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Sunday House Call, #375, November 13, 2011
Sunday House Call, #375, November 13, 2011 Topics include the frustrations of practising with one hand behind your back, the pitfalls of doing tests without a clear indication, elevated calcium levels, restless leg syndrome, and disc herniation.
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Chicken pox lollipops and parties do not make for healthier children
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 11, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Doctor aghast as lollipops used to spread chickenpox Reference: Chickenpox: The disease, the vaccine and the parties
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EEG used to detect level of awareness in comatose patients
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 10, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: EEG can detect awareness in vegetative patients Reference: The Lancet – Bedside detection of awareness in the vegetative state
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The Maplesoft Centre opens in Ottawa
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 9, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation
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Afternoon Edition – Wednesday House Call November 9, 2011
Afternoon Edition – Wednesday House Call November 9, 2011 Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to take calls on medical matters from the CFRA Nation. Today: Chicken pox parties and lollipops, shingles, osteoporosis treatments, ferritin levels and more shingles.
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Small absolute increase in venous blood clot risk noted with birth control pills containing drospirenone
Blood clot risk higher with some types of pill
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Human embryonic stem cells used to treat Parkinson's disease in mice and rats
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 7, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Hope for Stem-Cell Treatment of Parkinson’s Reference: Dopamine neurons derived from human ES cells efficiently engraft in animal models of Parkinson’s disease
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Sunday House Call, #374, November 6, 2011
Sunday House Call, #374, November 6, 2011 A review of Dr. Ben Goldacre’s last column for the next six months, a growing lump on the spine area, pain after shingles – postherpetic neuralgia, coronary artery stent status after blunt chest trauma, pseudomyxoma peritonei, osteoporosis and calcium intake, and headaches in an 80 year-old woman.
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Testosterone deficiency in males can mimic many other conditions
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 4, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Low testosterone hits 40% of men over 45 Reference: Testosterone deficiency, BC Medical Journal
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