August 17, 2022 General information 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.
June 24, 2022 Clinical Research End of week wrap up: Not being able to stand on one legs means you die earlier?, Alzheimer an autoimmune disease?, and COVID vaccines saved millions of lives according to Lancet-published study.
June 14, 2022 General information ROLLING STONE – “Anti-Vaxxers Are Flipping Out Over Justin Bieber’s Facial Paralysis”. There is no evidence of a connection between COVID vaccine and Ramsay Hunt Syndrome. It is not known if he had the vaccine after getting COVID in Feb ’22.
June 7, 2022 General information The myriad and litany of reasons why family doctors are burned out and retiring. In 32 years of practice, all governments have failed because they purport to know more about family practice than we do, enforcing dogmatic solutions; and all pay the price.
May 18, 2022 Dermatology Unregulated, untested, injectable Barbie-doll drug being used by younger people to promote skin tanning. Canadian Dermatology Association issues warning about this and tanning beds as it starts its May Sun Awareness Campaign.
May 10, 2022 General information The wonders of chemistry and microbiology exposed in the what seems to be the all too common event between urine and chlorine in public swimming pools. Those red and irritated eyes may not be from just chlorine exposure but cyanogen chloride.
May 9, 2022 General information Neurodevelopmental study shines some noise on why teens tune out mom’s voice and pay more attention to others.
April 22, 2022 General information @billcarrolltalk showed that there is something to be said for combined nasal/throat swab samples to reduce the risk of COVID rapid antigen test false positives. He was positive with the combo, negative with only the nasal swab in back-to-back tests.
April 18, 2022 General information Graham Richardson (@grahamctv) and I discuss the impact of the new normal on others and the many suffering in silence.
April 14, 2022 General information @BillCarroll and I discuss public’s desire for normality and that inurement to risk does not change the reality on the ground for some.