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End of week wrap up: Not being able to stand on one legs means you die earlier?, Alzheimer an autoimmune disease?, and COVID vaccines saved millions of lives according to Lancet-published study.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 22, 23, 24, 2022 Source:Can YOU stand on one leg for 10 seconds? You’re at twice the risk of dying early if you can’t balance like a flamingo in your 60s, scientists warn What if Alzheimer’s is an autoimmune disease? Toronto neurologist awarded for work on unconventional hypothesis COVID vaccines…
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Deep Brain Stimulation eliminated the self-harming behaviours of a child suffering from a rare severe form of self-harming autism, Pitt-Hopkins syndrome.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 21, 2022 Source:Canadian girl with autism in world-first test on how brain stimulation could stop severe self-harm
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Another study confirms the safety and efficacy of peanut powder to desensitize infants and children with peanut allergy.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 20, 2022 Source:Peanut allergy treatment most effective when started early in infants :Study
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Sunday House Call, #840, June 19, 2022: The Father’s Day Edition
A potpourri of positive stories today for Father’s Day. HPV Vaccination: A Prevention Measure Against Numerous Cancers A new molecule kills hard-to-treat cancers in tissue samples and mice, study shows A synthetic antibiotic may help turn the tide against drug-resistant pathogens Trove of tumour genomes offers clues to cancer origins and a question about elbow…
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Ontario Hospital Association calls rising ER wait times ‘worrying’
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 17, 2022 Source:Ontario Hospital Association calls rising ER wait times ‘worrying’
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Student and teacher naloxone training program to thwart opioid overdose deaths is an excellent idea and will save lives.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 16, 2022 Source:Students, teachers across Canada to be offered naloxone training to combat overdoses
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Study in Nature outlines how in vitro and in vivo (mouse model), specific white blood cells (B-Cells) can be genetically programmed to produce anti-HIV antibodies thus offer a one-time treatment for the disease. Long way to go but elegant study design.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 15, 2022 Source:A “One-Time” Treatment for HIV Could Be on the Horizon Reference:In vivo engineered B cells secrete high titers of broadly neutralizing anti-HIV antibodies in mice
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ROLLING STONE – “Anti-Vaxxers Are Flipping Out Over Justin Bieber’s Facial Paralysis”. There is no evidence of a connection between COVID vaccine and Ramsay Hunt Syndrome. It is not known if he had the vaccine after getting COVID in Feb ’22.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 13 and 14, 2022 Source:What is Ramsay Hunt syndrome? Justin Bieber’s diagnosis explainedROLLING STONE – Anti-Vaxxers Are Flipping Out Over Justin Bieber’s Facial Paralysis Reference:Justin Bieber, Ramsay Hunt syndrome, SADS, and how to antivaxxers everything is always about vaccines
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Sunday House Call, #839, June 12, 2022: Physicians around the campfire singing Kumbaya to solve the health care crisis and burnout
Although the Ontario Medical Association’s intention goal is to provide empathy for physicians suffering from burnout, as expressed in their latest Ontario Medical Association email, it does not address nor will it alleviate the real reasons for this predicament. I discuss one of likely many actionable solutions to improve patient access to their family practice…
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