March 19, 2019 Cardiovascular Diesase Aspirin is not recommended to prevent heart attack for people who have never had one. The risks and harms exceeds the benefit in this case.
March 18, 2019 Infectious Disease Prolonged use of antibiotics for Lyme disease is not helpful nor recommended.
March 14, 2019 Food Before a conclusion can be reached regarding Canadians ability to afford the Canada Food Guide recommendations, survey should have included discretionary spending and how often Canadians go out to restaurants and their associated cost.
March 12, 2019 Health Policy Health Canada’s new directives for opioid manufacturers ads to health professionals is quite late out of the gate.
March 11, 2019 Generic Drugs Health Canada issues recall over contaminated blood pressure medication.
March 8, 2019 Cancer/Oncology Study looks at how acrylamide, produced when you cook food at high heat, may trigger genetic changes leading to certain cancers. We need to keep in mind that that we are exposed to low levels that to date have not been linked to human cancers.
