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House Calls, #989, November 2, 2025: The Great Pretenders. Have you checked under the hood to see what is really there?
When it comes to Health Canada approval of medications and natural health products, there is an inequality to determine efficacy and scientific evidence to support the approval process. This can lead to the misunderstanding that a Natural Health Product Number (NPN) means that the product has medicinal value and does what it proports to claim.…
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House Calls, #987, October 26, 2025: Oh where or where has our healthcare gone?
A Fraser Institute report reveals that Canada’s health care system is continuing to decline compared to other 31 other OECD countries that have universal health care systems. When are we going to say that we need to emulate what they do instead of continuing to ride the same old train. Reference: Comparing Performance of Universal…
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House Calls, #986, October 19, 2025: To Tell the Truth
The weasel words that are used in science and health reporting and how you can cut through all this to figure out what deserves your attention and what can be chucked by the wayside. An anticancer nanoparticle vaccine in development. Your Calls and Comments: Playlist 1st segment Intro: Stand Back – Peter Gabriel Outro: Bad…
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House Calls, #985, October 12, 2025: The wait is not over.
Wait times continue to rise in Canada. The system is broken and the same tired responses and approaches will not produce a different outcome. Look to Europe, Oceania, and Japan for solutions. A new mRNA vaccine against tuberculosis is being conducted in animal studies with indications of efficacy. Your Calls and Comments: Playlist 1st segment…
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House Calls, #984, October 7, 2025:City of Ottawa bureaucrats delve into physician recruitment plans. Their 10-point strategy leads me to ask if they even talked to front-line physicians who actively work to recruit new docs.
Your Calls and Comments: The City of Ottawa has presented a ten-point plan to try to recruit family doctors. Unfortunately, and it is evident that the bureaucrats have duplicated many of the hiring strategies already in place and will appoint of a Primary Care Recruitment and Retention Ambassador. I review these points and although the…
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House Calls, #983, September 28, 2025: Holy Confounders Batman!
A review of how our liver works to break down acetaminophen and how this differs in a fetus. I think it is important to understand how our bodies work, how the “poison” is always dependent on the dose, its frequency and duration of use. Also to be cognizant of how our state of health plays…
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House Calls, #980, September 14, 2025: To be silenced is not golden
The health claims about Beer Spas.Pancreatic islet cell transplant successful with genetic modification of transplanted cells to mitigate rejection. Your Calls and Comments: Playlist 1st segment Intro: For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield Outro: Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2 2nd segment Intro: Zombie – The Cranberries Outro: Sympathy for the Devil – Rolling Stones 3rd segment Intro: Civil War –…
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House Calls, #979, September 7, 2025: Awesome!
New hope for spinal cord injuries as an Israeli team plans to start human trials to transplant grown spinal cord replacements. A brain tumour was removed through the eye instead of opening up the skull to do so. Your Calls and Comments: Playlist 1st segment Intro: Big Man on Mulberry Street – Billy Joel Outro: Changes…
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House Calls, #978, July 6, 2025: Summer Breaks
A summer hiatus for the show returning after Labour Day. Today I talk about why after 35 years I have not yet decided to retire from family practice. I think that to do this show, you have to be a practicing physician. It is too easy to lose touch with nuances of medicine and science…