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Most hair loss associated with GLP1-agonist medications is due to telogen effluvium. It is the rapid weight loss not the drug in this instance that leads to temporary hair loss.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 9, 2026 Source:Could Your GLP-1 Be Making You Bald? One Study Says Maybe Reference:A causal effect of increased GLP1R expression on male-pattern hair loss is suggested by 2-sample Mendelian randomization
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Too many confounding factors to conclude that there is an association between melatonin use and increased congestive heart failure risk
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 8, 2026 Source:Melatonin Use Linked to Massively Increased Risk of Heart Failure Reference:Long-term melatonin use linked to 90% higher heart failure risk
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House Calls, #1028, September 7, 2026: When the System Protects the Rules More Than the Patient
The heartbreaking story of Jess Grossman, a 37 year old Canadian woman diagnosed with stage IV colorectal cancer. Her video explains all regarding the progression of her disease amidst the wait time for treatment that may have allowed the aggressive cancer to spread. As she’s told it: rectal cancer was diagnosed after an ER physician…
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Mass testosterone screening of healthy male military personnel is not based on clinical evidence or guidelines and is unlikely to change battle readiness or health outcomes.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September , 2026 Source:Pentagon issues clinical guidelines on troop testosterone screening to start immediately Reference:The CTV piece is a Reuters write-up of Defense Health Agency clinical guidance issued 2 September 2026. That guidance implements Secretary Hegseth’s 15 July 2026 memo requiring mandatory testosterone-deficiency screening for all active-duty and reserve members aged…
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Genetic discovery of 36 genes related to the pathophysiology of OCD and tics may lead to teh development of new treatments.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 3, 2026 Source:Genetic discovery may lead to treatments for OCD and tics Reference:Whole-exome sequencing in individuals with obsessive–compulsive disorder and chronic tic disorders identifies 36 large-effect risk genes
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Targeted gene-altering therapy reduced LDL-cholesterol levels by 50 per cent in patients with severely elevated cholesterol levels.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 2, 2026 Source:With the snip of a gene, scientists hope to erase high cholesterol for life Reference:Phase 1 Trial of CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Targeting ANGPTL3
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The Singular Triumph of Driving Down Peanut Allergies
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 1, 2026 Source:The Singular Triumph of Driving Down Peanut Allergies
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eScooters: Children should not be high-speed pedestrians. The physics is devastating for head injuries amongst other body-slam-to-pavement injuries and trauma at 25 – 40 kph.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 31, 2026 Source:These Ontario doctors know how dangerous e-scooters can be. But telling their own kids ‘tough s—-’ isn’t easy Energy comparison (child at 20–25 km/h vs. a 20–40 kg cinder block dropped on the head) Correct pairing of the two equations is: 12mchildv2=mblockgh\frac{1}{2} m_{\text{child}} v^{2} = m_{\text{block}} g h…
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House Calls, #1027, August 30, 2026: Canadian health care system survey illustrates the contradictions and clear tension between diagnoses of systemic failure and preferred solutions (or non-solutions)
The majority of Canadians, according to this latest survey view our health care system to be in crisis yet offer solutions that have repeatedly failed as if expecting the same remedy will just work this time around. There is also a tinge of hypocrisy within some of these viewpoints that I discuss in my op-ed.…