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Combination radiation and anti-androgen therapy for specific form of prostate cancer improves survival
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 3, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Combination Tx Is Better in Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer Reference: Combined androgen deprivation therapy and radiation therapy for locally advanced prostate cancer: a randomised, phase 3 trial
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Afternoon Edition – Wednesday House Call November 2, 2011
Afternoon Edition – Wednesday House Call November 2, 2011 Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to take calls on medical matters from the CFRA Nation. Discussion about the flu shot and the need for mandatory requirements for health care workers, angiograms, the difference between echocardiograms, persantine-thallium tests and PET scans, thimerisol is safe, low sodium…
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Study on DIY PAP tests in developing countries show low positive predictive value
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 2, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: ‘DIY’ test is likelier than Pap smear to find cancer Reference: Lazcano-Ponce E, et al “Self-collection of vaginal specimens for human papillomavirus testing in cervical cancer prevention (MARCH): A community-based randomised controlled trial” Lancet 2011; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61522-5.
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Pain management issues with cannabis use
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 31, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Doctors refuse to OK marijuana use
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Sunday House Call, #373, October 30, 2011
Sunday House Call, #373, October 30, 2011 A discussion about salt reduction through the Give Your Head A Shake campaign with Dr. Andrew Pipe. Your calls about left sided pain, leg swelling after joint and bone repair, elevated calcium levels, low blood pressure and leg cramps
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Dental health has global personal health implications
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 27, 2011 Source: Many Ont. seniors don’t see a dentist regularly: study
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Afternoon Edition – Wednesday House Call October 26, 2011
Afternoon Edition – Wednesday House Call October 26, 2011 Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to take calls on medical matters from the CFRA Nation. Today: Dumping syndrome, colonoscopy discomfort, multinodular goiter, osteoarthritis in 44 year-old man, and an 83 year-old woman losing weight
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Increasing abdominal girth in younger adults increasing risk of heart disease at a younger age
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 26, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Healthy youth face high heart disease risk
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