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Several Psychiatric Disorders Share The Same Root Cause, Study Reveals
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 10, 2025 Source:Several Psychiatric Disorders Share The Same Root Cause, Study Reveals Reference:Massively parallel reporter assay investigates shared genetic variants of eight psychiatric disorders
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Sunday House Call, #445, June 23, 2013: Ain't Nobody Got Time for That
Sunday House Call, #445, June 23, 2013: Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That Topics today include: Your comments on the plight of an 8 year-old boy suffering from severe mental illness and the inability of Behavioural Disorders Clinic at CHEO to sway from their protocols hence leaving him and his family to wait.
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Electronics and gadgets may contribute to sleep deprivation and disruption
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 8, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Sleep-deprived advised to turn off the technology
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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…
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CIHI Ontario report on prinicple causes of traumatic injury
Original broadcast date: August 30, 2009 Major trauma from severe injuries can have a devastating impact on the lives of the individual, their friends and family. A report by released July 30, 2009 by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), reviewed the principle causes of these injuries in Ontario. Alcohol was involved in at…
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Overcoming persistent insomnia
A common concern for many of my patients at some point in their lives is the inability to sleep. Indeed, this is a common problem in our society with many remedies, medications and therapies portending to provide “the solution” to our sleep disorders. What does the evidence say regarding the best approach to help those…
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Binge drinking effects on the developing adolescent brain
Original broadcast date: June 7, 2009 We tend to associate rapid developmental changes in cognition, socialization and behaviour with infants, toddlers and children. Parents try to promote positive changes and maximize their child’s potential by avoiding potentially hazardous materials, substances and poor food choices that could have a negative impact on their child’s development. However,…
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Improving Addiction Care
Original broadcast date: April 12, 2009 What comes to mind when you read about or discuss stories about people who have addictions? Is addiction a chronic disease that requires more of an effort on the part of government to fund programs to help these individuals? In a policy paper, Stepping Forward: Improving Addiction Care in…