April 4, 2022 Allergy/Immunology Many Canadians continue to choose Benadryl as their first choice for allergy medication despite messaging from Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology recommending safer 2nd and 3rd generation antihistamines.
September 3, 2021 General information As physicians, we want to prevent illness and treat people so that can get back to their lives and not leave behind grieving children, friends, and family. If ivermectin worked for COVID, we would use it. https://bit.ly/3jIbdFw https://bit.ly/38SozsN
August 12, 2021 Addiction Small study of young people with no history of smoking or vaping showed single vaping session led to cellular oxidative stress responses (cause of inflammatory disease, heart disease, etc). More investigation needed to determine long-term use outcomes.
July 14, 2021 Health Policy Western University tattoo ink study reveals many products did not have sterility, lot numbers, manufacturer names, expiration instructions, and quality control of ingredients on their labels. Canada has “absolutely nothing” in terms of regulation.
April 15, 2020 Clinical Research PM Trudeau, your flouting of pandemic health policy rules demoralizes the country. Armchair “physicians”, stop flaunting cherry-picked preprint studies as “the” evidence HCQ works when there are just as many that refute it. That is why proper investigation and meta-analysis are required.
January 20, 2020 Obstetrics Rodent model that shares the same human enzymatic glucose transport pathways to transfer glucose from the placenta to the fetal circulation demonstrates that cannabis exposure during gestation blocks this pathway and negatively impacts fetal growth.
November 27, 2019 Depression Ontario study finds that more teens are using over-the-counter-drugs to intentionally overdose
November 26, 2019 Addiction Heavy cannabis use can induce psychotic breaks as illustrated in this horrendous act. Evidence also confirms the negative mental health risks with similar use among adolescents.
November 12, 2019 Addiction Young cannabis smoker’s stroke risk may double or it may not because this is an observational study with many confounding factors. More rigourous studies are required to determine if this is true.