Dr. Barry Dworkin

  • Answering the call: Special H1N1 Edition of CFRA's Afternoon Edition

    Afternoon Edition – H1N1 Special Rob Snow and Dr Barry Dworkin host a four hour special on H1N1 answering your questions about the virus and the vaccine to protect against it. [display_podcast] References: Public Health Agency of Canada – National Advisory Committee On Immunization: Influenza Vaccine Thimerosal in Vaccines Thimerosal and Vaccine Safety Squalene information…

  • Sunday House Call #287 for October 25, 2009 Special Vaccine and H1N1 edition

    As the focus of attention turns to the H1N1 outbreak that is now occurring across the country, the public faces an array of information sources that will influence their opinion about vaccination. There have been many claims and critiques about the H1N1 vaccine and it has become a springboard to envelop other vaccines and vaccination…

  • H1N1 vaccine questions and evidenced-based answers

    With the H1N1 flu season upon us, the need to provide credible evidenced-based information to the public is an essential in order to answer questions and concerns. Dr. Isra Levy, the City of Ottawa’s Chief Medical Offer of Health and Dr. Nadine Sicard, Associate Medical Offer of Health and member of the National Advisory Committee…

  • Should you take the H1N1 Vaccine?

    This article, written by Dr. Noni MacDonald and Dr. Francoise Baylis , answers many of the question you may have about the vaccine. I believe that credible evidenced-based information provided to the public respects what I have witnessed and experienced on my radio show; that no topic is difficult to understand if it is explained…

  • Safety data of the H1N1 vaccine

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 22, 2009 [display_podcast] Article: First H1N1 clinic opens Oct. 26 Addendum: In the interview I did not have the opportunity to mention that Guillain Barré Syndrome does not occur in children.

  • Swine flu found in Ontario turkey breeding farm

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 21, 2009 [display_podcast] Story Source: Swine flu found in Ontario turkey breeding farm

  • A headline's tale of two flu stories: Reality vs deliberate misrepresentation of risk

    I am not a fan of how newspapers use headlines to misrepresent stories to provke unwarranted fear, and heightened risk perception. Today, the Ottawa Citizen published two stories about seasonal and H1N1 vaccine. The first story, For Guillain-Barre survivors, flu shot stirs up unwelcome memories, emblazoned on the front page has all the elements of…

  • Trends in influenza vaccination in Canada, 1996/1997 to 2005

    Come the end of October and early November, flu vaccination programs will be in full swing. Although for most healthy adults and children the disease can be weathered with good outcomes, those with chronic disease, the very young and the elderly may not do so well. A new study, Trends in influenza vaccination in Canada,…

  • There's no good reason to avoid taking a flu shot

    At the end of October, the Flu vaccine will be available in our region. Many will opt to forego an inexpensive and safe approach to preventing a disease that causes significant misery and death. Some fear the vaccine causes the flu; others take the chance that it will pass them by and many others will…