February 25, 2019 Alternative Medicine Global Affairs Canada providing $350K to send group of homeopaths to Honduras to treat Chagas disease. How about you use the money to pay for treatment that works instead of playing pretend?
February 22, 2019 Addiction Legal heroin access proposed as an adjunct to harm reduction programs to reduce risk of opioid overdose.
February 21, 2019 Addiction Inconsistency of alcohol policies across Canada reviewed in recent report
February 20, 2019 Generic Drugs No place for opioid-based cough suppressants for children and adolescents
February 15, 2019 General information The wonderful world of cognitive dissonance. Thanks to Darla Shine for beautifully demonstrating this response in addition to the Dunning-Kruger Effect.
February 12, 2019 Food Science US FDA plans to crack down on vitamin and supplement manufacturers who make unsupported health claims about their products. Indeed, there is little scientific evidence to support their use in otherwise healthy people.
February 11, 2019 Health Policy Parents in Washington State opposing removing vaccine exemptions are needlessly increasing their children’s risk of harm while a state of emergency has been called in their state because of a measles outbreak.
February 8, 2019 Health Policy New Ontario Autism program lays bare the realities of our health care system’s rationed care model.
February 6, 2019 Health Policy Wednesday House Call, February 6, 2019: Autism treatment and changes to funding model in Ontario