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Baby powder ovarian cancer link judgment Illustrates poor understanding of risk assessment
Health Headlines Commentary for August 22, 2017 Source: Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay record $417 million in lawsuit linking baby powder to cancer
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Bill and I talk about fentanyl overdose and some solutions to the opioid crisis
Health Headlines Commentary for August 21, 2017
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Sunday House Call, #625, August 20, 2017: Pass the peanuts!
Sunday House Call, #625, August 20, 2017: Pass the peanuts! Topics today include: A peanut allergy treatment looks promising. Your questions about: Blood pressure medication-weighted you increase or decrease the dose. The importance of the cardiovascular disease risk assessment The timeline for a swollen left knee to resolve Problems at a methadone pain clinic Use…
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Wednesday House Call August 2, 2017
Wednesday House Call August 2, 2017 Dr Barry Dworkin joins Brian Lilley to discuss the latest health stories of the week. Today: Persistent sinus congestion for three weeks guidelines for treating urinary tract infections and a question about a medication for urinary stresss incontinence misdiagnosis of hip pain plantar fasciitis using short term course of prednisone…
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13 reasons why you should not overinterpret internet search data
Health Headlines Commentary for August 1, 2017 Source: Science says 13 reasons why may be the public health scare people thought Reference: Internet Searches for Suicide Following the Release of 13 Reasons Why
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Ontario Government to publicize health risks of cannabis use in adolescents and young adults
Health Headlines Commentary for July 31, 2017 Source: Ontario prepping awareness campaign on danger of marijuana ahead of legalization
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Sunday House Call, #624, July 30, 2017: Slime it, patch it, heal it!
Sunday House Call, #624, July 30, 2017 Topics today include: How slug slime may help patch up wounds and trauma to organs. Your calls: And untreated breast abscess in a man Intracranial hypertension Numbness in the left arm and hand as well as the left leg Recovering from cellulitis Blood pressure medication effect causing foot swelling…
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Opinion paper questions advice to complete full course of antibiotics
Health Headlines Commentary for July 28, 2017 Source: Doctors question ‘finish your antibiotics’ advice Reference: The antibiotic course has had its day Analysis: Questions over advice to finish courses of antibiotics
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