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Hype/marketing and celebs are convincing people who do not have celiac disease or gluten sensitivity that gluten-free diets are healthier for you. More misinformation for your scrapbook.
Health Headlines Commentary for September 6, 2019 Source:There’s no point in going gluten-free unless you have celiac disease, study suggests Reference:Gluten Does Not Induce Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Healthy Volunteers: A Double-Blind Randomized Placebo Trial Editorial:Will Science Sway Beliefs About Gluten? And Seth Rogan’s take on Gluten
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Seven times more opioid prescriptions in Canada and U.S. than Sweden: study
Health Headlines Commentary for September 5, 2019 Source:Seven times more opioid prescriptions in Canada and U.S. than Sweden: study Reference:Opioid Prescribing After Surgery in the United States, Canada, and Sweden
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Wednesday House Call, September 4, 2019: Misinformation abounds, people listen, and children suffer.
Wednesday House Call, September 4, 2019: Misinformation abounds, people listen, and children suffer. Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss the latest health stories of the week. Measles outbreak in NY City ends. Epidemic of measles in New Zealand. We talk about how the anti vaccine movement’s misinformation campaigns has caused great harm to…
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Study shows that for certain patients, stenting multiple arteries after heart attack leads to a better outcome.
Health Headlines Commentary for September 4, 2019 Source:Real benefits to stenting multiple blocked arteries, not just the one that caused a heart attack, study says Reference:Complete Revascularization with Multivessel PCI for Myocardial Infarction Editorial: A More COMPLETE Picture of Revascularization in STEMI
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Restricted diet of junk food leads to one teen’s loss of vision makes the headlines. Yet, news does not report that 500,000 children go blind per year from Vitamin A deficiency with half dying within a year of vision loss.
Health Headlines Commentary for September 3, 2019 Source:Teen went blind after eating only Pringles, fries, ham and sausage: case study Reference:Blindness Caused by a Junk Food Diet WHO: Micronutrient deficiencies :Vitamin A deficiency
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Sunday House Call, #707, September 1, 2019: A shot that should be heard and felt around the world. Too bad anti-vaxxers wear ear plugs and have “backfire-effect” armour.
Sunday House Call, #707, September 1, 2019: A shot that should be heard and felt around the world. Too bad anti-vaxxers wear ear plugs and have “backfire-effect” armour. Topics today include:The measles report. A conglomerate of news stories that show the inexorable increase in measles infections, children dying, hospitals in New Zealand, in the midst…
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Study looking at the genetic links to same-sex sexual behaviours cannot be explained by genes alone. Bottom line is that it is a natural part of human life.
Health Headlines Commentary for August , 2019 Source: Research Finds Genetic Links to Same-Sex Behavior Reference:Large-scale GWAS reveals insights into the genetic architecture of same-sex sexual behavior Genetics of Sexual Behavior
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There are likely several reasons for the increasing number of people contracting syphilis infections.
Health Headlines Commentary for August 29, 2019 Source:Syphilis rates jump 400% in Ottawa over 5 years
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Wednesday House Call, August 28, 2019: CBD, the new Soma being pitched by celebrity near you!
Wednesday House Call, August 28, 2019: CBD, the new Soma being pitched by celebrity near you! Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss celebrities jumping on the greed, er, CBD oil bandwagon with all the pseudoscience included in their pitch. The opioid crisis is going to court and pharma is paying large settlements for…