Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • The Autism–Tylenol Pregnancy Question Finally Has a Clear Scientific Answer

    January 23, 2026

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 23, 2026 Source:The Autism–Tylenol Pregnancy Question Finally Has a Clear Scientific Answer Reference:Prenatal paracetamol exposure and child neurodevelopment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  • House Calls, #983, September 28, 2025: Holy Confounders Batman!

    September 28, 2025

    A review of how our liver works to break down acetaminophen and how this differs in a fetus. I think it is important to understand how our bodies work, how the “poison” is always dependent on the dose, its frequency and duration of use. Also to be cognizant of how our state of health plays…

  • New insight into how Tylenol (acetaminophen) works to provide pain relief.

    June 2, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 2, 2025 Source:Tylenol Doesn’t Work the Way We Thought – Scientists Just Made a Surprising Pain Relief Discovery Reference:Acetaminophen inhibits diacylglycerol lipase synthesis of 2-arachidonoyl glycerol: Implications for nociception

  • Children’s Tylenol shortages creating concern for parents. Some solutions offered by some physicians make sense, others leave parents somewhat stranded.

    September 23, 2022

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September , 2022 Source:Can I give my sick kids expired Tylenol? Doctors say try this first

  • Parents don’t need prescription to buy children’s cold and flu medicine in Ontario: OPA

    August 18, 2022

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 18, 2022 Source:Parents don’t need prescription to buy children’s cold and flu medicine in Ontario: OPA

  • Ontario study finds that more teens are using over-the-counter-drugs to intentionally overdose

    November 27, 2019

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 29, 2019 Source:More Canadian teens using over-the-counter drugs to overdose, data show Reference:Trends of intentional drug overdose among youth: a population-based cohort study

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