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Sunday House Call, #390, March 25, 2012
Sunday House Call, #390, March 25, 2012 Topics today include a discussion on being a better baloney detector given that Health Canada seems to believe in endorsing health products with little evidence. A caller’s concern about a sore neck and headache, and heart valve problems. Baloney Detection Michael Shermer: Baloney Detection Kit Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection…
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Test may help predict imminent heart attack
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 22, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Weird cells may lead to heart attack prediction test Reference: Characterization of Circulating Endothelial Cells in Acute Myocardial Infarction
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Sleep apnea treatment may reduce heart failure outcomes
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 22, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Sleep Apnea Treatment May Help Ward Off Heart Failure: Study Reference: Justine Lachman, M.D., director, Congestive Heart Failure Program, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, N.Y.; Neil Coplan, M.D., director, division of clinical cardiology, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City; American Heart Association, news release, March…
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ASA study for cancer prevention interesting but leaves out large studies stating the opposite and uses studies not originally designed for cancer outcomes
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 21, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: More research touts aspirin for cancer prevention Reference: Aspirin Benefits May Include Cancer Prevention Primary source: The Lancet Source reference: Rothwell PR, et al “Short-term effects of daily aspirin on cancer incidence, mortalilty, and nonvascular death: Analysis of the time course of…
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Afternoon Edition – Wednesday House Call March 21, 2012
Afternoon Edition – Wednesday House Call March 21, 2012 Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to take calls on medical matters from the CFRA Nation. Today: VRE, hair loss in women, right leg swelling and the Ornge fiasco as reported by the Ontario Auditor General
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Tissue regeneration technology making first steps
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 20, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: To Fix a Heart, Doctors Train Girl’s Body to Grow New Part
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A move forward in our understanding of Crohn's disease
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 19, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Study sheds light on workings of Crohn’s disease, colitis Reference: Activation of neuronal P2X7 receptor–pannexin-1 mediates death of enteric neurons during colitis
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Sunday House Call, #389, March 18, 2012
Sunday House Call, #389, March 18, 2012 Today, should people making health claims have knowledge about how the body works and how their advice fits into it? Sleep apnea, osteoporosis treatment, when to stop Fosamax, and angiograms.
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Phase 1 stem cell trial for septic shock treatment to start in Ottawa
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March , 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Ottawa researchers get grant to test stem-cell therapy for septic shock Reference: Mesenchymal Stem Cells
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