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House Calls, #948, November 24, 2024: Listen to Yourself
You never know what a seemingly innocent act of kindness will do when it reverberates and travels through a person’s life. I received this lovely letter from a listener that I read on the air because of its message that reflects a caring for the well-being of others. I have kept this anonymous and have…
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Small study with caveats suggests that osteoarthritic knees worsen after steroid injections. I am not convinced but open to further evidence to establish veracity.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 1, 2022 Source:A common treatment for your knee osteoarthritis may be making it worse, studies say Reference:Steroid Injections Worsen Knee Arthritis
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Sunday House Call, #853, October 2, 2022: The Road to Ruin
More family doctors are retiring and the number of Ontarians without one continues to grow. While academics, pontificating physician organizations, special interest groups continue to push on the same repetitive singular solutions on our craven governments, people cannot get access to timely care. No one listens to family doctors who run actual multidisciplinary practices for…
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Sunday House Call, #792 , May 30, 2021: The Best Before Date
Health Canada extends the expiry date of the AstraZeneca vaccine. It would be helpful if they released all the data to help health care providers explain the rationale to the public. Mandating that the job prerequisite for health care providers with direct contact with patients especially those who are vulnerable, be vaccinated, in this case…
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Sunday House Call, #665, September 2, 2018: Cannabis Marketing Crusades: Some journalists and many companies promoting the hype without evidence
Sunday House Call, #665, September 2, 2018: Cannabis Marketing Crusades: Some journalists and many companies promoting the hype without evidence Topics today include: What are the medical benefits of Cannabis and CBD? It’s too early to say for sure and some journalists and companies are making outlandish claims. It is the new Wild West. Your…
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Sunday House Call, #634, October 29, 2017: Chocolate: the new health food marketing sham/scam
Sunday House Call, #634, October 29, 2017: Chocolate: the new health food marketing sham/scam Topics today include: An excellent expose by Julia Belluz at Vox.com about the insidious and deliberate attempt by chocolate industry to get children and adults even more hooked touting nebulous health benefits. Need more proof? Dr. Yoni Freedhoff reports on the…
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Sunday House Call, #627, September 3, 2017: Get the lead out…and the belladonna too!
Sunday House Call, #627, September 3, 2017: Get the lead out…and the belladonna too! Topics today include: Homeopathic healing bracelets poisons babies with lead and CRISPR-Cas 9 used to alter cardiac genetic defect for first time in embryos. Your calls about: Treatment and prevention of low back pain. treatment and exercising an arthritic…
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Sunday House Call, #614, May 21, 2017: Your TV disease of the week
Sunday House Call, #614, May 21, 2017 Topics today include: Direct to consumer advertising by pharmaceutical companies rife with bias and disease-mongering. Steroid injection of osteoarthritic knees no better than placebo. Your calls about cortisone injections, d-dimer tests for blood clots, sore knees, mould exposure, and lifespan of hip replacements.
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Study states that acetaminophen is not an effective pain reliever for osteoarthritis; NSDAIDS are more effective
Health Headlines Commentary for March 21, 2016 Source: Paracetamol is useless at treating arthritis pain – whatever the dose, major study finds. Paracetamol ‘useless’ in treating osteoarthritis pain Reference: Effectiveness of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for the treatment of pain in knee and hip osteoarthritis: a network meta-analysis. The Lancet. Published online March 17 2016