Sunday House Call, #391, April 1, 2012 Topics today include how a caller reports her arthritis pain cleared up with antibiotic use, bladder and prostate problems, jaw pain and kidney cyst evaluations.
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Category: Sunday House Call ShowsSunday House Call, #390, March 25, 2012 Topics today include a discussion on being a better baloney detector given that Health Canada seems to believe in endorsing health products with little evidence. A caller’s concern about a sore neck and headache, and heart valve problems. Baloney Detection Michael Shermer: Baloney Detection Kit Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection [...]
Sunday House Call, #389, March 18, 2012 Today, should people making health claims have knowledge about how the body works and how their advice fits into it? Sleep apnea, osteoporosis treatment, when to stop Fosamax, and angiograms.
Sunday House Call, #388, March 11, 2012 My view on the latest chemophobia articles this week, sinus infection and when to treat, shingles and postinfection pain, lung cancer and new onset of fever.
Sunday House Call, #387, March 4, 2012 Topics today include unexplained 25 lb weight-loss in 3 months, leg cramps, blood pressure concerns: when is low too low?, and mini-strokes affect on mood.
Sunday House Call, #386, February 26, 2012 Special guest: Dr Yoni Freedhoff, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, and Medical Director of the Bariatric Medical Institute
Sunday House Call, #385, February 19, 2012 Topics today include commentary about Dr. Oz and his endorsement of Raspberry ketones, essential tremors, rheumatism, Baker’s cyst, esophageal scarring, low oxygen stauration, and sleep disruption.
Sunday House Call, #384, February 12, 2012 Topics today include a follow-up on a work-up done on an 82 year-old man with fatigue, allergic reaction to a blood pressure medication, penlac for toenail fungal infections and low sodium levels.
Sunday House Call, #383, February 5, 2012 A discussion about the new smoking bylaw proposed for outdoor locations, polymyalgia rheumatica, peripheral vascular disease and pain management medications
Sunday House Call, #382, January 29, 2012 Topics today: Aclasta for osteoporosis, an 82 year-old man with lethargy, worsening rheumatoid arthritis, aspartame safety, and atrial fibrillation
Sunday House Call, #381, January 22, 2012 Topics include proper sleeping positions, hearing problems, bowel function disturbances, headaches, and shoulder pain
Sunday House Call, #380, January 15, 2012 Topics today include Fatigue in the elderly, Back pain, shortness of breath on exertion, and right-sided rib/chest pain
Sunday House Call, #379, January 8, 2012 Today’s Topics include an app to help you know what should be done during your check-up, ovarian cysts and endometriosis, pseudomyxoma peritonei, Vitamin B deficiencies, polycystic kidney disease, and plantar fasciitis
Sunday Night Show with Rabbi Bulka, December 11, 2011 Guest appearance on the Rabbi’s show.
Sunday House Call, #378, December 11, 2011 MS-Vitamin D link genetics study, splenic hemangionas, nasal discomfort, sore back, burning eyes, and carpal tunnel syndrome
Sunday House Call, #377, December 4, 2011 Topics include the measles outbreak in Europe, the causes of brinchitis, when heart medication cease to work in the chronic disease context, a new onset of body rash, and breast cancer screening controversies.
Sunday House Call, #376, November 20, 2011 Topics today include degenerative disc disease, sinus and throat congestion with possible damage to the esophagus, sciatic pain, deep vein thrombosis (clots in leg veins), andback pain
Sunday House Call, #374, November 6, 2011 A review of Dr. Ben Goldacre’s last column for the next six months, a growing lump on the spine area, pain after shingles – postherpetic neuralgia, coronary artery stent status after blunt chest trauma, pseudomyxoma peritonei, osteoporosis and calcium intake, and headaches in an 80 year-old woman.
Sunday House Call, #373, October 30, 2011 A discussion about salt reduction through the Give Your Head A Shake campaign with Dr. Andrew Pipe. Your calls about left sided pain, leg swelling after joint and bone repair, elevated calcium levels, low blood pressure and leg cramps
Sunday House Call, #372, October 23, 2011 A must read book to help navigate the medical landscape in Testing Treatments with a foreword by Dr. Ben Goldacre. Your questions about the latest cellphone/brain cancer study that shows no link, shingles vaccine availability, nanotechnology in medicine, temporomandibular joint syndrome and holter monitor results.
Sunday House Call, #371, October 16, 2011 The Ottawa Public Health announcement, vitamin supplements overused, ASA does not contribute to macular degeneration, PSA testing, limitations of MRIs, melanoma on the thigh,and long term effect of pantoprazole and other proton pump inhibitors.
Sunday House Call, #370, October 9, 2011 Today: The consequences of prostate cancer screening with PSA tests according to the US Preventive Services Task Force, when should blood tests be done and how should they be chosen?, ocular rosacea, dietary supplements, recovery time from hip replacements.
Sunday House Call, #369, October 2, 2011 OHIP-covered private clinics can reduce burden on hospital resources, where can I get foot care services?, elevated serum iron levels, visual disturbances, fish oil supplements, ocular rosacea, knee replacement surgery recovery time, and treatment for diabetes.
Sunday House Call, #368, September 25, 2011 Questions about alpha lipoic acid, eye pain of unknown origin, viral meningitis, macular degeneration and stem cell research and angiograms.
Sunday House Call, #367, September 18, 2011 Discussion about HPV vaccine fearmongering by Michelle Bachmann, a man havingtrouble swallowing food, comments on the health care system, irritable bowel syndrome and ovarian cancer, shingle and pain, vision loss and a caller with “red spots”.
Sunday House Call, #366, September 11, 2011 11-tier health care, lymphedema, Conn’s syndrome, where to go to determine if someone has ADD, recurrent boils, and plantar fasciitis
Sunday House Call, #365, September 4, 2011
Sunday House Call, #364, August 28, 2011 Topics include headache with vomiting, recurrent concussions and headache in a 14 year-old boy, circulation to the leg issues, a swollen lip after dental procedure, and dismissal from practice concerns.
Sunday House Call, #363, August 7, 2011 Topics include perverse food offerings, foot pain, recurrent chest infections, prevention of venous sclerosis using PIC lines for chemotherapy, perforated bowel causes, and leg cramps
Sunday House Call, #363, August 7, 2011 - Food perversion running amok Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSunday House Call, #362, July 31, 2011 Topics today include a new treatment for Hepatitis C, postural hypotension, tingling fingers, finger and toe cramps, ruptured tendons, and vitamin D
Sunday House Call, #361, July 24, 2011 We won’t drink E.coli-laden water but we sure will swim in it! Your questions about carpal tunnel syndrome, fluid in the middle ears, and endometriosis. The CDC interactive map of obesity rates in the US. We are not far behind.
Sunday House Call, #360, July 18, 2011 Topics include commentary on this campaign. Your questions about blood with bowel movements, toe nail traumas, occular rosacea, pseudoscience articles on aspartame, Cushing’s syndrome, and chest pain.
Sunday House Call, #359, July 10, 2011 The first stem-cell-derived organ transplant, shingles and post herpetic neuralgia, gout attacks, seeking rapid access for hernia repair, core body temperature changes and chronic pain service access.
Sunday House Call, #358, July 3, 2011 Topics today include the reprimand of a physician by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario for getting into an altercation over a stolen parking spot, Stevens Johnson Syndrome and angina.
Afternoon Edition – Wednesday House Call June 29, 2011 Dr Barry Dworkin joins Rob Snow to take calls on medical matters from the CFRA Nation. Today: Government of Canada announces funding for phase 1 and 2 studies of CCSVI and MS, arthritis, Fresca and diabetes, Steivia use as sweetener for diabetics, antihistamine use, and [...]
Sunday House Call, #357, June 26, 2011 Should your food be irradiated? An interesting article and your feedback. Questions about Remicade and Ulcerative Colitis, excessive sweating, hypothyroidism, and exemastane.
Sunday House Call, #356, June 19, 2011 Topics include treatment of internal hemorrhoids, the difference betewwen congestive haeart failure and a heart attack, high blood pressure and aneurysms, and blood pressure medications.
Sunday House Call, #355, June 12, 2011 Increasingly through many media sources, health information and data from clinical studies and advisory panels among others has a tendency to be misrepresented, risk overinflated, and health scares oversold compared to what really can and does cause harm. This misinformation creates an incomplete picture of health risks and [...]
Special edition of Sunday House Call with Dr. Gilbert Ross of the American Council on Science and Health Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSunday House Call, #354, June 5, 2011 Topics include some perspective on a breast cancer prevention medication study, problems swallowing, pulmonary fibrosis, athelete’s foot, and a punctured eardrum.
Sunday House Call, #353, May 29, 2011 Commentary on naturally occurring toxic compounds that we ingest daily without any ill effects! Your questions about sore feet, eczema, elevated PSA and TSH, using PEG for constipation in children, and ADHD
Sunday House Call, #352, May 22, 2011 Commentary on two pharmacists who advised my patients to stop medications resulting in a worsening of their medical condition. Your questions about shoulder bursitis, splenic flexure syndrome, sciatica, and a biceps tendon tear.
Sunday House Call, #351, May 15, 2011 Topics today include knee pain, chronic back and neck pain, and weight-lifting injuries
Sunday House Call, #350, May 8, 2011 A melanoma awareness campaign with a brilliant video that has gone viral on youtube, osteoporosis therapy, a man with arm pain and past history of cancer, and the difference between gallstones and kidney stones. Further information about melanoma can be found here.
Sunday House Call, #349, May 1, 2011 Topics today include the difference between registered dieticians and nutritionists. Hint: the former use evidenced-based medicine , the latter… not so much. Your questions about CLA, numbness in the hands, knee pain and swelling, Actonel, asthma-like symptoms in a 79 year-old woman, Lewy Body dementia, hospital heart monitoring [...]
Sunday House Call, #348, April 24, 2011
An interview with Brett Skinner, President and director of Health Policy Studies at the Fraser Institute, about the state of our health care system and proposals to mitigate its unsustainability. Your comments about our system and questions about spinal stenosis, pain in the right hand, hip replacement surgery, vasculitis, gout, and circulatory problems.
References:
Canada’s Medicare Bubble: Is Government Health Spending Sustainable without User-based Funding?
Waiting Your Turn: Wait Times for Health Care in Canada 2010 Report
Canada’s health care crisis is an economics problem, not a management problem
Sunday House Call, #347, April 17, 2011 A discussion about the state of our healthcare system and the arrogance and lack of vision from Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty calling those who propose ideas outside of government policy “intellectually bankrupt“. Your questions about chronic pain management, the effects of prednisone in a person with Lupus, new [...]
Sunday House Call, #346, April 10, 2011 The future of our healthcare system and caller’s views and hip bursitis
Sunday House Call, #345, April 1, 2011 Some interesting web sites that provide some perspective about radiation exposure. Topics include carpal tunnel syndrome, split thumb nails, a 10-month-old that cannot crawl or turn over from front to back or back to front, shoulder pain, electromagnetic radiation exposure, and bile duct stones.
Sunday House Call, #344, March 27, 2011 Topics today include commentary on an article written about CFRA broadcaster Greg Hebert, anticoagulation therapy options for atrial fibrillation, silver impregnated bandages, abdominal hernias, possible endometriosis, and split finger tips during the winter.
Sunday House Call, #343, March 20, 2011 A discussion about what radiation from the Japanese nuclear plant is all about and how to determine the degree of health risk as it is reported in the news, a blocked bile duct, do bicycle seats damage the prostate?, prostate cancer, scrotal swelling and hydroceles.
