Talking about medicine & the arts

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Talking about medicine & the arts Podcast

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  1. Breast Cancer and the Power of Narrative

    08/10/2023

    Breast Cancer and the Power of Narrative

    Welcome to our eleventh Medicine 360 podcast, in which Kris Hallenga and Dr Liz O’Riordon discuss breast cancer and the power of narrative with Dr Ishminder Mangat. They discuss what inspired them to write their stories, and how writing their stories has affected their lives. Kris Hallenga is a best-selling author, broadcaster and founder of the first breast-cancer awareness charity, CoppaFeel! (www.coppafeel.org) In 2009 she was diagnosed with secondary metastatic breast cancer at the age of 23. CoppaFeel!’s campaigning has resulted in cancer awareness being put onto school curriculums. Kris has won a Pride of Britain award, a Cosmopolitan Ultimate Campaigner award, and has been given an Honorary Doctorate by Nottingham Trent University. In 2021 she published a memoir, Glittering a Turd: How Surving the Unsurvivable Taught Me to Live, which became a Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller. She has a podcast of the same name, in which she speaks to guests about the difficulties in their lives. Liz O’Riordan is an international speaker, broadcaster, and the award winning co-author of The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer: How to Feel Empowered and Take Control. She began to speak and write about breast cancer after having been diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer in 2015, aged 40. A recurrence in 2018, and complications affecting her left shoulder, forced her to retire from her job as a consultant breast surgeon. In 2020 she launched a podcast, ‘Don’t Ignore the Elephant’, which explores difficult-to-discuss topics. In 2023 her cancer returned for a second time. Her memoir, Under the Knife: Life Lessons from the Operating Theatre has just come out. This podcast is hosted by Dr Ishminder Mangat , a junior doctor in Bristol interested in exploring the links between medicine and the humanities.

    48 min
  2. MSF: HIV in South Sudan

    02/12/2022

    MSF: HIV in South Sudan

    Welcome to our fourth student-hosted Medicine 360 podcast, in which Dr Isaac Batali shares his insider's perspective and knowledge about how MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders) is working to combat HIV/AIDS in areas like South Sudan. He talks about what led him to join MSF, and discusses the medical and educational efforts in South Sudan to combat HIV. He talks about the different kinds of challenges those efforts face: the problem of the stigma of AIDS; the presence of military conflict; and natural crises such as flooding. How does MSF promote lifelong adherence to treatment plans in such a context? And empower people to look after their own health. Isaac Batali is a South Sudanese doctor working with MSF-OCA* in the Lankien hospital in South Sudan. He mainly takes care of the in- and outpatients for HIV. Along with the medical testing and treatment of HIV, Dr Batali is involved in organising community support groups which aim to inspire people to be more open to conversations about HIV as a step towards changing the ways in which HIV is viewed. The podcast is hosted by Jimin Han, a second-year medical student at the University of Bristol who has an interest in MSF and HIV-care in areas of conflict and instability. We hope you enjoy listening. Glossary of some medical terminology used in this podcast ART -- Antiretroviral Therapy (for HIV) MD -- Doctor of Medicine (US degree name) *OCA -- 'The Operational Centre Amsterdam is a cooperation between MSF United Kingdom, MSF Germany and MSF Holland. The Operational Centre Amsterdam operates on the basis of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the 3 partner Associations.' Details of further resources about MSF and their involvement in the treatment of HIV/AIDs can be found at www.medicine360.co.uk/post/msf-hiv-in-south-sudan If you would like make a donation to MSF: https://www.msf.org/donate

    27 min

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