Skip to content

Dr. Barry Dworkin

  • About
  • Radio Interviews
    • Wednesday House Call
    • Sunday House Call Shows
  • Articles
    • Health Headlines
    • Prevention and Screening
    • Clinical Research
    • Health Policy
    • Cancer/Oncology
    • Neurology
  • Concerns about antibiotic use in animal feed

    February 21, 2014

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 21, 2014 Source: Superbugs slipping through ‘gaps’ and ‘loopholes’ in Canadian regulations  

  • Llama protein may help treat c.difficile and toxicologists comment on Consumer Reports Study on risk of soda colour additive

    January 31, 2014

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 31, 2014 [display_podcast] Source: Concerned about the health risk of soda? Researchers find novel approach for controlling deadly C. difficile infections Reference: The study conducted by the National Toxicology Program T. Murase, L. Eugenio, M. Schorr, G. Hussack, J. Tanha, E. N. Kitova, J. S. Klassen, K. K. S.…

  • Mathematical model predicts increase spread of viral illness with use of fever-reducing medications

    January 22, 2014

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 22, 2014 [display_podcast] Source: Fever-reducing drugs may increase flu-related illnesses and deaths, Canadian researchers warn Reference: Population-level effects of suppressing fever

  • C. difficile infections do occur in children and can be exacerbated by certain antibiotics

    January 15, 2014

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 15, 2014 [display_podcast] Source: Gut superbug C. difficile threat to children, not just adults, Canadian pediatricians warned  

  • Nanoparticles show promise in vaccine development

    January 7, 2014

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 7, 2014 [display_podcast] Source: Nanoparticle That Mimics Red Blood Cell Shows Promise as Vaccine for Bacterial Infections Reference: Nanoparticle-detained toxins for safe and effective vaccination

  • H1N1 identified as major vector for flu in Canada

    January 3, 2014

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 3, 2014 [display_podcast] Source: Get your flu shot, experts suggest, as spike in H1N1 cases expected to spread  

  • New insight into how HIV destroys the immune system leads to drug that partially blocks the process: more clinical studies required

    December 23, 2013

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 23, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: New AIDS treatment? Experimental drug blocks HIV from killing immune system cells in lab test Reference: Gilad Doitsh, Nicole L. K. Galloway, Xin Geng, Zhiyuan Yang, Kathryn M. Monroe, Orlando Zepeda, Peter W. Hunt, Hiroyu Hatano, Stefanie Sowinski, Isa Muñoz-Arias, Warner C. Greene. Cell death by…

  • H1N1 flu strain detected in 90 per cent of cases;children under five at most risk

    December 20, 2013

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 20, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: H1N1 strain dominating flu season, experts say  

  • Supplement claims to prevent colds do not live up to the research

    December 5, 2013

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 5, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: Do all these supplements really help us battle winter?  

  • Facebook
  • X

Notifications