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.
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
3) With wearable technology here, how will it change healthcare?
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.
5) Saturated fat found in butter, meat or cream is unlikely to kill you, but margarine just might, new research suggests.