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Study bias against methadone distribution clinics blinds them to the deficiencies of mental health cares services in Ontario
Health Headlines Commentary for July 19, 2017 Source: Ontario study raises red flags over methadone distribution
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The use of antipsychotic meds in children with behaviour disorders under scrutiny in part because of drastic weight gain
Health Headlines Commentary for July 17, 2017 Source: The use of antipsychotic meds in children with behaviour disorders under scrutiny Reference: Increased Prevalence of Obesity and Glucose Intolerance in Youth Treated with Second—Generation Antipsychotic Medications
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Sunday House Call, #622, July 16, 2017: Playing with fire and the children get burned
Sunday House Call, #622, July 16, 2017 Topics today include:Measles is now endemic in Europe. The full scoop on what measles does to children in ALL its detail. Your calls about penicillin rashes, safe vitamin D dosing, memory loss concerns, the importance of remaining on psychotropic medication to prevent a relapse of psychosis, and the…
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KD has toxins!! Chemophobia hype continues from agenda-fuelled agencies that fail Toxicology 101
Health Headlines Commentary for July 14, 2017 Source: Powdered mac and cheese, like Kraft, may contain toxic chemicals: study Reference: Analysis of selected phthalates in food samples Analysis: Critique of the study’s flaws by Dr. Joe Schwarcz
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Measles now endemic in Europe: The predictable outcome of ignorance, fake data, and anti-science
Health Headlines Commentary for July 13, 2017 Source: Measles ‘tragedy’ kills 35 across Europe Correction: I commented that Andrew Wakefield published his discredited and retracted Lancet study in 2008. It was 1998. The point I was making was10 years after the MMR-Autism hoax/scare, the chickens were coming home to roost in terms of the effect…
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Wednesday House Call July 12, 2017: Ya got the money?!
Wednesday House Call July 12, 2017: Ya got the money?! Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss the latest health stories of the week. Today:The business of healthcare. Your calls about Baker’s cyst, inversion tables for sore backs, wait times for imaging studies, and are protein supplements necessary for health people eating real food?
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Hospitals performing private operations despite delays for necessary surgeries (for which there is no money to pay for them and hence the ORs sit idle)
Health Headlines Commentary for July 12, 2017 Source: Hospitals performing private cosmetic operations despite delays for necessary surgeries
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Study states delayed emergency surgery increases mortality risk
Health Headlines Commentary for July 11, 2017 Source: Patients whose emergency surgeries are delayed have higher risk of death: study Reference: Association of delay of urgent or emergency surgery with mortality and use of health care resources: a propensity score–matched observational cohort study
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