November 15, 2018 Health Policy Another (wrong) assumption that all there is to diagnosing strep throat can be reduced to doing a rapid strep test. Pharmacists should not be doing these tests. My conversation with Bill provides the details why.
November 5, 2018 Health Policy High dose flu vaccine recommendations are not solely based on economic factors. Cost may be greater but vulnerability of older adults are a consideration
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 15, 2018 General information Study identifies a subgroup of family doctors that ordered too many unnecessary tests.
October 10, 2018 Food Science Meta-analysis of high vs low dose Vitamin D for prevention of fractures, falls, and effects of bone density concludes that the end result is the same. High and low doses had similar outcomes.
September 10, 2018 Health Policy Flu season is coming and nothing will change. Those that reject the flu vaccine for whatever reason will continue to do so. Backfire Effect is in full force with a dash of Dunning-Kruger on the side.
August 29, 2018 Neurology Retinal eye exam study for the early detection of Alzheimer’s has his limitations and requires larger study populations to evaluate whether this is an effective screening test
