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House Calls, #965, April 6, 2025: Liberation Day
April 2 was my liberation day when I partnered with a management company to oversee the management of our practice. They now own the clinic and all I have to do, after 34 years of managing it with my friend and partner Dr. Stuart Kurtz, is show up and see my patients. Your Calls and…
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‘That barrier has been breached’: Infectious diseases doctor warns travellers about flesh-eating parasite
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 4, 2025 Source:‘That barrier has been breached’: Infectious diseases doctor warns travellers about flesh-eating parasite
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There may be an additional reason to vaccinate against Shingles; it may reduce the risk of dementia.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 3, 2025 Source:Shingles is awful, but there may be another reason to get vaccinated. It may fight dementia Reference:Does shingles vaccination cut dementia risk? Large study hints at a linkA natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia
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Popular diabetes medication significantly slows down aging in monkey study. Mechanisms are fascinating.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 2, 2025 Source:Popular diabetes medication significantly slows down aging Reference:Metformin decelerates aging clock in male monkeys
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Media rehashing a four year-old study with little followup that claims acetaminophen may increase risk-taking behaviour. There is no evidence to suggest that this is even remotely true.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 1, 2025 Source:Common pain reliever drug may influence risk-taking behaviour, study suggests Reference:
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Pouring a Double-Double into your colon from the southside end is only helpful for the coffee brewer selling it to you.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 31, 2025 Source:Pouring Coffee Into Your Rectum Isn’t Worth The Risk, Says Expert
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House Calls, #964, March 30, 2025: And spread it does; Measles infections increase in the US and southern Ontario
The unfortunate yet predictable consequences of low Measles vaccination rate now being reported in the US and Canada is a hallmark of how reality does not accommodate public misunderstanding about the MMR vaccine. I also discuss the harm that is wrought upon patients subjected to long wait times to see a specialist. I cite a…
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Vitamin A can’t prevent measles. But there is something that does.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 28, 2025 Source:Vitamin A can’t prevent measles. What this supplement actually does
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Canadian scientists discover new class of antibiotics that seem to work well against multidrug resistant bacteria
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 27, 2025 Source:How antibiotics could fight superbugs: Canadian scientists make key discovery Reference:A broad-spectrum lasso peptide antibiotic targeting the bacterial ribosome
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