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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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Huge Study Links 99% of Heart Attacks And Strokes With Four Risk Factors
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 9, 2025 Source:Huge Study Links 99% of Heart Attacks And Strokes With Four Risk Factors Reference:Very High Prevalence of Nonoptimally Controlled Traditional Risk Factors at the Onset of Cardiovascular Disease
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How low should blood pressure go? New study has the answer for people at high risk of heart and kidney disease. However for some, the side effects may not be tolerable. Individual assessment is required.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 3, 2025 Source:How low should blood pressure go? New study has the answer Reference: Effect of Systolic Blood Pressure Measurement Error on the Cost-Effectiveness of Intensive Blood Pressure Targets. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2025; DOI: 10.7326/ANNALS-25-00560
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Study reports lack of sleep linked to high blood pressure in children and teens but selection bias and self-reported data cloud the results
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 19, 2024 Source:Lack of sleep linked to high blood pressure in children and teens
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A review of high blood pressure screening and management
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 21, 2024 Source:What people should do about high blood pressure, according to a doctor
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Does the route of administration of hormone replacement therapy affect hypertension risk?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June , 2023 Source:Hormone patches or creams for menopause symptoms may have lower blood pressure risk than pills Reference:Association Between the Route of Administration and Formulation of Estrogen Therapy and Hypertension Risk in Postmenopausal Women: A Prospective Population-Based Study
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Research presented at American College of Cardiology meeting states that 19 per cent of people with hypertension are taking other OTC or prescription meds that elevate their blood pressure. Awaiting published study.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 20, 2021 Source:Nineteen percent of adults with high blood pressure take drugs that worsen the condition
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Sunday House Call, #790, May 16, 2021: A different clot than is in the news but no less than a novel treatment that can help thousands.
Topics today include: An NEJM published study looked at excision of the left atrial appendage to reduce the risk of stroke in anticoagulated individuals. It did meet its end points with an absolute risk reduction of 2.2 per cent decreasing from 7.0 (control) to 4.8 percent over 3.8 year average for people of average age…
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Sunday House Call, #765, November 15, 2020: But they said it in a press release. It must be true!
Sunday House Call, #765, November 15, 2020 Topics today include: The Pfizer coronavirus vaccine press release. How the media and governments ran with it when basic information was not provided. Why you cannot rush this process. References: Pfizer Releases Exciting Vaccine Effectiveness Datum. (Datum Is The Singular Of Data) Pfizer vaccine sparks hope and questions…