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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • April 6, 2008

    Ontario Health Ministry limits coverage for Hepatitis B medications

    Chronic hepatitis B affects an estimated 230,000-290,000 people in Canada. Though there is a range of new effective antiretroviral treatments that can help reduce disease complications, the estimated 80,000 – 100,000 chronic hepatitis B patients in Ontario have only limited options paid for by the Ontario Drug Benefit Program. Last week the British Columbia government…

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    hepatitis B
  • April 6, 2008

    Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding associated with remission in type 2 diabetes

    Original broadcast date: April 6, 2008 A study published in the January 2008 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association demonstrated that obese type 2 diabetics who underwentL compared to those who used diet and exercise. Dr. Amish Parikh, MD, FRCPC, endocrinologist with the Diabetes Management Centre, Staff Endocrinologist at the Trillium Health…

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    bariatric surgery, type II diabetes
  • March 30, 2008

    Cervical cancer screening: Paps are good, DNA may be better

    Original broadcast date: March 30, 2008 The PAP test has been in existence for over 60 years. It is a screening test for cervical cancer and has the potential to detect precancerous changes, as well as to detect early stage disease and decrease cancer mortality. Although this test is credited with reducing cancer mortality, researchers…

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    cervical cancer, PAP
  • March 30, 2008

    Oral appendectomies: removing the appendix through the mouth

    Original broadcast date: March 30, 2008 In mid March 2008, surgeons at UC San Diego Medical Center performed what is the first removal of a diseased appendix through the mouth in the United States. One of the first reactions and questions from people who hear this story is amazement and wonder how the surgery was…

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    appendectomy, appendicitis, appendix
  • March 23, 2008

    The Sunnybrook Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator

    Original broadcast date: March 23, 2008 A comprehensive, clinical nomogram tool, the Sunnybrook Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator – the first to use all known risk factors for prostate cancer – is available online to help men determine individual prostate cancer risk in consultation with their primary care physician. A nomogram is a statistical model to…

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    free PSA, prostate cancer, PSA
  • March 23, 2008

    Patients not compliant with medications after heart attack

    Original broadcast date: March 23, 2008 We are repeatedly reminded that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in Canada. Yet, why is it that even after a heart attack, many people do not get around to filling that doctor-ordered prescription? A new study published in the journal Circulation from Ontario’s Institute for Clinical…

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    heart attack, heart drugs, medications, MI, myocardial infarction, non-compliance
  • March 9, 2008

    Genes for Lupus identified

    Original broadcast date: March 9, 2008 With a greater understanding behind the mechanism or pathophysiology of disease, the ability to provide effective treatments can follow. An international consortium of scientists led by Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation investigator John B. Harley, M.D., Ph.D., has identified multiple genes linked to lupus, a devastating autoimmune disease that affects…

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    lupus, SLE, systemic lupus erythematosis
  • March 9, 2008

    Screening for ovarian cancer: the quest continues

    Original broadcast date: March 9, 2008 Ovarian Cancer is one of the most lethal cancers afflicting about 2300 Canadian women a year. A major contributing factor to its poor prognosis is that there is no effective means to screen for the disease. In January 2008, researchers from the University of Guelph reported that they have…

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    ovarian cancer
  • March 2, 2008

    STEMI program improves survival after heart attack

    Original broadcast date: March 2, 2008 What are the factors or treatment protocols that contribute to improved survival after a heart attack? That was a question asked by the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Coronary Care Unit and the results published in January in the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Michel Le May, MD,…

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    cardiopulmonary resuscitation, heart attack, MI, myocardial infarction
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