October 24, 2018 Addiction Number of young people dying from opioid overdose is great enough to negatively affect Canadian average life expectancy
October 22, 2018 Infectious Disease Flu vaccine mythos: Normal immune response to the flu vaccine is misinterpreted as ‘getting the flu’. The reality is that there is no active replicating virus in the vaccine. It is also being offered during flu and cold season.
October 21, 2018 Sunday House Call Shows Sunday House Call, #672, October 21, 2018: Giving men the finger when the evidence states otherwise
October 18, 2018 Alternative Medicine Took less than a day after legalization for cannabis quackery products to climb out of the pseudoscientific morass.
October 17, 2018 Wednesday House Call Wednesday House Call, October 17, 2018: Cannabis, cannabis, cannabis: More hype with anecdotal health claims galore. The gravy train left the station today.
October 17, 2018 Health Headlines Hype, evidence, and the unknown. The Colorado cannabis experience after legalization may provide Canada with an idea of what to expect. Despite said hype, it is not Soma for a brave new world.
October 16, 2018 Infectious Disease A extremely rare tragic disease, acute flaccid paralysis, is played up by media with fear-mongering reporting and diminished perspective.
October 15, 2018 General information Study identifies a subgroup of family doctors that ordered too many unnecessary tests.
October 14, 2018 Sunday House Call Shows Sunday House Call, #671, October 14, 2018: Cannabidiol: Mainstream companies will market the hype, ignore the evidence, and the fail to acknowledge the unknown. Just look at the supplement industry.
October 12, 2018 General information Mouse study shows that flavoured e-cigarette vapour has observed negative effects on lung function at least in the short term. Non-flavoured does not. Cigs are still worse in comparison. Need human trials for verification.
