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Wednesday House Call, May 8, 2019: Cardiac Arrest Mythos
Wednesday House Call, May 8, 2019: Cardiac Arrest Mythos Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss the latest health stories of the week. Today: A report that a man who suffered cardiac arrest was revived by using an AED is wrong. You cannot shock a heart that has stopped beating (asystole) back to a…
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Wednesday House Call, April 24, 2019
Wednesday House Call, April 24, 2019 Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss the latest health stories of the week. Today: Pharmacist’s to treat minor clinical ailments. Your calls about: Fasting and no water intake before should surgery Treatment of arthritic hands Assessment and management of acute shoulder injury side effects to leflunomide for…
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Wednesday House Call, April 17, 2019: “Still waiting after all those years”
Wednesday House Call, April 17, 2019 Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss the latest health stories of the week. Today we discuss the hypocrisy of our “single-payer” universal health care system. Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board routinely pays for its clients to have quick access for MRIs to speed up evaluation and…
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Wednesday House Call, March 27, 2019
Wednesday House Call, March 27, 2019 Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss the latest health stories of the week. Today: We talk about a 19 year-old woman who died of meningicoccal B meningitis. How to control a nose bleed. Why it is not recommended to tilt your head back. How to determine if…
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Wednesday House Call, March 20, 2019: Pseudoscience marches to its own illogical tune.
Wednesday House Call, March 20, 2019 Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss the latest health stories of the week. The nonsense behind allowing vaccine exemptions for philosophical or religious reasons. We also talked about the pseudoscience behind the claims that organic tampons reduce the duration of bleeding during a woman’s period. There is…
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Wednesday House Call, March 13, 2019
Wednesday House Call, March 13, 2019 Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss the latest health stories of the week. Today: The consequences of choosing not to vaccinate your children. Your calls about: Measles vaccine recommendations for people born before 1957 Rubella vaccine Recurrent problems with a blocked balance organ semicircular canals) Treatment of…
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Wednesday House Call, March 6, 2019
Wednesday House Call, March 6, 2019 Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss the latest health stories of the week. Today:Your calls about: Short-term memory loss after an acute brain injury The dosing schedule for Dukoral Are there any adverse effects for humans with regards to nicotinamide-based pesticides? Lhermitte’s sign. What is it? MMR…
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Wednesday House Call, February 27, 2019: Measles beat goes on and on
Wednesday House Call, February 27, 2019 Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss the latest health stories of the week. This week it is the continued spread of measles. Your calls about: Pneumonia in the elderly. Why are the symptoms so different? Abnormalities on a routine preoperative ECG. What to do next? Treatment of…
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Wednesday House Call, February 20, 2019: Believing the Measles myths has led to its inevitable conclusion; dead children
Wednesday House Call, February 20, 2019: Believing the Measles myths has led to its inevitable conclusion; dead children Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss the latest health stories of the week. Today: Measles continues to spread around the world. Your calls about: Measles C. Difficile treatment Measles immune status Left shoulder pain [display_podcast]