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House Calls, #946, November 10, 2024: The Toronto Metropolitan University word salad; Plus ça change
The Toronto Metropolitain University’s word salad changes to its preferential admissions policy statement for its medical school does not imply it will change its discriminatory practices given the conflicting statements from its administrators. Your Calls and Comments:
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Headline citing a study that being sleepy during the day may increase your risk of pre-dementia syndrome is fraught with caveats and limitations.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 8, 2024 Source:Sleepy during the day? You may be at higher risk for a pre-dementia syndrome, study finds Reference:Association of Sleep Disturbances With Prevalent and Incident Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome in Community-Residing Older Adults
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Limited evidence to support the idea that stress is directly responsible for greying hair
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 7, 2024 Source:Stress isn’t as responsible for greying hair as you might think. This is the actual culprit
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The ins and outs of prostate cancer screening guidelines
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 6, 2024 Source:This Movember, what men should know about getting screened for prostate cancer
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Bill wants to know about strep throat infections and if rates are greater this year in Ottawa.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 5, 2024
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House Calls, #945, November 3, 2024: When there are unexpected positive health outcomes with medication use
The recent issue of The Economist has reviewed the unexpected health benefits of Ozempic. Link is here for those who are interested in the data. Your Calls and Comments:
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It is time to reduce the waste of resources required to provide sick notes.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 29, 2024 Source: Why a group of Canadian doctors says workplace sick notes need to go
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A history of cod liver oil that thankfully does not have to relived by many today.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 28, 2024 Source:Cod liver oil: A fishy fix that had surprisingly clear health benefits
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House Calls, #944, October 27, 2024: You won’t save family medicine if you ignore Occam’s Razor
The appointment of Dr. Jane Philpott by the Ford Government to a new $550,000 job to remedy the shortage of primary care physicians will not solve any of the problems as I outline in my op-ed on todays show. Indeed, it is somewhat ironic that the primary care system that Dr. Philpott lauds as one…
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