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Study cannot prove that cold weather affects heart attack risk/rates because of its observational design.
Health Headlines Commentary for October 25, 2018 Source: Your risk of a heart attack could increase as it gets colder, study says Reference: Association of Weather With Day-to-Day Incidence of Myocardial Infarction A SWEDEHEART Nationwide Observational Study
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Wednesday House Call, October 24, 2018: No vaccine for viral misinformation
Wednesday House Call, October 24, 2018: No vaccine for viral misinformation Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss the “epidemic” of viral misinformation that pervades the internet and its deleterious effects on public health. Your calls about: What test help determine affects of dehydration on kidney function? Worsening spinal stenosis affecting gait. Wait time…
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Number of young people dying from opioid overdose is great enough to negatively affect Canadian average life expectancy
Health Headlines Commentary for October 24, 2018 Source: Opioid crisis may be lowering Canadians’ life expectancy, report says Reference: The Chief Public Health Officer’s Report on the State of Public Health in Canada 2018: Preventing Problematic Substance Use in Youth
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Flu vaccine mythos: Normal immune response to the flu vaccine is misinterpreted as ‘getting the flu’. The reality is that there is no active replicating virus in the vaccine. It is also being offered during flu and cold season.
Health Headlines Commentary for October 22, 2018 Source: Doctors ‘flabbergasted’ that half of parents think flu shot causes the flu.
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Sunday House Call, #672, October 21, 2018: Giving men the finger when the evidence states otherwise
Sunday House Call, #672, October 21, 2018: Giving men the finger when the evidence states otherwise Topics today include: Advertising campaigns for digital rectal exams (DRE) to screen for prostate cancer are inappropriate on several levels. Shaming men for being reticent and promoting humourous ads about famous fingers to promote it is in poor taste.…
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Took less than a day after legalization for cannabis quackery products to climb out of the pseudoscientific morass.
Health Headlines Commentary for October 18, 2018 Source: The Ontario Cannabis Store mislabelled genital spray as oral product Comment: The claim by the maker of this product that the skin contains the most cannabinoid receptors is not supported by the evidence. Indeed, it seems that there are none in the skin. Further, there is little…
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Wednesday House Call, October 17, 2018: Cannabis, cannabis, cannabis: More hype with anecdotal health claims galore. The gravy train left the station today.
Wednesday House Call, October 17, 2018 Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss the latest health stories of the week. Today: A familiar historical pattern of anecdote used to promote a beloved chemical compound will not necessarily lead to the claimed health benefits. The Law of Unintended Consequences and evidenced-based research usually sticks its…
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Hype, evidence, and the unknown. The Colorado cannabis experience after legalization may provide Canada with an idea of what to expect. Despite said hype, it is not Soma for a brave new world.
Health Headlines Commentary for October 17, 2018 Source: Colorado experienced a ‘sharp spike’ in ER visits after legalizing cannabis: doctor
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A extremely rare tragic disease, acute flaccid paralysis, is played up by media with fear-mongering reporting and diminished perspective.
Health Headlines Commentary for October 16, 2018 Source: Most U.S. states facing confirmed or possible cases of polio-like illness
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