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Global Affairs Canada providing $350K to send group of homeopaths to Honduras to treat Chagas disease. How about you use the money to pay for treatment that works instead of playing pretend?
Health Headlines Commentary for February 25, 2019 Source:Why is $350,000 in Canadian aid being used to send homeopaths to Honduras?
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Sunday House Call, #685, February 24, 2019: A few pages from “The Stupid Files”
Sunday House Call, #685, February 24, 2019: A few pages from “The Stupid Files” Topics today include: The Stupid Files How the Government of Canada Through its Global Affairs Canada department is spending 350,000 dollars to send homeopaths to Honduras to treat Chagas disease. A 5-year-old boy with measles reinfects a country Your calls (and…
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Legal heroin access proposed as an adjunct to harm reduction programs to reduce risk of opioid overdose.
Health Headlines Commentary for February 22, 2019 Source: B.C. drug experts recommend legal heroin to combat overdose crisis
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Inconsistency of alcohol policies across Canada reviewed in recent report
Health Headlines Commentary for February 21, 2019 Source: Alcohol policies fizzle for Canadian governments as harms overflow
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Wednesday House Call, February 20, 2019: Believing the Measles myths has led to its inevitable conclusion; dead children
Wednesday House Call, February 20, 2019: Believing the Measles myths has led to its inevitable conclusion; dead children Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss the latest health stories of the week. Today: Measles continues to spread around the world. Your calls about: Measles C. Difficile treatment Measles immune status Left shoulder pain
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No place for opioid-based cough suppressants for children and adolescents
Health Headlines Commentary for February 20, 2019 Source: Kids, teens under 18 should not use cough products with opioids: Health Canada
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Sunday House Call, #684, February 17, 2019: Gee, I wonder why there is a measles resurgence.
Sunday House Call, #684, February 17, 2019: Gee, I wonder why there is a measles resurgence. Topics today include:The WHO reports a rapidly increasing number of worldwide measles cases. Your calls about: Cranberry juice for the prevention of urinary tract infections Prevention of heart disease Measles in the 1950’s Gastric bypass surgery complications Adult Measles…
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The wonderful world of cognitive dissonance. Thanks to Darla Shine for beautifully demonstrating this response in addition to the Dunning-Kruger Effect.
Health Headlines Commentary for February 15, 2019 Source: Wife of White House communications director pushes false anti-vaccination claims
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The sweet irony of an Ohio teen defying his antivax mom and deciding, after using reason and critical thinking, to get vaccinated stating that his “parents are kind of stupid and don’t believe in vaccines”
Health Headlines Commentary for February 13, 2019 Source: Ohio teen defies mother, gets vaccinated for first time at 18
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