Wednesday House Call August 12, 2015

Wednesday House Call   August 12, 2015

Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to discuss the latest health stories of the week.

 

Today:

1) How children can manage Type-1 diabetes and soar to great heights!
 
Having a high-performance athlete such as Max Domi come forward and proclaim that he not only has diabetes but is living successfully with it is an important message, disease experts say.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/max-domi-undaunted-by-diabetes-its-actually-been-a-blessing-in-disguise/article22454630/
2) What is Cyclospora?
There have been 83 cases of Cyclospora investigated in Canada between May 9 and July 18, 74 of which are in Ontario
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/cyclospora-outbreak-hits-ontario-hardest-public-health-officials-say-1.3186017
3) With wearable technology here, how will it change healthcare?
http://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2015/08/11/9-ways-wearables-change-health-fitness-startups/
4) Are you fat? It’s genetic?
A group of researchers from the University of British Columbia have discovered a gene that could be a cause of obesity. 
http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/possible-obesity-gene-discovered-at-ubc-1.2511374
5) Saturated fat found in butter, meat or cream is unlikely to kill you, but margarine just might, new research suggests.

http://news.nationalpost.com/health/butter-is-alright-but-margarine-just-might-kill-you-massive-canadian-study-finds