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Migraine
2026/03/02 | 22 mins.
Migraine is very common, affecting an estimated 1.16 billion people worldwide.

It is one of the most disabling neurological disorders. So it is vital that we get diagnosis, management and prevention of this condition right.

To find out how to do this, please listen to this BMJ Best Practice podcast with Timothy Collins, Associate Professor of Neurology and Chief of the Headache Division, Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center.

For more on migraine, visit BMJ Best Practice.

Competing interests: TAC provides expert testimony for legal cases regarding headache disorders and treatment (approximately one or two cases per year). TAC is an author of several references cited in the BMJ Best Practice topic on migraine.
Comorbidities
2026/02/02 | 23 mins.
Comorbidities are common and important and have a massive impact on the delivery of care.

The BMJ Best Practice Comorbidities Manager is designed to help healthcare professionals deliver better care for patients with multiple illnesses.

To find out more, please do listen to this podcast with Dr Preethi Pirlamarla, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist at the University of Washington.

Competing interests: PP is a member of the BMJ Best Practice Comorbidities Manager panel.
Shared decision making
2025/12/22 | 25 mins.
BMJ Best Practice is our clinical decision support resource. It is designed to help healthcare professionals make better informed clinical decisions.

But such decisions should be made in partnership with patients - they should be shared decisions.

To find out more about shared decision making, please do listen to this BMJ Best Practice podcast interview with Emma Doble, Patient and Public Strategy Editor at BMJ.

Competing interests: None
Mumps
2025/11/06 | 24 mins.
Mumps used to be a common childhood disease. Then it became a lot less common because of vaccination. But now unfortunately it is becoming more common again.

So it is vital that we get the diagnosis, management and prevention of this condition right.

To find out more about this condition, please do listen to this BMJ Best Practice podcast interview with Dr Kristine Macartney, Director of the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Australia.

For more on mumps, visit BMJ Best Practice.

Competing interests: none
Pertussis
2025/10/16 | 24 mins.
Pertussis or whooping cough is an acute infectious disease caused by Bordetella pertussis. It is highly contagious, highly serious, and highly preventable.

To find out more about this condition, please do listen to this BMJ Best Practice podcast interview with Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group and Ashall Professor of Infection and Immunity in Oxford.

Competing interests: AP has been chair of JCVI for the past 12 years.

For more on pertussis, visit BMJ Best Practice.

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The BMJ Best Practice podcast publishes interviews with clinical experts, aimed at healthcare professionals and students with an interest in keeping up to date with the latest scientific developments, evidence-based medicine and guidelines. BMJ Best Practice is ranked one of the best clinical decision support tools for health professionals worldwide.* Structured around the clinical workflow and updated daily, BMJ Best Practice uses the latest evidence-based research, guidelines and expert opinion to offer step-by-step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention. bestpractice.bmj.com *Kwag KH, González-Lorenzo M, Banzi R, Bonovas S, Moja L. Providing Doctors With High-Quality Information: An Updated Evaluation of Web-Based Point-of-Care Information Summaries The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice and it is not intended to function as a substitute for a healthcare practitioner’s judgement...

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