Dr. Barry Dworkin

  • Wednesday House Call April 6, 2016; Type 2 diabetes levels skyrocketing

    Wednesday House Call   April 6, 2016; Type 2 diabetes levels skyrocketing Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss the latest reports on skyrocketing diabetes cases.  

  • Sunday House Call, #386, February 26, 2012

    Sunday House Call, #386, February 26, 2012 Special guest: Dr Yoni Freedhoff, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Medical Director of the Bariatric Medical Institute

  • Eating Well, Living Well by Dr. Richard Beliveau

    It seems as a society we are sleepwalking towards a myriad of preventable diseases. I say this because after reading another of Dr. Richard Béliveau’s masterful books on how our lifestyle, eating habits, and food choices are intricately linked with our physical, emotional and spiritual health, the evidence is compelling. In his new book, Eating…

  • Obesity surgery can reverse type II diabetes for some

    Original broadcast date: May 24, 2009 One of the wonders of science is how an action based on initial assumptions, hypotheses and theories can lead, at times, to unexpected and indeed beneficial consequences. When these consequences have the potential to affect the lives of millions of people, the research obviously takes on added significance. The…

  • Preventing Weight Loss Scams: Weight loss centres need oversight and regulation

    Original broadcast date: February 22, 2009 You have heard the advertisements ad nauseum. Promises of shedding weight made easy and safely. There are testimonials about the efficacy of the various weight-loss approaches and how it can change your life. It is a multibillion-dollar industry that according to two physicians authoring this week’s Canadian Medical Association…

  • Diabetes is heart disease

    Diabetes and heart disease–only one in five people living with diabetes will survive heart disease.  Currently 2.4 million Canadians are affected by diabetes. By 2010 that number will rise to more than 3 million. In addition, more than 6 million Canadians are living with prediabetes, which increases their risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Shajia…

  • Diabetes control studies at odds with heach other

    New results from the world’s largest ever study of diabetes treatments show that intensive blood glucose (sugar) control protects patients against serious complications of the disease. This in contrast to another study recently published, the ACCORD study, that indicated the opposite for certain patients. The results of the new study called ADVANCE was presented at…

  • How clinical studies should report their findings for the real world

    What questions should we be asking when presented with the myriad of results from clinical studies? Are they presenting information that is important to patients? For example, in diabetes research, how often are quality of life outcomes and risk of death used as primary outcomes of the research? A report published in the June 4th…

  • Sitagliptin, a novel treatment for type II diabetes

    Original broadcast date: January 13, 2008 The prevalence of type  II diabetes continues to increase and estimates are that three million Canadians will be diagnosed with the disease by 2010. The mainstays of control and prevention, weight loss and exercise, are not always heeded, and as such, medications are employed to control blood sugar levels.…