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Sunday House Call, #604, March 12, 2017: Where do you get your news?
Sunday House Call, #604, March 12, 2017 Topics today include: The best science and medicine websites for accurate and evidenced-based information. Your calls about Barrett’s esophagus, Hip pain, Mumps, and loss of vision in the Right eye.
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Double blind study debunks vein-widening procedure for MS
Health Headlines Commentary for March 9, 2017 Source: ‘Scientific quackery’: UBC study says it’s debunked controversial MS procedure
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Proof-of-concept blood test that screens for certain cancers shows promise
Health Headlines Commentary for March 8, 2017 Source: Could this new blood test detect and locate cancer early on? Reference: Identification of methylation haplotype blocks aids in deconvolution of heterogeneous tissue samples and tumor tissue-of-origin mapping from plasma DNA
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Wednesday House Call March 8, 2017: Coming soon to a local quackist near you!
Wednesday House Call March 8, 2017 Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss the latest health stories of the week. Discussion about dubious practices such as IV vitamin clinics, desiccated thyroid for treating hypothyroidism, and urine tests for “toxins”. Today: Timing food intake with medications, management if arm pain, long-term stating use for elevated…
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Sunday House Call, #603, March 5, 2017: How sweet it is!
Sunday House Call, #603, March 5, 2017: How sweet it is! Topics today include: Reasearchers produce non-addictive Fentanyl in rat study and urine in swimming polls monitored by the sweetness of the water. Your calls about treating fungal toe nail infections, sciatica diagnosis and management, diminished appetite problems in an ailing father, loss of taste after…
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Study result that herpes in pregnancy linked to autism is not reliable
Health Headlines Commentary for March 3, 2017 Source: Study Builds Argument That Infections May Cause Autism Link between herpes in pregnancy and autism is unconfirmed Reference: Mahic M, Mjaaland S, Bøvelstad HM, et al. Maternal Immunoreactivity to Herpes Simplex Virus 2 and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Male Offspring. mSphere. Published online February 22…
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Studies trying to determine why the rare incidence of colon cancer in younger adults is increasing.
Health Headlines Commentary for March 2, 2017 Source: Colorectal cancer rates rising among Gen X and millennials Reference: Colorectal Cancer Incidence Patterns in the United States, 1974–2013
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WHO issues warning about growing antibiotic resistance. Komodo Dragons to the rescue?
Health Headlines Commentary for March 1, 2017 Source: We may soon have ‘no useful antibiotics left’: expert The Blood of Komodo Dragons Could Help Us to Slay Antibiotic Resistance Reference: WHO publishes list of bacteria for which new antibiotics are urgently needed Discovery of Novel Antimicrobial Peptides from Varanus komodoensis (Komodo Dragon) by Large-Scale Analyses…
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Wednesday House Call March 1, 2017: Mumps in Canada
Wednesday House Call March 1, 2017 Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss the latest health stories of the week. Today’s Calls: Lymphedema, aortic stenosis and exercise, mumps outbreak across Canada, sleep apnea and effect of sleeping pills, pancreatitis and its causes, atrial fibrillation, blood thinner medications after Deep Vein Thrombosis (blood clot in…
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