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Sunday House Call, #899, October 29, 2023: Health Insurance Companies Math
How purchasing prescription medication costs $187 for three months but if you renew every month instead of every three, it will cost you $10 per month. Go figure. A review of Fentanyl and the misunderstanding of what happens if it comes in contact with your skin. Your Calls and Comments:
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Time Magazine piece on treatment of early Alzheimer’s Disease lacks balance. It reads as an ad for pharma company that made it. Side effects glossed over and relative instead of absolute risk reported. Clinical outcomes overstated.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 27, 2023 Source:Why Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Early Is So Important Reference:Lecanemab for Alzheimer’s disease: tempering hype and hope
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Study evaluates observational studies to determine ten predictors of opioid overdose in chronic pain patients
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 25, 2023 Source:10 predictors linked to opioid overdose in chronic pain patients Reference:Predictors of fatal and nonfatal overdose after prescription of opioids for chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
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More research starting to elucidate mechanism behind Long-COVID.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 24, 2023 Source:New research offers clues to what causes long COVID — fuelling hope for eventual treatments Reference:Serotonin reduction in post-acute sequelae of viral infectionDistinguishing features of long COVID identified through immune profiling
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Two legionellosis cases confirmed at Ottawa Hospital General Campus
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 23, 2023 Source:2 legionellosis cases confirmed at Ottawa Hospital General Campus
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Sunday House Call, #898, October 22, 2023: The Danger Lurking Under Every Rock
Some perspective is required when we discuss food additives and health risk. This excellent article by Dr Joe Schwarcz of the McGill Office for Science and Society provides a cogent review of California’s ban of four additives. Your Calls and Comments:
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1 in 3 Canadians don’t know the difference between heart attack and cardiac arrest, poll finds.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 19, 2023 Source:1 in 3 Canadians don’t know the difference between heart attack and cardiac arrest, poll finds
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The U.K. and New Zealand want to ban the next generation from smoking at any age. Should Canada follow? Sure because we know how well bans work for a country with a shared border of 8,891 km.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 18, 2023 Source:The U.K. and New Zealand want to ban the next generation from smoking at any age. Should Canada follow?
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New guideline urges doctors to regularly screen for alcohol use disorder. Sure, I’ll add it to the list.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 17, 2023 Source:New guideline urges doctors to regularly screen for alcohol use disorder Reference:Canadian guideline for the clinical management of high-risk drinking and alcohol use disorder
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