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Children need to play more outside in an unstructured environment
Health Headlines Commentary for October 14, 2019 Source:Canadian kids aren’t playing outside enough, experts say, and it’s harming their health
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Sunday House Call, #713, October 13, 2019: How not to write a science and medicine newspaper column.
Sunday House Call, #713, October 13, 2019: How not to write a science and medicine newspaper column. Topics today include:I review and fact-check a poorly reported and researched “science” article on preventing the common cold published in the Mirror using this as an example of how this represents the worst in fake news science. Your…
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Wednesday House Call, October 9, 2019: It’s election time and no one is seriously talking about health care
Wednesday House Call, October 9, 2019: It’s election time and no one is seriously talking about health care Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss the latest health stories of the week. We talk about the dire outlook for our health care system. Politicians keep kicking the ball down the road because of their…
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U.S. maintains its measles elimination status for now but vaccine misinformation by antivaxxers continues to whittle away at it. Your (grand)mother and (grand)father would not be proud;they remember our disease history. Children suffered damage and died.
Health Headlines Commentary for October 9, 2019 Source:‘Vaccine hesitancy’ almost cost the U.S. its measles elimination status
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Central health care planning contributes to no paramedics being available for ambulance calls.
Health Headlines Commentary for October 8, 2019 Source:‘Level zero’ crisis turning deadly, city warns
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Wasting time and taking up valuable appointment time slots with sick note requests not to mention increasing the infection risk of others in the waiting room
Health Headlines Commentary for October 7, 2019 Source:Asking an employee to get a sick note is a ‘public health risk,’ experts say
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Sunday House Call, #712, October 6, 2019: It’s Federal election time and no politician has the courage to discuss the meaningful changes to health care required to reduce suffering.
Sunday House Call, #712, October 6, 2019: It’s Federal election time and no politician has the courage to discuss the meaningful changes to health care required to reduce suffering. Topics today include:The hypocrisy of government health care policy is plain to see yet on all levels our politicians bury their heads in the sand waiting…
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Wednesday House Call, October 2, 2019: What lives in your ear canal.
Wednesday House Call, October 2, 2019: What lives in your ear canal. Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss the latest health stories of the week. Rob talks about changes to OHIP coverage with the elimination of coverage for non-evidenced-based medical procedures including the routine removal of ear wax. Rob wanted to know what…
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