In this episode of the JIM podcast, Editor-in-Chief Richard McCallum and special guest Dr. Alejandro Robles shine some light on recent advances in the study of colon cancer.

Join Drs Andrea Sikora and Christy Forehand in the discussion of their recent work with using a medication regimen complexity score to evaluate potential relationships between the score and medication errors in the ICU setting. What they found was surprising. What is to come with future research is exciting.

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 In this episode of the CPCJ podcast series, Multimedia Editor Pat Chibbaro interviews Julieta Moreno-Villagómez, author of the article entitled, "Health-Related Quality of Life in Mexican Children and Adolescents with Non-Syndromic Craniosynostosis" (coauthored by Miguel Castillo-Mimila, Guillermina Yáñez-Téllez, Belén Prieto-Corona and Antonio García-Méndez).

Join us with Dr. Andrea Sikora to discuss the recent findings regarding the use of the MRC-ICU scale for predicting inpatient mortality in patients with COVID-10. A new tool to help improve quality of care.

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Medication access is a fundamental aspect of healthcare. Join us for a discussion with Dr Samaneh Wilkinson regarding the benefits of a prescription assistance program coordinated by the ambulatory care program at the University of Kansas Health System. 

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In this episode of The Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal podcast series, Pat Chibbaro, Multimedia Specialist and co-author, interviews Jenn J. Park and Roberto L. Flores, authors of the CPCJ article entitled, "Implementation of an Ambulatory Cleft Lip Repair Protocol: Surgical Outcomes" (coauthored by Ricardo Rodriguez Colon, Bachar F. Chaya, Danielle H. Rochlin, Pradip R. Shetye and David A. Staffenberg).

Don’t forget to take a good medical family history of your patients ! Drs Janice Dutcher and Peter Wiernik from the Cancer Research Center of New York discuss their latest work published in the January issue of JIM: Families with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and plasma cell dyscrasias in their pedigrees . A genetic contribution of cancer passed down family generations has been well described. However, the association among common B cell malignancies such as Myeloma and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma is less well understood. In this addition of the JIM podcast, we discuss with Drs. Dutcher and Wiernik, their findings on the importance of family history and the phenomenon of generational anticipation in well characterized patient families with Myeloma and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

Highlighting the collaboration between craniofacial surgeons and orthodontists, Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy and Yong Jong Park discuss novel application of MRI and 3D printing to nasoalveolar molding with authors Chelsea Wehr and Brett Chiquet. Read the article here.

BLURB 

In this podcast, Dr Andrea Ferrari and Dr Annalisa Trama, interviewed by Dr Patrizia Gasparini, present the important topic of adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer. They provide an overview of the unique epidemiology and survival of this age group of patients. Moreover, Dr. Ferrari discusses the clinical challenges of AYA patients, highlightening several AYA-dedicated multidisciplinary approaches and programs.

Dr Eleonora Bruno and Dr Patrizia Pasanisi

 In this podcast Dr Eleonora Bruno and Patrizia Pasanisi present the results, recently published on Clinical Cancer Research, of the DIANA-5 study. This study is a multi-institutional randomized controlled trial aimed to test the efficacy of dietary change to prevent the development of recurrence in breast cancer women at high metabolic and hormonal risk.

In this episode of The Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal multimedia series, Pat Chibbaro, Multimedia Editor, interviews Lauren Powell and Ruth Barta, author of the CPCJ article entitled, "Availability and Readability Level of Online Patient Education Materials Provided by Cleft Lip and Palate Teams" (coauthored by Erica Bien and Jade Cohen).