Dr. Barry Dworkin

  • Flu vaccine clinics available in Ottawa

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 21, 2013  

  • No serious adverse effects seen with HPV vaccine

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 15, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: No Serious Adverse Reactions to HPV Vaccination Reference: Lisen Arnheim-Dahlström, Björn Pasternak, Henrik Svanström, Pär Sparén, and Anders Hviid. Autoimmune, neurologic, and venous thromboembolic adverse events following administration of a quadrivalent HPV-vaccine to adolescent girls: a cohort study in Denmark and Sweden. British Medical Journal, October 2013

  • Study raises concern over poor quality control, inaccurate labelling, and contaminants found in herbal supplements

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 14, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: Over 80 Percent Of Herbal Products Omit Ingredients, Contain Fillers Reference: Steven G Newmaster, Meghan Grguric, Dhivya Shanmughanandhan, Sathishkumar Ramalingam and Subramanyam Ragupathy, ‘DNA barcoding detects contamination and substitution in North American herbal products’, BMC Medicine 2013, 11:222 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-11-222

  • Norovirus vaccine moving onto to larger clinical trials

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 8, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: ‘Cruise Ship Virus’ Vaccine a First-Class Idea? Reference: David Bernstein, M.D. professor, pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati; Jesse Reeves-Garcia, M.D., chief, division of gastroenterology, Miami Children’s Hospital; Oct. 4, 2013, presentation, ID Week 2013, San Francisco

  • Chicken pox vaccine dramatically reduced hospital admissions and morbidity in Canada over past decade

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 20, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: Vaccinations credited as chicken pox cases in hospitals drop 74% in only 10 years Reference: The impact of the universal infant varicella immunization strategy on Canadian varicella-related hospitalization rates

  • Childhood measles coming back to North America

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 13, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: U.S. measles cases in 2013 may be most in 17 years

  • Genentech asking FDA for accelerated approval for drug to treat early-stage HER-2 breast cancer

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 11, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: FDA backs accelerated approval for drug to treat early-stage breast cancer CORRECTION: In the interview I state that the drug is not approved for use. It is indeed approved for the treatment of late-stage aggressive HER-2 breast cancer.

  • Mouse study used to evaluate effect of cannabis on developing adolescent brain

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 26, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: Marijuana use by teens linked to permanent brain abnormalities later in life, increased schizophrenia risk: study Reference: Adolescent Cannabinoid Exposure Permanently Suppresses Cortical Oscillations in Adult Mice

  • Caffeine is as caffeine does even if it comes in a pretty flower

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 2, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: A healthier caffeine buzz? Energy drinks tout organic and natural ingredients