April 17, 2019 Bariatric Medicine Tobacco soon to be shoved off its perch as the number one cause of preventable cancers by increasing obesity rates
March 22, 2019 Cancer/Oncology Study finds that people are more likely to opt for unnecessary surgery when they hear the words “cancer, nodule, and tumour”
February 4, 2019 Bariatric Medicine Study suggests increasing obesity rates in young people seem to be resulting in an increase in certain cancers. However there are some caveats.
December 28, 2018 Cancer/Oncology Do not announce a cancer treatment “breakthrough” when you have not even done a human trial.
September 9, 2018 Sunday House Call Shows Sunday House Call, #666, September 9, 2018: Cannabis marketing ads using observational in-house studies to bolster claims for use. Get back to me with real studies then we will talk.
August 20, 2018 Cancer/Oncology Audit of Eastern Ontario hospitals shows that despite having not received full dose of cancer treatment through IV lines, no harm was done
July 9, 2018 Cancer/Oncology Observational study of Korean population shows relationship between cancer and diabetes risk but does not have the power to prove cause and effect.
May 1, 2018 Cancer/Oncology Blue light exposure and increased cancer risk needs more detailed explanation on the mechanism of action to verify link
April 26, 2018 Alternative Medicine Fake health news leads to false assumptions and associations with respect to cancer risks
April 2, 2018 Cancer/Oncology Another coffee-causes-cancer-scare ignores the evidence to the contrary. Nothing to see here, let’s move on.