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Health Canada investigating possible sunscreen photoreaction
Health Headlines Commentary for July 10, 2017 Source: Health Canada testing Banana Boat sunscreens as complaints mount
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Sunday House Call, #621, July 9, 2017: Europe wakes up and tackles low vaccination rates
Sunday House Call, #621, July 9, 2017: Europe wakes up and tackles low vaccination rates Topics today include: How France and Italy have instituted laws mandating vaccination for all children (but allows for medical exemptions). The Guardian’s take on this. Your calls about what constitutes a rapid heart rate, steroid injections of the knee…
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High sugar intake in pregnancy cannot show any causal link to increased risk of childhood asthma.
Health Headlines Commentary for July 7, 2017 Source: Mom’s sweet tooth may be linked to child’s allergies, study says Reference: Maternal intake of sugar during pregnancy and childhood respiratory and atopic outcomes
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Should natural health products be sold alongside drugs? No, many have only their health claim as “evidence”.
Health Headlines Commentary for July 6, 2017 Source: Should natural health products be sold alongside drugs? Reference: Natural health products should be sold separately from drugs
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Wednesday House Call July 5, 2017: Lyme disease in Ottawa
Wednesday House Call July 5, 2017 Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss the latest health stories of the week. Today: Lyme disease in Ottawa, carpal tunnel syndrome, kidney stones and stents, and PPIs link to early death study does not have legs
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No causal link to proton pump inhibitor use and increased risk of early death. Results do not apply to general population
Health Headlines Commentary for July 5, 2017 Source: Long-term heartburn medication use tied to higher risk of early death Analysis: Heartburn drugs linked to premature death Reference: Xie Y, Bowe B, Li T, et al. Risk of death among users of Proton Pump Inhibitors: a longitudinal observational cohort study of United States veterans. BMJ Open. Published…
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Greater proportion of Lyme-disease-carrying ticks noted in Ottawa’s West End
Health Headlines Commentary for July 4, 2017 Source: Ottawa researcher says 1 in 3 ticks carrying Lyme disease in city’s west end
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Sunday House Call, #620, July 2, 2017: The finger jab may not be required
Sunday House Call, #620, July 2, 2017 Topics today include:Self-monitoring of glucose and non-insulin-dependent diabetics is not linked to improve control. Your calls about psoriasis, swelling around an ankle that was previously fractured, using prednisone and topical Voltaren Emul gel, arthritis in the hands, and whether a 24-year-old man should stay on his medications for…
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Immunocompromised child’s exposure to chicken pox underscores importance of herd immunity
Health Headlines Commentary for June 30, 2017 Source: Why this mom is blaming anti-vaxxers for her daughter’s hospitalization Reference: Please watch this John Oliver Last Week Tonight video from the past week about vaccinations. It addresses the comments at the end of the article.
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