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CDC urges polio vaccination as it has been detected in wastewater samples in and around New York City.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 22, 2022 Source:CDC urges polio vaccination
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Sunday House Call, #847, August 21, 2022: What can you get for $10?
Today I review from my thirty-years of managing our 14-physician family practice how we can start to reverse the burnout and loss of family doctors and nurses, provide more access, improved services, and physician recruitment among the myriad of many other services. Your calls and comments about: Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome The importance of…
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Discovery of largely unchanged ‘weak spot’ in COVID-19 variants could lead to better treatment options
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 19, 2022 Source:Discovery of ‘weak spot’ in COVID-19 variants could lead to better treatment options Reference:SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern: spike protein mutational analysis and epitope for broad neutralization
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Parents don’t need prescription to buy children’s cold and flu medicine in Ontario: OPA
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 18, 2022 Source:Parents don’t need prescription to buy children’s cold and flu medicine in Ontario: OPA
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Self-diagnosis using Dr. Google is fraught with error and misinterpretation. It can be an excellent education tool depending on the quality of the site, but there is more to diagnosis than matching symptoms.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 17, 2022 Source:The rise of ‘Dr. Google’: The risks of self-diagnosis and searching symptoms online
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New Moderna BA.1 variant vaccine approved for use in UK. We will likely see BA.4 and BA.5 omicron subvariant versions here as U.S. FDA wants the latter versions included in any vaccine submitted for their approval.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 16, 2022 Source:New COVID-19 booster targeting Omicron, original variants approved in U.K.
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With continued habitat encroachment and destruction, Langya will not be the last zoonotic virus to make its way into humans.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 15, 2022 Source:Why it’s worth keeping ‘close eye’ on new Langya virus that’s infecting dozens in China Reference: A Zoonotic Henipavirus in Febrile Patients in China
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Sunday House Call, #846, August 14, 2022: Pavlov and the Health Care debate
Mention “privatization” and the salivary response ensues on both side of the spectrum. Today I discuss what it should really mean given that a plethora of health services are provided by private institutions that are paid when you use your OHIP card; Imaging centres, family physician’s offices, surgical centres, cardiology centres, etc. We will not…
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Doctors express concern about the availability of Sodium Nitrite and recommend tighter regulation/restrictions. Study reports it was intentionally used citing the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service investigating deaths deemed to be suicides.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 11, 2022 Source:Doctors call for action as growing number of Canadians dying from common food preservative Reference:Fatal methemoglobinemia: A case series highlighting a new trend in intentional sodium nitrite or sodium nitrate ingestion as a method of suicide
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