Other conditions

TBT – Chest Pain and Diabetes

Episode 74 – Video Laryngoscopy for Intubation and Blood Pressure Management post-Endovascular Thrombectomy

Episode 73 – Oral Semaglutide in Obesity and Enoxaparin for Prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis

Vision screening in primary care: Flawed methodology, dangerous recommendations

The Canadian Ophthalmological Society, which represents all ophthalmologists in Canada, recognizes the importance of guidelines but also appreciates the challenges around them. For guidelines to be effective, they need to involve a variety of stakeholders with varying expertise from the beginning to ensure inclusion of all the evidence and consideration of issues where there may not be published data.

TBT – Agitation in Dementia and Antiplatelet Therapy after Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Episode 72 – Early Metformin for Gestational Diabetes and Tirzepatide versus Insulin in Type II Diabetes

Mushrooms, nuts and collard greens: Nutrition and how to lower the odds of breast cancer

Breast cancer is the product of many factors over a lifetime. While some of those factors are out of our control, others like diet offer opportunities to mitigate risk.

Episode 71 – Intravenous Iron

Episode 69 – Hypertension and Heart Failure

Flashback Friday – Rapid Fire Metabolic Syndrome!

Episode 68 – CKD and Diabetes

Episode 67 – Stroke

Lung-cancer screening – primum non nocere (first, do no harm)!

Lung cancer is the number one global killer among cancers. Early detection can help patients' chance of survival but current screening measures also come with mixed benefits and risks.

Episode 66 – Biologics in COPD and Repairing Tricuspid Regurgitation

From diabetes medication to weight-loss wonder drug: Ozempic’s popularity raises big questions

Ozempic has raised a lot of questions. We asked a panel of experts what are the most important factors to consider when prescribing Ozempic for weight loss.

Health disinformation is harming autistic children: Are Canadian government regulations on the horizon?

With the recent explosion of health disinformation and harmful products for sale on social media have come real consequences for vulnerable children. Regulation and enforcement are crucial.

Episode 65 – Hydrocortisone for Pneumonia and Goals of Care Conversations

Harmful “cures” for autistic children: The many-headed hydra of social media

Autistic children are among the most vulnerable victims of the crisis of health disinformation. There are important issues around free speech on social media to sort out. But many of these debates are irrelevant when dangerous products begin to target kids.

Finding your energy envelope: Long COVID patients urged to ‘pace’ themselves back to health

For many long COVID patients, returning to activity can cause debilitating "crashes." But symptom management techniques like pacing can offer relief and may even help some patients slowly recover.

The real cost of not adopting universal pharmacare is Canadian lives

Pharmacare has not yet been implemented and the pandemic – and the supply and confidence agreement – only further entrenched Big Pharma’s power in Ottawa. But patients need access to life-saving medications.