EMJ Podcast: 2025 Top 10 Episodes

In this special countdown episode, the EMJ Podcast team looks back at the 10 highest-performing episodes of 2025. Spanning neurology, cardiology, gastroenterology, women's health, respiratory medicine, and digital innovation, these conversations captured the topics that mattered most to clinicians worldwide. From chronic pain and anxiety to glucagon-like peptide-1 therapies, antimicrobial stewardship, and extended reality in medicine, this episode revisits the expert insights, emerging ideas, and clinical debates that shaped healthcare discussions throughout the year. Timestamps: 00:00 – Introduction: the year in review 01:52 – Gravity and human health 06:28 – Antimicrobial stewardship in children 10:15 – Healthcare communication and leadership 13:04 – Rare lung diseases and early diagnosis 16:56 – Colonoscopy and cancer prevention 21:17 – Extended reality in clinical care 25:25 – Advances in heart failure research 34:07 – Obesity management in the GLP-1 era 20:35 – Women's health across borders 39:40 – The pain–anxiety connection