November 7, 2018 General information “Hey! Can you please pass me the antibiotics? My google diagnosis says I should take them.”
November 6, 2018 Cardiology You cannot claim that one energy drink will lead to heart attack or stroke especially when your study group was 44 non-smoking healthy adults in their twenties
November 5, 2018 Health Policy High dose flu vaccine recommendations are not solely based on economic factors. Cost may be greater but vulnerability of older adults are a consideration
October 25, 2018 Cardiology Study cannot prove that cold weather affects heart attack risk/rates because of its observational design.
October 24, 2018 Addiction Number of young people dying from opioid overdose is great enough to negatively affect Canadian average life expectancy
October 22, 2018 Infectious Disease Flu vaccine mythos: Normal immune response to the flu vaccine is misinterpreted as ‘getting the flu’. The reality is that there is no active replicating virus in the vaccine. It is also being offered during flu and cold season.
October 18, 2018 Alternative Medicine Took less than a day after legalization for cannabis quackery products to climb out of the pseudoscientific morass.
October 17, 2018 Health Headlines Hype, evidence, and the unknown. The Colorado cannabis experience after legalization may provide Canada with an idea of what to expect. Despite said hype, it is not Soma for a brave new world.
October 16, 2018 Infectious Disease A extremely rare tragic disease, acute flaccid paralysis, is played up by media with fear-mongering reporting and diminished perspective.
October 15, 2018 General information Study identifies a subgroup of family doctors that ordered too many unnecessary tests.
