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House Calls, #969, May 4, 2025: The Guts of It All
It is truly fascinating to learn how things work. This is especially true in medicine when what we assumed to be the real deal is only part of the whole picture. Now comes information that posits an explanation about why we are seeing increasing numbers of younger adults being diagnos3ed with colon cancer. Source:Gut toxin…
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House Calls, #968, April 27, 2025: Sunny Ways Again!?
Your Calls and Comments:The continuing outbreak of Measles cases in Ontario. The music on the show is not recorded for posting. I will be posting the playlist as it relates to the title of the show episode. 1st segment Intro: Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles Outro: Sunshine On My Shoulders – John Denver…
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House Calls, #967, April 20, 2025: Put a stick in it!
At UBC, scientists have invented a stir stick that detects drugs in drinks. Your Calls and Comments:
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House Calls, #966, April 13, 2025: Exercising your memory
An interesting study that showed how the brain’s hippocampus, responsible for memory processing, grows in response to exercise. Original research article here. The Ontario Government’s proposal to provide medical services to people without a family doctor is ambitious and does not answer where they will get the family doctors and nurse practitioners to staff them.…
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House Calls, #965, April 6, 2025: Liberation Day
April 2 was my liberation day when I partnered with a management company to oversee the management of our practice. They now own the clinic and all I have to do, after 34 years of managing it with my friend and partner Dr. Stuart Kurtz, is show up and see my patients. Your Calls and…
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House Calls, #964, March 30, 2025: And spread it does; Measles infections increase in the US and southern Ontario
The unfortunate yet predictable consequences of low Measles vaccination rate now being reported in the US and Canada is a hallmark of how reality does not accommodate public misunderstanding about the MMR vaccine. I also discuss the harm that is wrought upon patients subjected to long wait times to see a specialist. I cite a…
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House Calls, #963, March 16, 2025: Half Truths and Misconceptions
With the spread of measles now seemingly on the increase, it is reasonable to ask questions from those who advocate The Square One Fallacy as justification for refuting all the studies and evidence to date that have shown the efficacy and safety of vaccines. As long as human beings are involved in research, there will…
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House Calls, #962, March 9, 2025: “I did not ask for your help”
My take on how the Ontario MedCheck program is creating even more administrative burdens for family doctors. This is a program that is used by pharmacists to review medication. It would one thing if it provided useful information but it rarely does. It contains extraneous comments. Take a listen as I explain why and how…
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House Calls, #961, March 2, 2025: You Never Know Where the Road May Take You
We are back to Gila Monsters again but the links that are forged by disparate research arms sometimes mesh together in interesting and helpful ways. This article about new neurons found in the brain that control cravings and appetite is one such example. And another that discovered an ancient part of the brain (in rats)…