是它能不能自然融入生活。當科技不再需要長輩反覆學習與配合，而能安靜地在背景中協助家人理解「現在是否需要介入」，居家照顧或許就有機會從被動等待問題發生，慢慢轉向更即時、更低干擾，也更貼近生活情境的健康守護。除了高齡長輩之外，這類無接觸式生理訊號偵測裝置，也可能適合：✅ 夜間容易離床的人 ✅ 曾有跌倒風險的人 ✅ 使用安眠藥或鎮靜相關藥物的人 ✅ 有姿態性低血壓風險的人 ✅ 需要長期觀察呼吸與心跳變化的人 ✅ 因白天長時間躺床而影響睡眠品質的人

I 1978 vandt Israel for første gang Eurovision, da Alphabeta introducerede verden til ørehængeren A-Ba-Ni-Bi. Året efter gentog bandet Milk and Honey den israelske triumf, da de vandt turneringen med Hallelujah - og siden da har de vundet Eurovision to gange yderligere. Men Israels deltagelse er ikke uden kontroverser og uro. I dette afsnit af Kampen om historien fortsætter vi vores samtale om politiske kontroverser i Eurovisionens historie - heriblandt den aktuelle om Israels deltagelse. Med i studiet er Maja Simonsen, der er vært på podcasten Eurovision Unlocked, og antropolog og Eurovision-kender Lisanne Wilken. Vært: Asser Amdisen Redaktør: Thomas Vinther Larsen I redaktionen: Otto Christian Korse Lyddesign: Martha Winther

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Fra å slå seg i ansiktet med hammer til å øke fiberinntaket: Gen Z virker besatt av «maxxing». Men hva gjør egentlig den ekstreme optimaliseringen med oss, og finnes det noe vi faktisk bør «maxxe»? Med journalist Thelma Kathinka Klevan og lege Kaveh Rashidi. Foto: Dina da / Shutterstock / NTB Scanpix.

Filippa tvingar sig själv att spy upp det hon äter. Men inställningen till mat ska kastas om totalt på ett psykedeliskt retreat i Nederländerna. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Misstänker du att du lider av ätstörningar? Hjälp finns att få, via vården i ditt landsting. Du kan även kontakta föreningen Frisk och Fri som arbetar mot ätstörningar. På sin hemsida https://www.friskfri.se har de en stödchatt, numret till en stödtelefon samt listor på de vårdinstanser som finns runtom i landet.Om du har problem med droger och vill få hjälp, kontakta 1177.se. De kan hjälpa dig att hitta vilken hjälp som finns att få på din ort.Reporter och ljuddesign: Jonatan LoxdalProducent: Gustav AsplundSlutmix: Astrid AnkarcronaVerkligheten görs av produktionsbolaget Filt.

Med avstamp i ett pressmeddelande om eventuell TOTAL CENTRALISERING av kontrollansvaret för jordbruket diskuterar vi centraliseringens problem. En rimlig tumregel är att varje politiskt beslut som koncentrerar och centraliserar makt bör avvisas. Jordbruket är världens första näring och följaktligen den mest reglerade. Ju mer byråkrati desto mer stordrift istället för småskalighet. En bättre lösning är avreglering, låt konsumenterna bestämma om de vill ha statligt "garanterad kvalitet", precis som kravmärkt. Hur vinstdrivande särintressen fångar myndigheter med bidrag och mutor och leder till dåraktiga rekommendationer som att äta margarin.Lite amerikahändelser. Trumps fiasko-resa till Kina vittnar om att imperiet verkligen är på dekis. Hur sionister och Epsteinklassen satsat miljontals dollar för att få bort kongressledamot Thomas Massie, han som drev igenom lag för att tvinga regimen att publicera Epsteindokument som den vägrade släppa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Noen ganger får Janicke og Jenny henvendelser fra lyttere som ønsker å dele sine historier og erfaringer fra svangerskap og fødsel i podcasten. Denne gangen snakker jordmødrene med Anne Guri som forteller om sitt møte med helsepersonell på reisen gjennom graviditet, fødsel og barseltid. Anne Guri er overvektig og minner oss på at måten man blir møtt på har svært mye å si for selvfølelsen, følelsen av skam og følelsen av mestring. Det er viktig å legge fordommer til side og se hele menneskets kompleksitet. La oss høre hvordan fødselen til Anne Guri gikk etter å ha blitt fortalt hele svangerskapet at hun sto framfor en risikofylt fødsel. Med utgangspunkt i vår lange og brede erfaring som jordmødre har vi laget et fødselsforberedende onlinekurs. Kurset er for deg som er gravid og snart skal føde, eller for partner som vil være aktivt deltagende og god støtte. Vi vet at kunnskap kan bidra til at dere får en god fødselsopplevelse og mestringsfølelse etter fødselen. Med dette fødselskurset skal du bli Trygg til fødsel så dere kan starte barseltiden og foreldrerollen med en god dose selvtillit! Kurset finner du her: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Trygg til fødsel (kurs.jordmorpodden.no)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠- meld deg på og bli med Janicke og Jenny på fødselskurs nå! Vi tilbyr live spørretime annenhver uke til alle "studenter".

Med spade, hacka, kratta och lök går jag igenom de få versionerna av Eric Carrs låt Little Caesar som existerar. Det blir rätt intressanta rön som lyfts fram.

Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto Žemės ūkio akademijos mokslininkai kviečia siųsti jiems informaciją apie medžių alėjas Lietuvoje. Kartu su partneriais vykdomas projektas „Medžių alėjų išsaugojimas biologinei įvairovei Kuržemėje ir Šiaurės Lietuvoje“, renkami duomenys ir apie kitų regionų alėjas. Laidoje „10-12“ – dr. Indrė Ruškytė, VDU Žemės ūkio akademijos jaunesnioji mokslo darbuotoja, ir Kšištofas Godvodas, VDU Žemės ūkio akademijos Miškų ir ekologijos fakulteto docentas, nepriklausomas želdynų ir želdinių ekspertas.Ved. Ignas Andriukevičius

Med donationer från bland andra Jan Guillou, en svensk adelsman, en miljardär och många andra har barockorgeln i Varnhems klosterkyrka återskapats. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Sista helgen i maj 2026 invigs de la Gardieorgeln i Varnhems klosterkyrka. Ett projekt som blivit verklighet tack vare privata donationer på sammanlagt över 12 miljoner kronor.Orgelbygget har engagerat flera hantverkare i skaraborgstrakten som tillsammans återskapat i stort sett den orgel som byggdes på 1670-talet på initiativ av greve Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie.-Det är ju väldigt unikt med ett sånt här projekt och en sån orgel. Det är ju ett fantastiskt instrument och på samma gång ett konstverk, säger kantorn Gustaf Johansson.Reporter Helene Alm, helene.alm@sverigesradio.se

Se bo o vojaških napadih vse bolj samostojno odločala umetna inteligenca? In kako nove zmogljivosti te tehnologije spreminjajo tako vojskovanje kot zagotavljanje miru.V začetku letošnjega leta je spor med podjetjem Anthropic, enim izmed vodilnih ameriških podjetij na področju umetne inteligence, in ameriškim obrambnim oziroma zdaj vojnim ministrom Petom Hegsethom zelo nazorno osvetlil razsežnosti uporabe umetne inteligence za vojne namene ter smeri, v katere se danes usmerja njen razvoj in integracijo. Vztrajanje podjetja Anthropic pri varovalkah, da se njihov model umetne inteligence Claude, ki trenutno velja za najzmogljivejšega na trgu, ne sme uporabiti za nadzorovanje Američanov ter za razvoj avtonomnega orožja, se je namreč izkazalo za nepremostljivo oviro. V tolikšni meri celo, da je Pentagon Anthropic označil za tveganje za dobavne verige, kar je oznaka, ki je bila do zdaj rezervirana za tuja podjetja s tesnimi vezmi z ZDA sovražnimi državami. Še včeraj edini izbrani ponudnik velikih jezikovnih modelov za ameriško administracijo je tako čez noč dobil popolno prepoved sodelovanja z ameriško vlado in z vsemi podjetji, ki z njo sodelujejo. Vsekakor gre za presenetljiv precedens, iz katerega pa lahko jasno razberemo, da je pri razmišljanju o mejah uporabe umetne inteligence v vojni kot tudi pri nadzoru ljudi širše prišlo do pomembnega obrata. Med drugim je postalo očitno, da polno avtonomna orožja niso več potencialna nevarnost oziroma stranpot, ampak vse bolj primarna vizija vojn prihodnosti. Seveda intenzivnejša integracija umetne inteligence za potrebe ameriške vojske poteka že vrsto let. V okviru projekta Maven je na tem področju s Pentagonom sprva – od leta 2017 – sodelovalo podjetje Google, od 2020 pa je vodilni ponudnik tovrstnih storitev podjetje Palantir. Vmes se je zgodila revolucija generativne umetne inteligence, ki je izrazito poenostavila uporabo te tehnologije in odprla vrata za njeno široko integracijo v najrazličnejših smereh, tudi seveda za razne vojaške aplikacije. Ta pospešek se danes nazorno kaže marsikje po svetu, poleg ZDA izrazito tudi na Kitajskem, v Rusiji, Ukrajini, Izraelu in tako naprej. A s široko dostopnostjo zmogljivih modelov umetne inteligence se poleg vojaško tradicionalno močnih držav zdaj povsem nove možnosti za napredne oblike napadov odpirajo tudi manjšim igralcem z najrazličnejšimi ambicijami in nameni, kar utegne v pomembni meri premešati karte moči in razmerij v že tako vse manj stabilnem svetu. Kaj pomeni nova doba umetne inteligence skozi optiko vojaške tehnologije, načrtovanja napadov in zagotavljanja miru, bo v središču današnje Intelekte. Gostje v studiu so obramboslovec prof. dr. Iztok Prezelj s fakultete za družbene vede Univerze v Ljubljani; strokovnjak za umetno inteligenco prof. dr. Matej Kristan s Fakultete za računalništvo in informatiko Univerze v Ljubljani ter načelnik sektorja za razvoj zmogljivosti Slovenske vojske polkovnik Jernej Peternel.Foto: Pixabay/Vilkasss

#113: Your baby does not need solid foods at 4 or 5 months…but that does not mean there is nothing to do. In this episode, I'm walking you through the pre-feeding skills that help your baby get ready for a safer, smoother start to solid foods at 6 months. We'll cover what to practice now, what not to rush, and how to use this waiting window to feel more confident before that first bite. Listen to this episode to learn: 1.  Why your baby does not need solid foods at 4 or 5 months…and what you can focus on instead 2.  How to practice pre-feeding skills like sitting, mouthing, and high chair acclimation before the first bite 3. What gear, safety steps, and readiness signs to have in place before starting solid foods at 6 months  Shownotes for this episode can be found here: https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/113 Links from This Episode: • Check out the ezpz Oral Development Tools as a good activity for 4-5 month olds in the pre-feeding phase and get 15% off when you purchase ezpz using the affiliate discount code BABYLED here: ezpzfun.com/BABYLED?q=oral-development-tools  • Marsha Dunn Klein's teether heart is available at 20% off with code MARSHA20 here • Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: ⁠https://babyledweaning.co/program⁠  and use the code BLWPOD50 to save $50 when you sign up. •  Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: ⁠https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners⁠ Other Episodes Related to This Topic: • Episode 290 - Pre-Feeding Skills: What Can My Baby Do Before Beginning Solid Foods? with Marsha Dunn Klein OTR/L, MEd, FAOTA • Episode 338 - Breastmilk Popsicles? Try this Pre-Feeding Activity with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP

#113: Your baby does not need solid foods at 4 or 5 months…but that does not mean there is nothing to do. In this episode, I'm walking you through the pre-feeding skills that help your baby get ready for a safer, smoother start to solid foods at 6 months. We'll cover what to practice now, what not to rush, and how to use this waiting window to feel more confident before that first bite. Listen to this episode to learn: 1.  Why your baby does not need solid foods at 4 or 5 months…and what you can focus on instead 2.  How to practice pre-feeding skills like sitting, mouthing, and high chair acclimation before the first bite 3. What gear, safety steps, and readiness signs to have in place before starting solid foods at 6 months  Shownotes for this episode can be found here: https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/113 Links from This Episode: • Check out the ezpz Oral Development Tools as a good activity for 4-5 month olds in the pre-feeding phase and get 15% off when you purchase ezpz using the affiliate discount code BABYLED here: ezpzfun.com/BABYLED?q=oral-development-tools  • Marsha Dunn Klein's teether heart is available at 20% off with code MARSHA20 here • Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: ⁠https://babyledweaning.co/program⁠  and use the code BLWPOD50 to save $50 when you sign up. •  Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: ⁠https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners⁠ Other Episodes Related to This Topic: • Episode 290 - Pre-Feeding Skills: What Can My Baby Do Before Beginning Solid Foods? with Marsha Dunn Klein OTR/L, MEd, FAOTA • Episode 338 - Breastmilk Popsicles? Try this Pre-Feeding Activity with Dawn Winkelmann, MS, CCC-SLP

Vi hör lyssnarnas berättelser om när de varit med om en större eller mindre utklassning! Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Ett nyfiket och underhållande aktualitetsprogram med lyssnaren i fokus.Staffan visade sig vara en hejare på lerduveskytte, Jesper berättade om gången han fick spö av styvfarsan i badminton och Ellen delar med sig av när hon blev utklassad av en 6-åring i schack. Dessutom får vi besök av Radiosportens Christian Olsson som delar med sig av sin mest minnesvärda utklassning.I extramaterialet säger vi grattis till Erika som fyller år!

Srečanja med voditeljema Kitajske in Združenih držav Amerike imajo vedno predznak zgodovinska, tudi zaradi spomina na leto 1972 in obisk Richarda Nixona pri Mao Cetungu, kjer naj bi padla ena od prvih domin, ki je sprožila razpad Sovjetske zveze in vzhodnega bloka. Si bomo najnovejši Trumpov obisk pri Ši Džinpingu zapomnili po Šijevi omembi Tukididove zanke, s katero je Združene države označil za staro, Kitajsko pa za prihajajočo velesilo. Bo Kitajska okrepila svojo vlogo pri iskanju miru na Bližnjem vzhodu? So ZDA pripravljene zmanjšati vojaško podporo Tajvanu? Peking bo še nekaj časa v središču pozornosti svetovne javnosti, saj se tam vrstijo obiski z vsega sveta. Med drugim pričakujejo tudi Vladimirja Putina. O tem in še čem se bomo pogovarjali v tokratnem Studiu ob 17h.

Erykah är på gång med det efterlängtade Alchemistsamarbetet Abi & Alan. Uppföljaren till 2015-års mixtape But you caint use my phone. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Första gången som vi möts sitter sångerskan på golvet med benen i kors. Röd turban på huvudet, och den fasthållande blicken riktad mot bandet som rullar.Den andra gången nuddar hennes afro min axel. En afro som innehåller olika symboler: knytnävar, kanyler, piskor, pistoler, foster och handfängsel. Erykahs musik fylldes allt mer av ett tillbakahållet vrede och en stämning som förflyttade lyssnaren till en tid då musiken var samhällsmedveten och militant. Två möten med Badu målar bilden av en kompromisslös artist som fick klassisk soul att blomma ut på ett nytt sätt. En känsla som omvärlden döpte till neosoul.Den andliga rebellen som fortsätter att inspirera nya generationer är en anmodan om något från det förflutna och framtiden.

Introduksjon: Identifikasjonsproblemet i RealsatsenI dagens episode beveger vi oss i skjæringspunktet mellom mikroatferd og makroøkonomiske responskurver. Med referanse til Martin Blomhoff Holms forskning på pengepolitisk transmisjon, spør vi: Er den norske styringsrenten et effektivt instrument, eller er den i ferd med å miste sin potens? Vi diskuterer hvordan husholdningenes konsumrespons ikke bare styres av intertemporal substitusjon, men av norske gjeldsstrukturer.Del 1: Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment Slettebø observerer at vi sjelden har sett et ledighetsnivå så lavt at det i seg selv har akselerert inflasjonen dramatisk. Frontfagsmodellen som buffer: Slettebø forklarer at denne modellen holder lønnsveksten i makro "ganske i sjakk", noe som maskerer de tradisjonelle signalene i arbeidsmarkedet. Lønnskompresjon: Vi analyserer Aukrusts todelingsmodell (Frontfagsmodellen). Når lønnsforskjellene er små, subsidieres høyproduktive bedrifter, mens lavproduktive næringer prises ut. Produktivitets-paradokset: Hvis AI tar over middelklassens oppgaver, vil vi da se en reallokering av arbeidskraft i skjermet sektor, eller vil de institusjonelle barrierene i Norge føre til økt lediggang? Den norske modellen har lenge nytt godt av et eksepsjonelt bytteforhold (billig import, dyr olje). Nå som dette "Gullhår-scenarioet" svekkes, må vi spørre om vår modell for sysselsetting fortsatt holder vann. Reaksjonsfunksjonen: Vi observerer en asymmetri i politikken: Norges Bank strammer inn via likviditetskanalen for å disiplinere valutamarkedet, mens Stortinget responderer med ekspansiv finanspolitikk (reduserte barnehagepriser, strømstøtte) for å beskytte husholdningenes disponible inntekt. Og betyr dette at norske barnefamilier kan vente seg et aldri så lite jule-gratisial nå som renta skal videre opp? Sentrale teoretiske pilarer i denne episoden: Likviditetskanalen: Hvordan flytende rente gjør at styringsrenten treffer disponibel inntekt umiddelbart i Norge, i motsetning til land med fastrentestrukturer. Lønnskompresjon og Reallokering: Samspillet mellom Moene-effekten (produktivitetsfremmende lønnsstruktur) og risikoen for strukturelt utenforskap når teknologiske sjokk (AI) treffer skjermet sektor. Dette notatet fungerer som et akademisk supplement til episoden og binder sammen de teoretiske innsiktene fra Martin Blomhoff Holm med den dagsaktuelle økonomiske debatten.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In this episode, Dr. Monica Lypson and Dr. Ahilan Sivaganesan join the conversation to dissect the complexities of value-based payment models and the "perverse incentives" that often follow. By examining the parallels between Medicare Advantage upcoding and sliding-scale bundled payments, Dr. Lypson and Dr. Sivaganesan provide a masterclass on the systemic friction between financial risk and clinical equity. Key Discussion Themes - The Upcoding/Downcoding Tug-of-War: An analysis of how Medicare Advantage plans and health systems navigate risk adjustment, and why current models often incentivize "grading your own homework." - The TDABC Solution: Dr. Sivaganesan explains why physicians cannot truly manage risk without Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC) to identify condition-specific costs. - Selection Bias in Care: A deep dive into the "cherry picking" (selecting low-risk patients) and "lemon dropping" (avoiding high-risk patients) dilemmas that threaten healthcare's moral compass. - Equity vs. Efficiency: Dr. Lypson explores how value-based care can either bridge the gap for underserved populations or inadvertently widen disparities through structural barriers. - The Path Forward: Why "whole-person health"—including non-clinical factors like housing—is the ultimate cost-saver, and the necessity of neutral, third-party risk scoring. === LINKS ===

ReferencesJ Lipid Res. 2024 Jan11;65(2):100499Nat. Med.2018. 24, 1–17 Front Immunol. 2023 May24;14:119484Nature Biotechnology 2025.volume 43, pages623–634 Nat Aging. 2022 Mar 18;2(3):189–191Guerra, DJ. 2026. Unpublished lecturesLennon/McCartney. 1967. Lovely Rita. SGLHCB. Beatleshttps://open.spotify.com/track/6h9W5FxX4E9lUFsyq8j1AD?si=19cb954514c541beRichards/Jagger. 1967. Ruby Tuesdayhttps://open.spotify.com/track/4hupcimlg3UBbW1kAQ6vrT?si=37ea803d35fc4a4bFarrow, J. 1970. Fresh Air Quicksilver Messenger Servicehttps://music.youtube.com/watch?v=7ejj81Y2ZlM&si=-utRlJcQ8dXX0MjpMozart, WA. 1787. String Quintet 3 in C Major. K515https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=iU-LiPWusrI&si=-kZnrvPHszz9qImX

Magnuz är docent i meteorologi. Han säger att han har radikaliserats. Nu följer han andra forskaraktivister upp på barrikaderna. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Med vita labbrockar lämnar de skrivbord och laboratorium för att gå ut och bli en del av ”gatans parlament” i protest mot att de som styr inte tar klimatkrisen på allvar.En klimatforskare som tagit steget mot att bli aktivist är luftföroreningsexperten och meteorologen Magnuz Engardt. Efter mycket övervägande följde han med de andra forskaraktivisterna upp på barrikaderna som en Scientist Rebellion. Reportern Catharina Ericson Ulfves har följt honom och de andra aktivisterna under ett års tid för att förstå hur de resonerar och för att se vad de gör.Ett program från 2024.I maj 2026 dömde tingsrätten två av aktivisterna för skadegörelse. De dömdes till villkorlig dom samt ålas att betala skadestånd. Övriga 15 som greps hösten 2023 friades.Av: Catharina Ericson UlfvesProducent: Ylva LindgrenSlutmix: Jakob LalérMusiken i programmet:Trentemöller ”Miss you”Ulfves/Redman ”Withering”

År 1929 kraschar börsen på Wall Street och hela världen dras ner i en ekonomisk katastrof. Människor förlorar sina jobb, sina hem och sina livsbesparingar.Men mitt i all misär dyker ett litet barn upp på bioduken. En flicka med blonda lockar, ett stort leende och vita mjölktänder. Shirley Temple. Med sitt glada skratt, sin sång och sin dans erbjuder hon en verklighetsflykt för människorna som ser hennes filmer. Hon blir snabbt världens mest älskade barnstjärna.Men bakom Hollywoods glittrande fasad döljer sig något mycket mörkare. För vem bryr sig egentligen om hur ett barn mår, när barnet drar in miljontals dollar?Fall: Shirley Temple[REKLAM] Länk Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/spoktimmenKällor: https://www.spoktimmen.se/222-1KontaktInstagram: @spoktimmen@linnek@jennyborg91 Facebook: Spöktimmen Mail: spoktimmenpodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of On Campus, Elizabeth Allan, PhD, Professor of Higher Education and Director of the Hazing Prevention Research Lab at the University of Maine and Founder of StopHazing and Meredith Stewart, MEd, Operations Manager for StopHazing break down the Stop Campus Hazing Act and what it means for colleges and universities as new federal requirements take effect. Signed into law in 2024, the legislation amends the Clery Act and introduces new expectations around campus hazing reporting, transparency, and prevention programs. With the first full Annual Security Report including hazing data due in 2026, institutions are now facing critical questions about compliance, policy development, and campus culture.  Our conversation explores what higher education leaders need to know now—from Campus Hazing Transparency Reports and reporting requirements to the operational realities of implementation across student affairs, public safety, and compliance offices. We also examine how institutions can move beyond compliance to build safer, more accountable campus environments, and why transparency around hazing incidents is becoming essential for student trust, institutional credibility, and campus safety.   Links:CITI Program's Clery Act Course: https://about.citiprogram.org/course/clery-act-training/  StopHazing: https://stophazing.org/  Hazing Prevention Research Lab: https://umaine.edu/edhd/hazing-prevention-research/

About this episode: An outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship has triggered a global public health response to treat those infected and trace those exposed. In this episode: why this type of hantavirus is unique, what the symptoms and severity are, and why experts are assuring the public that the risk of pandemic-level transmission is low. Guest: Kari Moore Debbink, PhD, MEd, is a virologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Host: Stephanie Desmon, MA, is a former journalist, author, and the director of public relations and communications for the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs. Show links and related content: What Is Hantavirus, Which Is Linked to the Deaths of 3 People Aboard a Cruise Ship?—New York Times In the News: Hantavirus@johnshopkinssph via Instagram Can Spillover—How Viruses Move From Animals to Humans—Be Prevented?—Public Health On Call (November 2021) Transcript information: Looking for episode transcripts? Open our podcast on the Apple Podcasts app (desktop or mobile) or the Spotify mobile app to access an auto-generated transcript of any episode. Closed captioning is also available for every episode on our YouTube channel. Contact us: Have a question about something you heard? Looking for a transcript? Want to suggest a topic or guest? Contact us via email or visit our website. Follow us: @‌PublicHealthPod on Bluesky @‌PublicHealthPod on Instagram @‌JohnsHopkinsSPH on Facebook @‌PublicHealthOnCall on YouTube Here's our RSS feed Note: These podcasts are a conversation between the participants, and do not represent the position of Johns Hopkins University.

Episode 338: One PR Pro Shows There is Purpose in the Press  With Candice Smith, MEd, Founder & Chief Strategist @ French Press Communications    Episode Summary Running an independent public relations business requires more than just excellent communication skills. You need a solid strategy, a growth mindset, and a commitment to continuous learning. In episode 338 of That Solo Life, hosts Karen Swim, APR and Michelle Kane sit down with Candice Smith, MEd, to explore how educational frameworks can transform your solo practice. Candice brings a unique perspective to the table, blending her background in education with extensive experience in communications. We discuss the importance of structuring your business to support both your personal goals and your clients' success. The conversation covers practical ways to implement better systems, the value of defining your core services, and how to position yourself as an authority in your niche. Whether you are just starting your independent journey or looking to scale your existing practice, this episode provides actionable advice to help you build a sustainable business. Candice shares her proven strategies for managing client expectations and creating workflows that save time and reduce stress. We also dive into the psychological aspects of running a solo business, addressing how to overcome self-doubt and step fully into your role as a trusted consultant. Episode Highlights [02:15] How Candice applied her Master of Education background to the public relations sector. [08:30] Using instructional design principles to improve your PR client onboarding process. [15:45] Proven strategies for defining your core services and establishing healthy boundaries. [24:20] Overcoming self-doubt and positioning yourself as a premium communications consultant. [32:10] The specific systems Candice uses to streamline her daily workflow and boost productivity. About Candice Smith, MEd Candice Smith, MEd, is a strategic communications professional who leverages her educational background to help brands and practitioners tell better stories. With a deep understanding of how people learn and process information, she builds compelling public relations campaigns and helps fellow solo professionals refine their business systems. You can connect with Candice and learn more about her work on LinkedIn. Related Episodes & Additional Information Episode 325: Structuring Your Solo PR Business for Sustainable Growth Episode 312: Going Big by Going Small Resource: Solo PR Pro Premium Membership Host & Show Info That Solo Life is a podcast created for public relations, communication, and marketing professionals who work as independent and small practitioners. Hosted by Karen Swim, APR, founder of Words For Hire and President of Solo PR, and Michelle Kane, Principal of Voice Matters, the show delivers expert insights, encouragement, and advice for solo PR pros navigating today's dynamic professional landscape. Take the Next Step in Your Solo Journey If you found value in this conversation, we encourage you to subscribe to That Solo Life on your favorite podcast platform and leave us a review. To connect with a supportive network of like-minded independent practitioners, visit  soloprpro.com/join and join our community today. Your thriving solo business awaits!

(00:00) — Early spark for medicine: Jasmine's childhood curiosity and desire to help takes root at age four or five.(02:40) — High school split focus: AP sciences vs. seven-hour show choir and a one-week summer health program.(03:55) — Choosing Howard: Proximity to a hospital/med school and an open-door culture sealed the decision.(05:15) — Major, minor, and momentum: Biology major, chemistry minor, and 40 COVID credits accelerate progress.(06:40) — The hardest part: Juggling 21 credits—including biochem and orgo—while working left her exhausted.(07:30) — Working to afford school: From food service to barista to the gym, she logged 26–40 hours weekly.(09:10) — Intentional time use: Doing homework during/after class and finishing tasks before they lingered.(10:40) — When it became too much: Princeton Review course, burnout, and a first MCAT score worse than practice.(13:20) — Regrouping the plan: Graduating early, studying Jan–Apr, and defining a target MCAT within context.(15:15) — Mindset after a bad score: Grieving the disrupted timeline and pausing to finish strong in undergrad.(17:20) — The timeline trap: Why gap years feel scary and Dr. Gray's note that 75% take one.(19:50) — Building without connections: Deep website research, spreadsheets, and avoiding Reddit/SDN noise.(23:10) — Doors opened by advising: Programs that delivered mentorship and free MCAT materials.(25:00) — School list and interviews: 22 applications (20 MD, 2 DO), a DO fair, and six interviews.(28:00) — First invites and first A: Riding the wave of early interviews and an acceptance during homecoming.(31:20) — Med school reality: First year was brutal, second year harder, and memorization no longer enough.(34:20) — Final encouragement: Keep going, dream big, and be realistic about the path that gets you there.Jasmine shares a candid, practical look at making premed work when time and money are tight. She discovered medicine early, chose Howard University for its hospital and medical school access, and powered through a biology major and chemistry minor—accelerating with 40 credits during COVID. Meanwhile, she worked 26–40 hours a week in food service, as a barista, and at the gym, all while managing 20–21 credit semesters that included biochem and orgo. When a burnout-fueled first MCAT score came in below any practice test, she grieved the lost timeline, graduated early, and reset: January to April dedicated MCAT prep, a clear “good enough” score target based on her strong GPA, and an application strategy built on deep DIY research and school-by-school spreadsheets (not Reddit or SDN). She applied to 22 schools, earned six interview invites, and celebrated her first acceptance during homecoming. Now in medical school, she reflects on why second year felt even harder than first and how shifting from memorizing to true understanding changed everything. Dr. Gray and Jasmine unpack the pressure of timelines, the reality that many students take gap years, and how to keep moving forward when plans change.What You'll Learn:- How to balance heavy course loads with paid work- Handling a disappointing MCAT and deciding when to retake- Setting a “good enough” MCAT score in context of GPA- Building school lists and opportunities without connections- Why medical school study demands differ from undergrad

(00:00) — Avoiding medicine to committing at 22: Sports injuries, engineering Cs, and a hospital trauma that made medicine click.(03:06) — Doubting smart enough: Imposter syndrome, scraping through chem, and possible ADHD.(06:50) — Growing up around violence: Valuing life early and pushing through school and sport.(08:50) — Living in the moment: Lists, weekly survival, and triaging tough neuro topics.(09:45) — Hug the bear: A 15-second resilience mindset from officer training.(11:47) — Perspective check: Why complain about what you prayed for?(14:14) — The four-time MCAT: Premature first attempt, COVID setbacks, and stubborn determination.(16:50) — Study your way: Blueprints, not rules—Anki, repetition, and long-term memory.(19:51) — After a denied cycle: Interviews, honest feedback, and a biomedical sciences master's with a 3.89.(23:54) — Applying for fit: Targeting schools that accept Black and Brown students and choose your poison.(25:15) — The acceptance email: A surprise Charles Drew admit and all the emotions.(27:17) — MD vs DO vs UAG: Weighing Iowa against family and support in Guadalajara.(28:52) — Med school's dark side: Stress, sleep debt, and hair loss alongside joy.(31:18) — Commuting to cut costs: EV free charging, 6:20 a.m. departures, and parking lot naps.(33:45) — Rotations on a budget: Housing ideas and staying flexible.(34:25) — Some call them illegal—I call them mom and dad: Caring for patients and family amid fear and hate.(37:20) — Control what you can: Social media backlash, gratitude notes, and missing Obama.(42:02) — Final advice: Step 1 focus and why it's not failure until you quit.Richard didn't run straight toward medicine. He tried kinesiology, engineering until Calc III said no, and three years in pharmacy before a volunteer shift at a children's hospital trauma bay flipped the switch. In this candid conversation, he shares how a B/C student with a 3.3 GPA, possible ADHD, and mounting imposter syndrome found a way forward by focusing on surviving one week at a time.Richard opens up about taking the MCAT four times, what went wrong early (including testing before biochem), and the discipline, repetition, and resource fit he had to build. After a denied cycle with interviews, he strengthened his academic record with a biomedical sciences master's (33 units, 3.89) and applied to schools aligned with mission and representation. He describes the unexpected acceptance email from Charles R. Drew, the pull of family support as he weighed UAG versus a DO option in Iowa, and why mental health and community had to factor into his decision.We also get real about med school's costs and stress: commuting to save money with free EV charging, 6:20 a.m. departures, parking lot naps, and the not-so-glam side of hair loss and fatigue. Richard closes with grounded advice for retakers and those who don't see themselves in medicine yet.What You'll Learn:- How a hospital volunteer trauma experience cemented Richard's path to medicine- Ways to manage imposter syndrome and build study systems that fit you- What changed across four MCAT attempts and during a biomedical sciences master's- How to target schools for mission and representation while balancing costs and support