Dr. Barry Dworkin

Sunday House Call, #376, November 20, 2011 Topics today include degenerative disc disease, sinus and throat congestion with possible damage to the esophagus, sciatic pain, deep vein thrombosis (clots in leg veins), andback pain

Sunday House Call, #374, November 6, 2011 A review of Dr. Ben Goldacre’s last column for the next six months, a growing lump on the spine area, pain after shingles – postherpetic neuralgia, coronary artery stent status after blunt chest trauma, pseudomyxoma peritonei, osteoporosis and calcium intake, and headaches in an 80 year-old woman.

Sunday House Call, #373, October 30, 2011 A discussion about salt reduction through the Give Your Head A Shake campaign with Dr. Andrew Pipe. Your calls about left sided pain, leg swelling after joint and bone repair, elevated calcium levels, low blood pressure and leg cramps

Sunday House Call, #372, October 23, 2011 A must read book to help navigate the medical landscape in Testing Treatments with a foreword by Dr. Ben Goldacre.   Your questions about the latest cellphone/brain cancer study that shows no link, shingles vaccine availability, nanotechnology in medicine, temporomandibular joint syndrome and holter monitor results.

Sunday House Call, #371, October 16, 2011 The Ottawa Public Health announcement, vitamin supplements overused, ASA does not contribute to macular degeneration, PSA testing, limitations of MRIs, melanoma on the thigh,and long term effect of pantoprazole and other proton pump inhibitors.

Sunday House Call, #370, October 9, 2011 Today: The consequences of prostate cancer screening with PSA tests according to the US Preventive Services Task Force, when should blood tests be done and how should they be chosen?, ocular rosacea, dietary supplements, recovery time from hip replacements.

Sunday House Call, #369, October 2, 2011 OHIP-covered private clinics can reduce burden on hospital resources, where can I get foot care services?, elevated serum iron levels, visual disturbances, fish oil supplements, ocular rosacea, knee replacement surgery recovery time, and treatment for diabetes.

Sunday House Call, #368, September 25, 2011 Questions about alpha lipoic acid, eye pain of unknown origin, viral meningitis, macular degeneration and stem cell research and angiograms.

Sunday House Call, #367, September 18, 2011 Discussion about HPV vaccine fearmongering by Michelle Bachmann, a man havingtrouble swallowing food, comments on the health care system, irritable bowel syndrome and ovarian cancer, shingle and pain, vision loss and a caller with “red spots”.