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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • Physician recommendation to lose weight to counter obesity only a small piece of a complex solution

    November 14, 2013

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 14, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: Doctors are told to get serious about nation’s obesity epidemic  

  • Increasing rate of strokes seen in younger people of lower socioeconomic status

    October 24, 2013

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 24, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: Strokes affecting more young people worldwide Reference: Global and regional burden of stroke during 1990—2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

  • Afternoon Edition – Wednesday House Call August 28, 2013

    August 28, 2013

    Afternoon Edition – Wednesday House Call August 28, 2013 Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to take calls on medical matters from the CFRA Nation. Today: Labyrinthitis, cycling nerve/muscle legs pain, shingles vaccine, heart palpitations, and fluid in the cul-de-sac [display_podcast]

  • Using carbon nanofilters to purify water has potential to help 780 million people

    August 22, 2013

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August 22, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: Plasma-Treated Nano Filters Help Purify World Water Supply Reference: Carbon nanotube membranes with ultrahigh specific adsorption capacity for water desalination and purification. Nature Communications, 2013; 4

  • Measles case at CHEO raises questions about mandatory vaccination as public health policy

    July 15, 2013

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 15, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: Measles case at CHEO raises importance of vaccination  

  • Magnetically driven microbots perform eye surgery

    July 1, 2013

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 1, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: Magnetic Microbots Perform Eye Surgery Without a Single Incision Reference: The Institute of Robotics and Intelligent System

  • Magnetic brain stimulation helps restore speech after stroke in proof of concept study

    June 28, 2013

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 28, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: Brain-stimulation device may aid stroke survivors with speech: study Reference: Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Aphasic Stroke

  • Sunday House Call, #444, June 16, 2013

    June 16, 2013

    Sunday House Call, #444, June 16, 2013   Topics today include: The benefits of medical Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, hydroceles, and the demise of the annual physical  

  • FDA to produce safety report on troclosan

    May 3, 2013

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May , 2013 [display_podcast] Source: Decades-old question: Is antibacterial soap safe?  

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