Sore Throats & Sore Legs! Dexamethasone for Adult Pharyngitis and the Benefits of an Active Commute
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Jun 02 03:00:28 PDT 2017
It’s a special episode of The Rounds Table this week with guest hosts Dr. Fraser Pollard and Dr. Ashley Minuk. Fraser and Ashley are family physicians in Trenton, Ontario. Sore throat is a very common presentation in family practice. Many patients who seek care expect a prescription to offer some kind of relief. For adults,…
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My Relationship with Exercise + Orig3n Fitness DNA Testing
by Katie @ twist of lemons
Sun Jan 07 14:47:17 PST 2018
My relationship with exercise is commonplace. Boring, almost because it feels so cliche. The first time I went to a gym I was in high school, and I was already dancing 3-5 days a week. I started a routine of running on the treadmill before going to dance, so I was averaging two workouts a day. When I got to college, working out was a means of “undoing” the weekend damage – drinking, pizza, more drinking, and hungover
American pipeline protesters demonstrate outside Trudeau meetings
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Fri Feb 09 13:16:18 PST 2018
SAN FRANCISCO _ Opposition to Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline has followed Justin Trudeau to sunny California, where protesters demonstrated Friday outside the hotel where the prime minister was holding…
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On Our Soapbox: Antibiotics in intraabdominal sepsis and lipid therapy in the elderly
by Amol Verma @ The Rounds Table
Fri Jun 05 06:50:32 PDT 2015
Amol and Nathan want you to understand the following: 1. A short duration (4 days) of antibiotics for intra-abdominal sepsis was equivalent to a longer duration (approx. 8 days) of antibiotics for intra-abdominal sepsis after an appropriate source control procedure. 2. A population-based cohort study of elderly patients showed that lipid lowering therapy for primary prevention was…
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New energy projects get two year approval window under new assessment regime
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Thu Feb 08 13:26:41 PST 2018
OTTAWA _ Major new energy projects will have to be assessed and either approved or denied within two years under a massive new national assessment bill being introduced in the…
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Vitamania: Vitamin D and Mortality, Vitamin C and Smoking in Pregnancy
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed Jun 25 06:59:58 PDT 2014
This week: Vitamin D Levels and All-Cause Mortality, Vitamin C and Infant Lung Outcomes in Pregnant Smokers Reena and Amol want you to: 1. Recognize the potential association between Vitamin D levels and overall mortality. 2. Recognize that Vitamin C supplementation in pregnant women who smoke can improve infant lung outcomes (though it has not been shown to improve…
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Premier says minimum wage hike to $15.20 by 2021 will keep B.C. competitive
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Thu Feb 08 13:37:41 PST 2018
ANCOUVER _ British Columbia will gradually hike its minimum hourly wage to get to $15.20 by June 2021.
It’s a decision criticized by both labour and business groups.
“We believe…
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StatCan survey reveals Canadians pay less than $7 a gram for marijuana
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Thu Feb 08 13:29:40 PST 2018
TORONTO _ A Statistics Canada study suggests that Canadians on average pay less than $7 a gram for marijuana.
The drug is most expensive in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut,…
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Quackademic medicine and the delusion of being “science-based”
by David Gorski @ Science-Based Medicine
Mon Feb 12 00:52:05 PST 2018
Last week, I was interviewed by the a reporter from the Georgetown student newsletter about its integrative medicine program. It got me to thinking how delusion that one's work is science-based can lead to collaborations with New Age "quantum" mystics like Deepak Chopra.
They’re coming for Fahad: Air pollution and heart failure, renal denervation
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Apr 25 04:00:52 PDT 2014
This week: Air pollution and heart failure, renal denervation for hypertension. Fahad and Amol want you to: 1. Understand the relationship between air pollution and cardiovascular health, and its broader policy implications. 2. Recognize that renal denervation was not an effective treatment for hypertension when studied in a randomized, blinded, sham-controlled trial. Continuing Medical Education…
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Replay-The Royal We: Effects of Participation in NSQIP, Steroids for Pneumonia
by Amol Verma @ The Rounds Table
Fri Apr 24 07:24:33 PDT 2015
Effects of participation in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program and Prednisone in Community Acquired Pneumonia Nathan and Amol want you to understand the following: 1. Participation in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program has not appeared to improve overall patient outcomes or cost. 2. Adjunct prednisone treatment in community acquired pneumonia reduces time to clinical…
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100% Bullish: Simvastatin in MS, Communicating Risk
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Nov 14 04:00:07 PST 2014
Originally Aired September 10, 2014: Simvastatin in Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis and Communicating With Patients About Risk Rebecca and Amol want you to: 1. Recognize that simvastatin reduces the rate of whole brain atrophy in secondary progressive MS, which may be a promising new use for statins. 2. Understand that effective strategies to communicate risk include: Using…
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Mental health: moving beyond just medication
by Vanessa Milne, Maureen Taylor & Michael Nolan @ Healthy Debate
Thu Apr 20 04:30:15 PDT 2017
We deserve universal access to psychotherapy as part of Canada's mental-health coverage. Here's how to make it happen.
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DIY Cream Blush And Lip Tint Recipes
by Heather @ Mommypotamus
Mon Jan 02 04:08:18 PST 2017
If you love the fresh, dewy glow of cream blush but not the slew of parabens and phthalates that are used to achieve it, I think you’ll love these simple DIY cream blush and lip tint recipes. They create a dewy finish that makes skin glow, and are made with 100% non-toxic, natural and/or organic ingredients. Also, […]
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Best of Hospital Medicine 2013 Part II
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Jan 16 04:00:55 PST 2015
Originally Aired October 1, 2014: Blood Transfusions in Upper GI Bleeding, Aspirin in DVT prophylaxis, Vasopression and Steroids in Cardiac Arrest, MRSA Decolonization, Fluid and Sodium Restriction in Heart Failure Fahad and Amol want you to gain familiarity with a number of major new studies in hospital medicine published in 2013. Continuing Medical Education Internists can…
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Fathers and grandfathers of science: checklists, statin myalgia and breast cancer
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed Mar 26 05:05:44 PDT 2014
This week: surgical checklists, statin myalgia and breast cancer radiotherapy Janice, Nathan, and Amol want you to: 1. Understand the effect of surgical safety checklist implementation on surgical complication rates. 2. Understand the use of n-of-1 trials in evaluating the association between statin use and myalgia. 3. Recognize that intraoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer may be…
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Weston A. Price: “Just Thrive Probiotic Podcast is TOP 3 of 2017!”
by Chris @ Thrive Probiotic
Mon Jan 08 09:54:47 PST 2018
We are excited to report that Weston A. Price’s “Best of 2017” Episode is NOW available! Do yourself and your health a BIG favor – kick off 2018 with the best health tips in your back pocket! The episode includes excerpts from the popular Just Thrive Probiotic podcast (episode #84) featuring microbiologist Kiran Krishnan on the […]
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Everyone agrees: Pulmonary rehab helps people who have COPD. So why do so few access it?
by Dafna Izenberg & Seema Marwaha @ Healthy Debate
Thu Jan 25 04:00:07 PST 2018
Pulmonary rehabilitation is the standard of care in the treatment of COPD. And yet less than one percent of Canadians who have COPD are enrolled.
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Medical residency mismatch: number of unmatched Canadian medical graduates reaches all-time high
by Karen Palmer, Joshua Tepper & Jill Konkin @ Healthy Debate
Thu May 25 04:30:08 PDT 2017
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CTV News in Pyeongchang: Team Canada's medal wins
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Sat Feb 03 21:12:00 PST 2018
Valued Care: End of Life Care and Early Trends from “Choosing Wisely”
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri May 20 11:09:28 PDT 2016
This week, Amol and Dr. Kieran Quinn, both general internal medicine residents at the University of Toronto, discuss two studies: Where do people die? What types of care do they utilize at the end of life? A retrospective cohort study of people who died with cancer in seven developed countries evaluated the number of deaths…
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Popular Probiotic May Cause Neurotoxicity
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It’s Strange But True . . . Tipping at a restaurant in Iceland is considered an insult, camels have three eyelids, and what we thought we knew about L-acidophilus just might be all wrong. Okay, not ALL wrong, but what if certain probiotic strains sometimes can exacerbate chronic fatigue syndrome, autoimmune disorders and/or create brain …
Plants Shopping, Cooking, New Arrivals and Much More! | Ep 12 of #Authentic Alex
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At the Crack of Dawn: Resident Working Hours and Improving Antibiotic Prescribing
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Feb 19 09:25:48 PST 2016
This week, Amol, general internal medicine resident at the University of Toronto, and Nathan, general surgery resident also at the University of Toronto, discuss two recent papers: Resident duty hours have been a hotly debated topic for some time. A randomized control trial of United States residency programs compared conventional American duty hour regulations that…
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Why Your Bone Broth Doesn’t Gel
by Jenny @ Nourished Kitchen
Thu Jan 11 09:45:44 PST 2018
Bone Broth is a staple in the traditional foods kitchen, and a staple in kitchens all across the world. Its savory, umami-rich flavor helps to give depth to soups, stews and sauces, while its high protein content helps to extend the protein we get from other foods, like beans and pulses. Properly prepared, bone broth...
Cognition Edition: Post-Operative Delirium and Healthcare Costs in Dementia
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Jan 29 08:04:02 PST 2016
January is Alzheimer Awareness Month in Canada! To bring this to light, Amol and Nathan discuss three recent papers: The first is a systematic review and meta-analysis of risk factors for post-operative delirium. Among other findings, the study identified two nutritional-related variables, low BMI and low albumin, as delirium risk factors. Nathan relates this study to a…
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Boushie's family meets federal ministers after acquittal in murder trial
by @ CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS
Mon Feb 12 13:14:00 PST 2018
The grieving relatives of a First Nations man whose accused killer was acquitted by a Saskatchewan jury are meeting with federal ministers to take what they call a first step in the long road to reforming Canada's justice system.
Fire Away! Choosing the Right NOAC & How Physician Training Affects Patient Outcomes
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Jan 19 02:00:35 PST 2018
This week on The Rounds Table we are trying something different as our first new episode of 2018: just the salient points from FOUR articles instead of two! Same time spent listening, twice the take-away! Mike and Kieran break it down for listeners. Novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs) are everywhere, and they can put patients at…
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3 Easy DIY Vegetable Wash Recipes (Spray Or Soak)
by Heather @ Mommypotamus
Sat Jan 06 09:06:29 PST 2018
Despite what lawmakers say, pizza sauce is not a vegetable. For starters, tomatoes are fruits.:) Now, there have definitely been times when I’ve put egg drop soup on the table with pickles (also a fruit!) because it’s all I could pull together, but I try to include veggies as much as possible – creamy kale […]
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Manitoba senior billed $500 for ambulance ride to hospital across the street
by @ CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS
Mon Feb 12 18:35:00 PST 2018
A Manitoba senior with a knee problem is fighting a $500 ambulance bill that was charged to her after she needed help getting to the hospital across the street.
Explosion near Toronto leaves 3 injured
by @ CTV News on the Go - Bell Mobility
Sun Feb 11 12:25:00 PST 2018
Large parts of the building had collapsed before firefighters arrived on scene to extinguish the flames Sunday.
Summer Replay 4: Ezetimibe and clinical outcomes, BP lowering in diabetes and kidney disease
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Mon Aug 24 07:29:55 PDT 2015
Amol and Reena want you to understand the following: 1. When added to moderate dose statin, the IMPROVE-IT randomized trial showed that ezetimibe improved clinical outcomes in patients after acute coronary syndrome. 2. A network meta-analysis showed that no blood pressure lowering therapy improved mortality in patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease. The combination of ACE-inhibitors and…
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Canada looking to take home 6th Olympic curling gold with win in mixed doubles
by Adam Frisk @
Mon Feb 12 17:45:09 PST 2018
Canada is looking to continue its stronghold on Olympic curling at the Pyeongchang Games, as two powerhouses compete for the first gold medal handed out in the mixed curling doubles.
Avoiding the 'one-ring' phone scam spreading across Canada
by @ CTV News Video Player
Sun Feb 11 14:38:00 PST 2018
Phone scam dupes Torontonians out of $5.1M
Value Judgments: Whole exome sequencing and left atrial appendage closure devices
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Dec 05 04:00:18 PST 2014
This week, Travis and Amol want you to recognize that: 1. Recognize whole exome sequencing is an important new method of identifying genetic mutations associated with disease. 2. Understand that the 4-year follow-up of the PROTECT AF study showed that left atrial appendage closure devices may be superior to warfarin in preventing strokes in patients with atrial…
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I Move, Therefore I Am
by Whole9 @ Whole9 | Let us change your life.
Mon Jun 22 03:00:57 PDT 2015
A Whole9 guest post by James Murphy, amateur-adventurer and curious thinker, currently living in New Zealand. It’s impossible to talk about health without discussing movement and the increasingly common sedentary behaviour of our species. Most of us are not really moving a whole lot during the day. How closely does this resemble your daily routine? […]
Japanese speedskater fails doping test, 1st of 2018 Olympic Winter Games
by Adam Frisk @
Mon Feb 12 18:29:55 PST 2018
Kei Saito tested positive during an “out-of-competition” test.
Attempts to Survive Grad School
by Katie @ twist of lemons
Sun Oct 29 07:18:19 PDT 2017
Now that I’m two months into PA school, I’ve compiled a list of things that have been somewhat helpful. They range from keeping your brain to your body sane, increasing movement and abandoning expectations. I hope it’s helpful / if you’re in a similar program, feel free to leave things that have been helpful for you in the comments section! PS. plz note the title of this post begins with the word “attempts.” I definitely don’t have it
Top 5 Papers (Part 2): Challenging Asthma Diagnoses, Natriuretic Guided Therapy for Heart Failure, and Opioid Prescribing Patterns
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Nov 17 02:00:09 PST 2017
Each year, the Canadian Society for Internal Medicine (CSIM) Annual Meeting features a presentation of the “Top 5 Papers” in internal medicine. From the papers that had been discussed on The Rounds Table between November 2016 and October 2017, we selected 5 that we felt were particularly influential and presented them as the “Top 5…
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Summer Replay 3: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacements and Sugar Industry Influence on Research Priorities
by Amol Verma @ The Rounds Table
Fri Aug 07 08:51:47 PDT 2015
Originally aired May 22, 2015. Amol and Janice want you to understand the following: 1. Several RCTs and observational studies suggest that Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement reduces mortality and improves symptoms in frail, elderly patients. 2. A historical analysis demonstrates that the sugar industry had heavy influence in setting national dental research priorities in the 1970s, which…
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To a T: Testosterone Supplementation and Reducing Treatment Time in Stroke
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed Apr 30 04:00:51 PDT 2014
This week: Cardiovascular risk and testosterone supplementation, reducing time to treatment in acute ischemic stroke. Fahad and Amol want you to: 1. Recognize that observational evidence suggests that testosterone supplementation is significantly associated with cardiovascular events and mortality. 2. Understand that a national quality improvement initiative was associated with reduced treatment times for stroke and improved clinical outcomes. Continuing…
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Talking TIAs: Physician Assisted Death in Canada and a Transient Ischemic Attack Registry
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Apr 29 14:51:42 PDT 2016
What is the risk of adverse events after a transient ischemic attack (TIA)? While older studies tell us that the risk of stroke or acute coronary syndrome after a TIA is high in the first 3 months, does this hold true today? An international TIA Registry tried to answer this question by characterizing TIA and…
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Top 5 Papers (Part 1): PFO Closure or Antiplatelet Therapy for Stroke and Quantifying PE in Syncope
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Nov 10 02:00:05 PST 2017
Each year, the Canadian Society for Internal Medicine (CSIM) Annual Meeting features a presentation of the “Top 5 Papers” in internal medicine. From the papers that had been discussed on The Rounds Table between November 2016 and October 2017, we selected 5 that we felt were particularly influential and presented them as the “Top 5…
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Four ways Canada can shorten wait times for specialists
by Vanessa Milne, Joshua Tepper & Sachin Pendharkar @ Healthy Debate
Thu Feb 23 07:00:57 PST 2017
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When Care is Critical: Conservative vs Conventional Oxygen Treatment in the ICU and the Effect of Hydrocortisone on the Development of Septic Shock
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Dec 09 03:00:17 PST 2016
This week’s episode is jam-packed with critical care medicine. What is the effect of conservative versus conventional oxygen therapy on mortality in patients in the ICU? Hydrocortisone on development of septic shock? Kieran and Laura take listeners through two important studies examining these questions. Prior research suggested excessive oxygenation in patients admitted to the ICU…
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Summer Replay: Community Acquired Pneumonia and Skin Infections
by Amol Verma @ The Rounds Table
Sat Jul 18 09:15:55 PDT 2015
Aired April 23: Empiric antibiotic choices for community acquired pnuemonia and clindamycin versus trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for skin and soft tissue infections. Fahad and Amol want you to understand the following: 1. A large, high quality RCT showed that there was no significant difference between an empiric treatment strategy of beta-lactam vs beta-lactam plus macrolide vs respiratory fluoroquinolone for…
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Nova Scotia distiller sending four barrels of rum on round the world voyage
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Mon Feb 12 13:32:05 PST 2018
LUNENBURG, N.S. _ A Nova Scotia distillery is sending its spirits on an around-the-world trip on a tall ship, promising it will taste better for the journey.
Four barrels of…
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Obstetrical Medicine Special: Hypertension and Thrombophilia in Pregnancy
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Thu Feb 26 22:06:32 PST 2015
The CHIPS trial of Hypertension in Pregnancy and TIPPS trial of Thrombophilia in Pregnancy Janice and Amol want you to understand the following: 1. Tight blood pressure control in pregnancy does not affect fetal outcomes in pregnancy compared with loose blood pressure control. The only difference in maternal outcomes is a reduced risk of severe hypertension…
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VIDEO: Microbiologist Kiran Krishnan on Immune Health
by Chris @ Thrive Probiotic
Mon Feb 05 14:20:29 PST 2018
There’s a lot on the news about the flu and viruses going around, and it can be very scary. Here, Just Thrive microbiologist Kiran Krishnan talks about how and why taking spore probiotics can help enhance your immune health. Click the video below to watch now!
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Unintended Puns: Predicting Steroid Response in Asthma and Patient Perceptions of PCI
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Nov 07 04:00:01 PST 2014
This Week: Travis and Amol want you to: 1. Recognize IL-25 levels are good predictors of steroid-responsiveness in asthma. 2. Understand that the majority of patients who undergo elective percutaneous coronary intervention for stable angina are misinformed about its benefits. Continuing Medical Education Internists can receive 0.5 hours of Continuing Medical Education credit for each podcast…
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AloHAngover Helper
by Katie @ twist of lemons
Sun Sep 17 06:21:48 PDT 2017
It has been my personal passion project this summer to more intelligently handle a hangover, rather than waiting for it to pass and shoveling onion rings into my pie hole. And pie. Onion rings and pie into the pie hole. While I conducted a lot of my own research, found here, much of the suggestions came from readers. I was blown away by just how many people had found ways to hack their hangovers. It was really awesome
Federal government will intervene if needed on Trans Mountain: Carr
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Thu Feb 08 13:21:26 PST 2018
CALGARY _ Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr said the federal government will step in when necessary to ensure the Trans Mountain expansion project gets built, but is giving few details…
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Health System Failures 1: Ebola Basics
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Oct 24 04:00:48 PDT 2014
This Week: Reena and Amol want you to: 1. Understand the basics of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Continuing Medical Education Internists can receive 0.5 hours of Continuing Medical Education credit for each podcast they listen to through the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine (MOC Category 1) and the American Medical Association (PRA Category 1). To receive CME credit for listening…
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A small study presented earlier this month at the annual Digestive Diseases Week meeting reports there may be trace amounts of gluten in some probiotics. A lot of people with celiac disease and gluten sensitivity take probiotic supplements for digestive health. In this study, researchers sampled 22 popular probiotic brands, including 15 that were labeled gluten-free. Half of them contained detectable amounts of gluten, with two brands containing more than 20 parts per million (ppm) of gluten, the threshold set by FDA for gluten-free labeling.
Tips to Make Traveling with The Family Easier
by mb_jessica @ Mommys Bliss
Thu Feb 01 09:16:19 PST 2018
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Take me to the Bank: Resident call schedules in the ICU and Thyroid Nodules
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Thu Apr 16 23:25:14 PDT 2015
This week: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Resident Call Schedules in the ICU and The Natural History of Benign Thyroid Nodules. Nathan and Amol want you to understand the following: 1. There was no significant difference between three different call schedules in the ICU in terms of resident sleepiness or patient outcomes. 2. Benign thyroid nodules are…
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Like A Surgeon: Surgical skill variation, new oral anticoagulants
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed Aug 06 04:00:19 PDT 2014
Originally aired April 9, 2014: Surgical skill in bariatric surgery and new oral anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation Nathan and Amol want you to: 1. Understand how peer assessed technical skill was found to be associated with complication rates at the individual surgeon level. 2. Recognize that peer rating of technical skill may provide opportunities for…
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December Pb&Jamz
by Katie @ twist of lemons
Wed Dec 27 07:14:07 PST 2017
Awhile back I started a series called Pb&Jamz where I would post a pre-workout snack (usually of the pb and j variety like the rice cake with cashew butter and raspberry chia seed jam here) and I’d post a playlist of songs that get me pumped up for a sweaty workout. So here I am doing that again, hopefully as a little motivation after a big holiday week. In my gymbag: Healthy Human water bottle (color stone) Beyond Yoga
Suncor Energy increases stake in Syncrude, acquires stake in Fenja Development
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Mon Feb 12 13:37:58 PST 2018
CALGARY _ Suncor Energy Ltd. continued to consolidate its interest in Syncrude Canada’s oilsands mining operations on Thursday, announcing it would buy the five per cent stake owned since 1991…
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'Canada does not treat us right': Trump comments on trade
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Mon Feb 12 11:52:00 PST 2018
3 Benefits of Massage (And How To Make Massage Oil)
by Heather @ Mommypotamus
Sat Feb 10 19:59:32 PST 2018
Did you know that – without even speaking a word or touching – your heartbeat can synchronize with someone you love as you sit near them? It’s true. Powerful physiological bonds have been found between couples, parents and children, and even close friends. (Nikos-Rose, Dell’Amore) And yet it doesn’t always feel like that, does it? Our […]
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Summer Replay – The SPRINT to lower blood pressure
by Kieran Quinn @ The Rounds Table
Fri Aug 26 09:12:56 PDT 2016
This week, Amol, resident in General Internal Medicine at University of Toronto, and Mike Fralick, chief medical resident at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, talk about 2 blood pressure studies: A meta-analysis and systematic review found that more intensive blood pressure lowering was associated with improved cardiovascular outcomes and albuminuria. Amol discusses the trade-offs of…
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U.S. tobacco supplier acquires majority stakes in PEI, Ontario pot companies
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Fri Feb 09 13:35:46 PST 2018
CHARLOTTETOWN _ A U.S. tobacco leaf merchant has acquired majority stakes in a PEI licensed medical marijuana producer and a cannabis company that is developing indoor growing operations in Ontario.…
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Natural Body Cleansing: What are the Benefits and Where to Begin?
by Renew Life Team @ Renew Life Canada
Tue Sep 13 07:40:12 PDT 2016
Each day we are confronted by harmful toxins in the air we breathe, the food and water we consume, and even in the products we use every day to make our lives more convenient. Over time, those toxins can build up in the body and impact our overall health. For this reason, many health experts Continue reading
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B.C. already seeking new markets for wine in Asia and the U.S.: premier Horgan
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Fri Feb 09 13:20:12 PST 2018
VANCOUVER _ Premier John Horgan says he plans to intensify efforts to find new markets for B.C. wine, which was already being done before Alberta’s ban over the Trans Mountain…
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10 Ways to Get More Probiotics (without the dairy!)
Nourished Kitchen
Yogurt is far from the only way to get plenty of whole food probiotics. Check out these 10 ways to get food packed with probiotics that are all dairy free.
Can Endgame Tobacco radically reduce cigarette smoking?
by Karen Palmer, Sachin Pendharkar & Francine Buchanan @ Healthy Debate
Thu May 11 04:00:32 PDT 2017
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Canada AM: Probiotics for babies
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What is a probiotic and does it help a colicky baby? Dr. Marla Shapiro breaks down a recent study that may offer some relief for babies.
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Sault Ste Marie, Ontario
by Renew Life @ Renew Life Canada
Tue Jun 07 14:13:38 PDT 2016
Cleansing: Just What The Doctor Ordered
Dr. Sara Celik shares simple strategies that she has used to transform the health of thousands of Canadians.
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All About Diabetes: Bariatric Surgery and Physical Activity
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed May 28 04:00:11 PDT 2014
This week: A Randomized Trial of Bariatric Surgery vs. Medical Management; Physical Activity and the Risk of Type II Diabetes in patients with Gestational Diabetes Nathan and Amol want you to: 1. Recognize that bariatric surgery led to superior diabetes control compared to intensive medical management in a single centre randomized controlled trial over a 3 year follow up…
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Arithmetic Operations: Breast Cancer Screening Choices and Anticoagulation Bridging
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Thu Sep 24 22:29:38 PDT 2015
Nathan discusses a randomized trial about breast cancer screening that found that sending women information about both the risks and the benefits of breast cancer screening resulted in more women making an “informed choice” and fewer wanting to undergo screening mammography. Amol discusses the BRIDGE trial, which found that not bridging patients’ anticoagulation around the…
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Probiotic products in Canada with clinical evidence: What can gastroenterologists recommend?
PubMed Central (PMC)
Probiotics, defined as ‘live microorganisms, which when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host’, are finally becoming an option for gastroenterologists in Canada, after being available for many years in Japan, ...
Season 2 Promo: “Good Stuff” from our great new team
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Sep 11 07:21:47 PDT 2015
Season 2 of The Rounds Table kicks off next week. To get things started, here’s a short episode with ‘good stuff’ recommendations from our excellent new team: Jennifer Peng, Anthony Maher, and Annie Wang. Good Stuff Jennifer: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/11/the-dutch-village-where-everyone-has-dementia/382195/ Anthony: http://blogs.plos.org/globalhealth/2013/11/jojewell2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+plos%2Fblogs%2Fblogosphere+%28Blogs+-+Blogosphere%29 Annie: http://freakonomics.com/2015/08/27/are-you-ready-for-a-glorious-sunset-a-new-freakonomics-radio-episode/ Music Credits (Creative Commons): In your Robotic Heart – Nicolai Heidlas https://soundcloud.com/nicolai-heidlas/in-your-robotic-heart Drive – Nicolai Heidlas https://soundcloud.com/nicolai-heidlas/drive-fresh-upbeat-pop-background-music Piano…
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We turned one! “Too rich for my blood: Obesity, palliative care, hepatitis c”
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Mar 13 01:22:36 PDT 2015
Originally aired March 11, 2014: obesity, palliative care, hepatitis c Amol, Fahad, and Travis want you to: 1. Understand trends in obesity prevalence in adults and children. 2. Appreciate the effect of early palliative care on quality of life in patients with advanced cancer. 3. Recognize new therapeutic options in chronic Hepatitis C infection and their associated cost…
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Summer Replay: C the Difference – Adverse Events in Short Term Steroid Use & Prevention of Recurrence of C. difficile
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Sep 01 03:00:58 PDT 2017
Steroids are important and ubiquitous medications, and the side effects of long term use are well known and often reviewed. But what should clinicians know about short term use: are these medications benign? Jay takes listeners through a retrospective cohort study examining adverse events (sepsis, venous thromboembolism, fractures) associated with short term use of oral…
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How To Find The Best Probiotic (And If You Really Need One)
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Not all probiotic supplements are created equal.
The science behind curling
by @ CTV News on the Go - Bell Mobility
Mon Feb 12 12:00:15 PST 2018
From a stone curl to how to sweep a rock, the game of curling comes down not only to athletic skill, but to subtle science.
New Territories: Apple Juice for Gastroenteritis in Children and Rheumatoid Arthritis Long Term Outcomes
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri May 27 10:09:57 PDT 2016
This week, Amol and Janice, staff internist at Mount Sinai Hospital, discuss two studies: A randomized trial asked whether diluted apple juice works just as well as oral rehydration therapy in treating minimal dehydration in children with gastroenteritis. Children 6 to 60 months presenting to the emergency department were randomized to half-strength apple juice or…
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Study estimates 41 per cent of Canadian companies had sensitive data exposed
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Thu Feb 08 13:32:21 PST 2018
TORONTO _ A new study suggests nearly 90 per cent of Canadian organizations suffered at least one security breach last year and sensitive data was exposed almost half of the…
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Sudbury, Ontario
by Renew Life @ Renew Life Canada
Tue Jun 07 14:00:17 PDT 2016
Cleansing: Just What The Doctor Ordered
Dr. Sara Celik shares simple strategies that she has used to transform the health of thousands of Canadians.
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An Exercise in Contrasts: Contrast Induced Nephropathy and Exercise in Cancer
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Mar 18 10:57:47 PDT 2016
This week, Amol discusses contrast induced nephropathy. At an overall reported incidence of 10%, contrast induced nephropathy leads to worse clinical outcomes and double the rate of mortality. A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effectiveness of prevention strategies found that there is no strong evidence for any intervention beyond volume expansion with saline. N-acetyl…
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Probiotics: Yogurt's secret ingredient - Canadian Business - Your Source For Business News
Canadian Business - Your Source For Business News
Probiotics are now added to yogurt, sports drinks, coffee—even shampoo. Meet the specialized manufacturers feeding off the craze.
Best of Hospital Medicine 2013 Part I
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Jan 09 14:00:56 PST 2015
Originally Aired September 24, 2014: Fecal Transplantation & Probiotics for C. difficile; Prone Positioning in ARDS; Steroids in COPD; Hospital Management of Diabetes. Fahad and Amol want you to gain familiarity with a number of major studies in hospital medicine published in 2013. 1. Fecal transplantation is effective for recurrent C. difficile infection. 2. Probiotics are…
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The Secret of The Fridge! | Ep 14 of #Authentic Alex
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Mon Feb 05 15:00:00 PST 2018
The Secret of The Fridge! | Ep 14 of #Authentic Alex
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Fort McMurray man battling mental illness that manifests itself through seizures
by Sarah Kraus @
Mon Feb 12 18:08:18 PST 2018
For Nathan Koops, the middle of 2016 brought on more than his mind could take. His family fled for their lives during the Fort McMurray wildfire in May, only for Nathan to be called back a few days later to fight The Beast.
Firing on All Cylinders! Hypothyroidism in Pregnancy, (Virtually) Managing Diabetes, and Anticoagulation Post Stroke
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri May 19 03:00:07 PDT 2017
This week on The Rounds Table we’re back by popular demand with another rapid fire episode: just the salient points from FOUR articles instead of two. Same time spent listening, twice the take-home! Kieran Quinn and Mike Fralick tease out the bottom line for listeners. Both hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia are prevalent, real, concerns for patients…
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Scotiabank buying investment manager Jarislowsky Fraser for $950M
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Mon Feb 12 13:36:02 PST 2018
TORONTO _ The Bank of Nova Scotia’s purchase of Montreal’s renowned Jarislowsky Fraser investment firm for $950 million will create the third-largest active money manager in Canada amid growing consolidation…
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Rio Tinto investing $250 million to extend life of Vaudreuil alumina refinery
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Mon Feb 12 13:39:10 PST 2018
SAGUENAY, Que. _ Rio Tinto says it’s investing $250 million in its Vaudreuil alumina refinery in Quebec to extend the life of the operation past 2022.
The company says work…
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Both sides in Quebec ABI smelter lockout agree to resume negotiations: minister
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Fri Feb 09 13:13:21 PST 2018
MONTREAL _ Management at the ABI aluminum smelter in Becancour, Que., is agreeing to restart negotiations with locked-out employees.
Quebec Labour Minister Dominique Vien says talks will resume after meeting…
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Cabinet steps up security review of proposed Chinese takeover of Aecon Group
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Mon Feb 12 13:43:13 PST 2018
MONTREAL _ The Canadian government is stepping up its national security review of the proposed takeover of Canadian construction company Aecon Group Inc. by a Chinese state-owned business.
Toronto-based Aecon…
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3 big stories you might have missed on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018
by @ CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS
Mon Feb 12 17:46:46 PST 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump says Canada “does not treat us right,” an angry mother says her daughter’s 10-hour emergency room wait is unacceptable, and servers at an Ontario restaurant are speaking out against their boss’s “tip out” demand.
8 Ways to Add Movement to Daily Life
by Whole9 @ Whole9 | Let us change your life.
Mon Jul 13 03:00:52 PDT 2015
Whole9 guest post by Coach Rut, who has over a quarter century of fitness coaching experience and holds academic degrees in biology and physical education, and Master’s degrees in exercise physiology and sports biomechanics. If you read the reports and the statistics, most people aren’t really getting more fit or any healthier. On my 5:00 a.m. […]
To Treat or Not To Treat? Immigrant Status and End-of-Life & Delirium Treatment in Palliative Care
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Nov 03 02:00:23 PDT 2017
This week on The Rounds Table we’re covering important studies in palliative care: treatment of delirium at end-of-life, and examining populations who may be more likely than others to receive aggressive end-of-life care. Kieran and Chris Yarnell break it down for listeners. Sheliza and Emily round out the episode with a special segment on qualitative…
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Legionnaires’ Disease: The Other Disneyland Outbreak
by Clay Jones @ Science-Based Medicine
Fri Jan 12 05:00:12 PST 2018
As 2017 came to a close, Disneyland again played a role in the outbreak of an infectious disease, this one much more deadly than measles.
Obamas’ official painted portraits revealed
by @ CTV News on the Go - Bell Mobility
Mon Feb 12 16:26:18 PST 2018
The National Portrait Gallery unveiled the official portraits of the former U.S. president and first lady.
CANVASsing for Healthy Hearts: Canakinumab for Atherosclerosis and Canaglifozin for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Sep 22 02:00:20 PDT 2017
This week on The Rounds Table we’re deepening our understanding of cardiovascular disease management through covering two exciting new articles. Kieran and Paxton break it down for listeners. Last season we covered FOURIER/evolocumab and the reduction of cardiovascular events through aggressive lipid lowering with PCSK-9 inhibitors. Do treatments that target inflammation without affecting lipid levels…
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Depression Session: Cardiovascular Outcomes with Antidepressants and Preventing Depression in Primary Care
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Apr 08 09:51:39 PDT 2016
This week, Amol and his co-host Reena, general internist at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, discuss two recent papers on depression: What is the risk of cardiovascular outcomes in patients using antidepressants? A cohort study of patients age 20 to 64 found no evidence that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are associated with increased cardiovascular…
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'Justice for Colten': Rallies held after not guilty verdict
by @ CTV News on the Go - Bell Mobility
Sat Feb 10 12:33:00 PST 2018
Rallies were held in cities across Canada to show support for the family of Colten Boushie, an Indigenous man who was shot and killed in 2016.
Dollar Dreams: Bedspacing, Mortality, and Epic Healthcare Costs
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Dec 15 02:00:33 PST 2017
This week on The Rounds Table we’re looking at the big picture: the effect of bedspacing on mortality and factors associated with increased healthcare spending. Laura and Kieran cover two new articles. Bedspacing is something that everyone in Internal Medicine encounters at some point. The concept is really this: when General Internal Medicine wards become…
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Probiotics During Pregnancy
American Pregnancy Association
Thinking about using probiotics during pregnancy? If so, you may want to read this article provided by the American Pregnancy Association.
Exam Prep: Caregivers in the ICU and Symptoms in Smokers
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Sat Jun 11 04:53:21 PDT 2016
This week Amol and Nathan discuss two studies: A multi-centre, prospective study evaluated the physical and mental health status of caregivers for patients discharged from the intensive care unit (ICU). Using hospital data and self-administered questionnaires, the study found most caregivers of critically ill patients are at high risk for depression, anxiety and poor mental health.…
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Old Questions, New Options: Spironolactone for Resistant Hypertension and Polymer-Free Stents
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Jan 22 11:44:44 PST 2016
This week, we debut our new “Two Truths, One Lie” segment! Join us and put your knowledge to the test. As always, Amol, general internal medicine resident at the University of Toronto, and Reena, staff physician at St. Michael’s hospital, discuss 2 recent papers: A multi-centred cross over trial conducted in the UK tried to…
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From SES to Soil: Neighbourhood Disadvantage and A Groundbreaking New Antibiotic
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Jan 23 04:00:41 PST 2015
Neighbourhood Disadvantage and 30-day Rehospitalization; Teixobactin – a Novel Antibiotic Reena and Amol want you to understand the following: 1. Neighbourhood disadvantage was associated with an increased risk of readmission similar to the presence of chronic diseases like COPD. 2. Teixobactin is a new antibiotic with activity against gram positive organisms that was discovered using…
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Dropping Names and Dropping Weight: The obesity paradox and new cholesterol guidelines
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Tue May 06 04:00:17 PDT 2014
This week: Cardiovascular Disease and Population Health Fahad and Amol want you to: 1. Understand that high quality evidence now demonstrates that obesity does not confer a survival benefit in Type 2 Diabetes, and patients should aim to achieve a normal body weight. 2. Recognize that the new cholesterol guidelines move away from specific lipid targets and recommend statin therapy…
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U.S. stocks stage late rally as TSX dips in red after tumultuous week
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Fri Feb 09 13:45:50 PST 2018
TORONTO _ North American markets largely pushed higher Friday after a choppy session, capping off a tumultuous period that has seen Canada’s main stock index drop more than five per…
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The Bigger Picture: Industry Sponsored Research and Negative Trials
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Oct 14 05:00:15 PDT 2016
This week’s Rounds Table is all about studying studies, emphasizing the importance of understanding a body of evidence within the context of existing literature. A refreshing reminder that the “big picture” in medical research can be easy to lose sight of when keeping up to date with individual trials! Dr. Ashley Minuk, Family Physician…
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Aecon sale to face federal reviews encountered by Potash Corp, Norsat and others
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Mon Feb 12 13:35:12 PST 2018
TORONTO _ Aecon Group Inc.’s proposed $1.5 billion acquisition by a Chinese state-owned company hit a snag Monday when the federal government announced it is stepping up its national security…
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Summer Replay – Valued Care: End of Life Care and Early Trends from “Choosing Wisely”
by Kieran Quinn @ The Rounds Table
Fri Sep 02 10:06:12 PDT 2016
This week, Amol and Dr. Kieran Quinn, both general internal medicine residents at the University of Toronto, discuss two studies: Where do people die? What types of care do they utilize at the end of life? A retrospective cohort study of people who died with cancer in seven developed countries evaluated the number of deaths…
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Italian Sausages Braised in Tomato Sauce
by Jenny @ Nourished Kitchen
Mon Nov 13 10:43:55 PST 2017
One of my family's favorite weeknight meals, these Italian Sausages are braised in a flavor-forward tomato sauce that's spiked with oregano, garlic and a hint of crushed red pepper. You can make it in a single pan. It's excellent served over polenta or roasted spaghetti squash.
Summer Replay – Caregivers in the ICU and Symptoms in Smokers
by Kieran Quinn @ The Rounds Table
Fri Aug 19 13:22:44 PDT 2016
This week Amol and Nathan discuss two studies: A multi-centre, prospective study evaluated the physical and mental health status of caregivers for patients discharged from the intensive care unit (ICU). Using hospital data and self-administered questionnaires, the study found most caregivers of critically ill patients are at high risk for depression, anxiety and poor mental health.…
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Real Moms Share: Pregnancy Announcement from a Mommy’s Bliss Brand Ambassador
by mb_admin @ Mommys Bliss
Tue Nov 07 17:39:05 PST 2017
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Summer Replay 2: Reducing c-sections and prednisolone vs. pentoxifylline for alcoholic hepatitis
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Sun Jul 26 10:05:06 PDT 2015
Amol and Nathan want you to understand the following: 1. A large randomized evaulation of a quality improvement intervention demonstrated a modest but significant reduction in rates of cesarean-section in Quebec. 2. A large double-blind randomized-controlled-trial of over 1100 patients showed that pentoxifylline is not beneficial in the treatment of alcoholic hepatitis and prednisolone may have mild…
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Close to My Heart: Aspirin for Preterm Preeclampsia and Natriuretic Guided Therapy for Heart Failure
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Sep 29 02:00:18 PDT 2017
This week on The Rounds Table Kieran Quinn and Fraser Pollard cover two new studies; the first investigates medical treatment to reduce the risk of preterm pre-eclampsia, and the second examines natriuretic peptide guided therapy for management of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Sheliza Halani and Emily Hughes round out the episode with a…
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REPLAY – Is Canada Ready for National Pharmacare?
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Mar 03 03:00:41 PST 2017
“There is no comparable healthcare system in the world that does not ensure universal coverage of [at least] essential medicines.” – Dr. Steve Morgan on the need for Pharmacare in Canada What would a Canadian National Pharmacare Program look like? We break it down for you this week on a special episode of The Rounds…
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Salesforce will invest $2B over 5 years to grow its Canadian business
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Thu Feb 08 13:27:39 PST 2018
Customer relations management company Salesforce says it will invest $2 billion in its Canadian business over the next five years.
The San Francisco, Calif.-based firm says it will increase its…
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Brain Week: Early Rehab for Stroke and Drug Interaction Increases Bleeding in Brain
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Nov 06 05:45:30 PST 2015
Amol, general internal resident at the University of Toronto, and Raed Joundi, neurology resident at the University of Toronto, discuss 2 recent studies: Is early mobilization helpful for stroke patients? A randomized control trial showed that early aggressive rehabilitation for acute stroke patients resulted in worse outcomes. Amol and Raed speculate reasons behind this counter-intuitive…
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Probiotics: Health or Hype?
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Marketers are adding probiotics to yogurts, supplements and even pizza. But do they really make a difference in health?
Prostatectomy, pharmacare, and protein mutations
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed Mar 19 02:28:36 PDT 2014
This week: prostatectomy, prescription drug costs, exome sequencing for rare mutations Learning objectives – Amol, Nathan, and Travis discuss: 1. Understand that radical prostatectomy improved overall and disease free survival and decreased metastasis compared with watchful waiting in men with localized prostate cancer of intermediate grade. 2. Understand how the cost of prescription drugs is regulated…
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The characteristics of antivaccine networks on Facebook
by David Gorski @ Science-Based Medicine
Mon Jan 08 00:00:11 PST 2018
Facebook has become a major hub by which antivaccine messages are propagated. A recent study examines the characteristics of antivaccine groups on Facebook and comes to some not-so-startling conclusions.
8 Benefits of Yarrow – And How To Use It In Your Kitchen
by Heather Dessinger and Dr. Lori Valentine Rose (PhD), Certified Nutrition Professional (CNP), Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition @ Mommypotamus
Mon Jan 22 09:18:45 PST 2018
Old Man’s Pepper. Soldier’s Herb. Knight’s Milfoil. Thousand Weed. Nose Bleed. <<– Yarrow has a colorful list of names, and an even richer and more colorful history of use in European, Native American, and Chinese medicine. The ancients called it Herbe Militaris – the Military Herb – because it was often used to staunch bleeding and […]
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Getting “Travis-y”: Stroke and AFib, Naloxegol for Opioid Constipation
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed Jul 02 04:00:27 PDT 2014
This week: Cryptogenic Stroke and Atrial Fibrillation, Naloxegol for Opioid-Induced Constipation Fahad and Amol want you to: 1. Appreciate the importance of subclinical atrial fibrillation in cryptogenic stroke and consider longer monitoring to detect it. 2. Recognize Naloxegol as a targeted therapy for opioid-induced constipation that is more effective than placebo but its effectiveness has not been compared directly with existing laxative therapies.…
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Special Gastroenterology Edition with Dr. Samir Grover, Gastro-naut
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Jan 30 04:00:53 PST 2015
Eosinophilic esophagitis Samir and Amol want you to understand the following: 1. Eosinophilic esophagitis is an important and under-recognized clinical condition that causes significant symptoms and is very treatable. 2. Endoscopy, and particularly duodenoscopy, is an important potential source of infection transmission. 3. The rise of outpatient endoscopy clinics requires the development of an appropriate remuneration, regulatory,…
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Fahad’s Work and Fahad Gets Worked Up: Prevalence of severely underweight women and peripheral arterial disease
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Dec 18 13:50:16 PST 2015
This week, Amol, general internal medicine resident at the University of Toronto, and Fahad, general internist at St. Michael’s hospital in Toronto, discuss two recent papers: Fahad and colleagues recently published a study in JAMA that looks at severe adult undernutrition in low and middle income countries. Using 20-year health survey data collected by USAID,…
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Super Cool Stuff: A Bionic Pancreas and Weekly Antibiotics
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed Aug 13 04:00:28 PDT 2014
Originally aired June 20, 2014: Bionic Pancreas in Type 1 Diabetes and Weekly Dalbavancin for Skin Infections Travis and Amol want you to: 1. Understand the potential role of a novel bionic pancreas in glycemic control in type 1 diabetes. 2. Recognize that dalbavancin is non-inferior to vancomycin/linezolid in treating skin infections and represents a potentially revolutionary once…
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Are probiotics good for you? and other frequently asked questions
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As a nutritionist (and one who frequently recommends probiotics), I get a lot of questions about probiotics. Here I have compiled the most frequently asked questions and offered you my answers to help guide you in making good bacteria a part of your health routine.
What we loved at SGIM 2015: Medication Safety, Super-Utilizers, and Community Health Workers
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Thu Apr 30 22:00:23 PDT 2015
This week: The MARQUIS study of interventions to reduce medication errors in hospital, super-utilizer patients, and the potential of community health workers for population health and medical education. Amol and Shail want you to understand the following: 1. Medication errors are an important problem in hospital and a multi-faceted intervention can be effective in addressing this issue. 2.…
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Probiotics and prebiotics in pregnancy
BabyCenter Canada
Find out whether probiotics and prebiotics are safe in pregnancy.
Alberta and B.C. left with limited options to escalate trade war
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Thu Feb 08 13:33:14 PST 2018
CALGARY _ British Columbia Premier John Horgan held off on ratcheting up a trade war with Alberta Wednesday, but experts say both provinces still have a few limited options to…
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Season Finale: Dabigatran Reversal and Digoxin Mortality
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Jul 03 08:52:47 PDT 2015
Fahad and Amol want you to recognize that: 1. Idarucizumab as an agent that specifically reverses the hemostatic effects of dabigatran. 2. A post-hoc analysis of the ROCKET-AF study showed that digoxin is associated with increased mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation. The papers Idaracizumab for Dabigatran reversal. Digoxin use and mortality in ROCKET-AF. Good stuff http://www.smacc.net.au/about-us/welcome/ http://emupdates.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Strayer-Opioid-Misuse-SMACC-Slideset.pdf…
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REPLAY: Double Down – Liraglutide for the Prevention of Diabetes and Bariatric Surgery for the Treatment of Diabetes
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri May 26 03:00:20 PDT 2017
Kieran has officially finished his Royal College Exam to qualify as a General Internist; which means, this week is the first of two weeks of replay episodes while he takes a much deserved break! This replay episode features Kieran and Ashley Minuk in discussion on two studies examining therapies in people with diabetes. Diabetes research is…
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North American stocks plunge, Dow and S&P 500 enter correction territory
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Thu Feb 08 13:50:59 PST 2018
TORONTO _ North American stock indexes plunged steadily throughout the day, with losses on the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor 500 entering correction territory.
In New…
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Canada’s volatile jobs survey posts biggest monthly drop since 2009
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Fri Feb 09 13:15:17 PST 2018
OTTAWA _ The vigour that carried the Canadian labour market on its impressive run in 2017 hit a speed bump to start this year with its largest one-month job drop…
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Almost 50 vehicles jammed in highway pileup
by @ CTV News on the Go - Bell Mobility
Fri Feb 09 14:07:00 PST 2018
Emergency crews in Calgary have been called to more than 100 crashes since Thursday, including a pileup that involved about 50 cars.
Headlines and Highlights: A Review of the Latest Edition of Four Journals
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Mar 25 07:52:59 PDT 2016
This week, we debut a new format at the Rounds Table. Amol reviews articles published from the latest edition of four journals: Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the Lancet, Annals of Internal Medicine and the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Tune in to hear the latest medical findings, including mindfulness for back…
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LCBO chooses Shopify to run online cannabis sales; more pot retail news expected
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Mon Feb 12 13:46:31 PST 2018
TORONTO _ The Ontario government has inked a deal to use Shopify Inc.’s e-commerce platform for cannabis sales online and in stores as part of its plan to be the…
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REPLAY – Drugs on the Brain: Opining on Opioid-Induced Death and Ticagrelor for TIA or Stroke
by Kieran Quinn @ The Rounds Table
Fri Sep 30 03:00:42 PDT 2016
We’re back and better than ever with a NEW host! This season, Kieran Quinn takes the reigns and is excited to bring you the latest and greatest in the world of emerging clinical evidence. Along outgoing host Amol Verma, the two hosts discuss two studies: Just how dangerous are opioids in the treatment of chronic pain…
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Replay: Better Vagal Maneuvers for Arrhythmias and eCigarettes in Adolescents
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Dec 11 04:45:28 PST 2015
This week we are replaying our first episode of the season. Originally aired on September 18, 2015, Amol and Fahad discuss: 1. A randomized controlled trial shows that a new approach to vagal maneuvers for supraventricular tachyarrhythmia was shown to be significantly more effective than traditional maneuvers. 2. A survey in California adolescents shows that there is…
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We’re Back (pain)!: Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation, Paracetamol and back pain
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed Sep 03 04:00:24 PDT 2014
Perioperative AFib and Long-Term Risk of Ischemic Stroke; Paracetamol not more effective than placebo in acute low back pain Nathan and Amol want you to: 1. Understand that perioperative atrial fibrillation is associated with increased long-term risk of ischemic stroke. 2. Recognize that a high quality Randomized Controlled Trial demonstrates that paracetamol is not more effective than placebo…
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Homemade Cough Drops With Honey And Lemon
by Heather @ Mommypotamus
Fri Feb 02 08:10:14 PST 2018
If you’ve ever tried making homemade cough drops with just honey, you know it’s nearly impossible not to end up with a scorched mess. I’ve tried every winter for the past three years, but have never actually succeeded. These soothing sore throat meltaways are as far as I’ve gotten to a true cough drop . . . […]
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All About Diabetes: Bariatric Surgery and Physical Activity
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Aug 29 04:00:57 PDT 2014
Originally aired May 28, 2014: A Randomized Trial of Bariatric Surgery vs. Medical Management; Physical Activity and the Risk of Type II Diabetes in patients with Gestational Diabetes Nathan and Amol want you to: 1. Recognize that bariatric surgery led to superior diabetes control compared to intensive medical management in a single centre randomized controlled trial over a 3…
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The final push to pass a federal version of the cruel sham of “right-to-try” is under way
by David Gorski @ Science-Based Medicine
Mon Jan 15 00:44:43 PST 2018
Right-to-try laws are a cruel sham that claim to help terminally ill patients by providing them with earlier access to experimental therapeutics, even though they do very little in this regard. Promoted primarily by the libertarian think tank the Goldwater Institute, in reality they are a strategy to weaken the FDA's regulatory power to assure that marketed drugs are safe and effective. Now, a final push is on, with the help of the Koch brothers, to pass right-to-try. For the sake of patients, this push must fail.
Thunder Bay, Ontario
by Renew Life @ Renew Life Canada
Wed Aug 31 08:18:05 PDT 2016
Cleansing: Just What The Doctor Ordered
Dr. Sara Celik shares simple strategies that she has used to transform the health of thousands of Canadians.
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Team Canada shines in pre-Olympic hockey game
by @ CTV News on the Go - Bell Mobility
Mon Feb 12 18:28:59 PST 2018
Hundreds of locals packed a community rink in South Korea to watch a friendly hockey game between Team Canada and Sweden.
Is family medicine residency too short and too urban?
by Karen Palmer, Sachin Pendharkar & Jill Konkin @ Healthy Debate
Fri Mar 31 04:00:27 PDT 2017
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SARAH’s VOICE: Pre-exposure prophylaxis in HIV and exercise for the rheumatoid hand
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Thu Mar 05 21:30:36 PST 2015
VOICE: Tenofovir and Emtricitabine for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in African women and SARAH: Hand exercises in Rheumatoid Arthritis Fahad and Amol want you to understand the following: 1. Pre-exposure prophylaxis was not effective in a population of African women. Medication adherence was apparently excellent based on self-report and pill counting, however serum drug levels demonstrated that it…
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Is Canada Ready for National Pharmacare?
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Feb 10 03:00:07 PST 2017
“There is no comparable healthcare system in the world that does not ensure universal coverage of [at least] essential medicines.” – Dr. Steve Morgan on the need for Pharmacare in Canada What would a Canadian National Pharmacare Program look like? We break it down for you this week on a special episode of The Rounds…
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New Beginnings: Better Vagal Maneuvers for Arrhythmias and eCigarettes in Adolescents
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Thu Sep 17 22:21:56 PDT 2015
Amol and Fahad discuss: 1. A randomized controlled trial shows that a new approach to vagal maneuvers for supraventricular tachyarrhythmia was shown to be significantly more effective than traditional maneuvers. 2. A survey in California adolescents shows that there is an association between eCigarette use and subsequent tobacco use, raising concerns about a ‘gateway’ effect. The…
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What are probiotics and why are they good for me? | Canadian Living
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Summer Replay: Calling Home – Accuracy of The Surprise Question, Medical Assistance in Dying, and SGLT2 Inhibitors & DKA
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Aug 25 03:00:41 PDT 2017
This week on The Rounds Table we are focusing on papers that highlight talent at home – here in Toronto! Kieran hosts Dr. James Downar and Dr. Mike Fralick to discuss their recent publications, and Emily and Sheliza bring listeners the final special segment of the year. The surprise question – Would I be surprised…
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Histamine Intolerance: Everything You Need To Know Explained in Plain English
by Joe (MSc Nutrition), Dietitian @ DIET vs DISEASE
Tue Feb 06 08:21:47 PST 2018
[Last updated 10th February, 2018] Histamine intolerance is poorly understood in the medical world. Most health professionals are not knowledgeable on the topic; diagnosis is flaky at best; and the condition itself is difficult to treat. That’s why I’ve created this guide. It’s a comprehensive, research-driven review of histamine intolerance, with a particular emphasis on [Discover More...]
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How to Prevent and Treat Mastitis Naturally
by Heather @ Mommypotamus
Thu Jan 25 04:46:24 PST 2018
Inside: The symptoms of mastitis and blocked ducts, plus home remedies that may help and tips for preventing mastitis. Did you know that when you kiss your baby, your breastmilk changes as needed to combat pathogens? It’s true. “When a mother kisses her baby, she ‘samples’ those pathogens that are on the baby’s face – […]
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Best of Hospital Medicine 2013 Part II
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed Oct 01 04:00:35 PDT 2014
This week: Blood Transfusions in Upper GI Bleeding, Aspirin in DVT prophylaxis, Vasopression and Steroids in Cardiac Arrest, MRSA Decolonization, Fluid and Sodium Restriction in Heart Failure Fahad and Amol want you to gain familiarity with a number of major new studies in hospital medicine published in 2013. Continuing Medical Education Internists can receive 0.5 hours…
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Parents devastated after Edmonton Tourette clinic left without child psychiatrist
by Kim Smith @
Mon Feb 12 17:01:17 PST 2018
Dozens of Edmonton-area families are devastated by big changes in care for their children living with Tourette Syndrome.
January Pb and Jamz
by Katie @ twist of lemons
Sun Jan 28 09:06:17 PST 2018
Here’s a new workout playlist!! And in my gym bag: Cocokind Skincare toner, chia seed face oil, and matcha stick. Water bottle. And thermos for post-workout smoothie. Playlist is below!
Canadian who was detained by al Qaeda affiliate in Syria describes harrowing ordeal
by @ CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS
Mon Feb 12 17:40:51 PST 2018
Chatham, Ont., man Sean Moore is speaking out for the first time about the torture he experienced at the hands of an al Qaeda affiliate in Syria.
REPLAY: To Treat or Not To Treat? Immigrant Status and End-of-Life & Delirium Treatment in Palliative Care
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Dec 29 02:00:52 PST 2017
This week on The Rounds Table we’re covering important studies in palliative care: treatment of delirium at end-of-life, and examining populations who may be more likely than others to receive aggressive end-of-life care. Kieran and Chris Yarnell break it down for listeners. Sheliza and Emily round out the episode with a special segment on qualitative…
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Legacy of Ronald Reagan to hover over Trudeau trade speech to lawmakers
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Fri Feb 09 13:37:07 PST 2018
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. _ Ronald Reagan’s free trade legacy will be on full display later today when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes his last plea to lawmakers to keep American…
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Questioning Convention: Acetaminophen for Fever and Calcium for Fractures
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Oct 16 06:50:37 PDT 2015
Amol and Janice, general internal medicine residents at the University of Toronto, discuss 2 recent studies that challenge 2 widely accepted medical practices. Does using acetaminophen to treat fever improve outcomes? A randomized control trial found that giving acetaminophen to critically ill patients did lower their fever, but did not affect the number of ICU…
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Sepsis, Pepsis, and Happiness: New Sepsis Definition and Effect of Happiness on Mortality
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Mar 04 13:22:24 PST 2016
This week, Amol, general internal medicine resident at University of Toronto, and Reena, general internist at St. Michael’s hospital in Toronto, discuss two recent papers: What exactly defines sepsis and how should sepsis be assessed? The Third International Consensus Definitions Task Force worked to define sepsis as “life-threatening organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host…
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Summer Replay: New Antithrombotic Therapy Guidelines and Low Calorie Diet for Diabetes Remission
by Amol Verma @ The Rounds Table
Wed Aug 03 13:56:59 PDT 2016
This week, Amol talks about new antithrombotic therapy guidelines and using low calorie diet for diabetes remission. The American College of Chest Physicians issued new antithrombotic guidelines for the treatment of venous thromboembolism in February 2016. Amol highlights five updates in the guidelines, and discusses the evidence behind each recommendation. Diabetes has long been described…
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Summer Replay: All Things Must End – Gradual Versus Abrupt Smoking Cessation and Palliative Care Effectiveness
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Jul 21 03:00:25 PDT 2017
Is quitting cold turkey the best way to stop smoking? When should you transfuse a patient? How effective are current models of palliative care? We’re answering relevant and thought-provoking questions this week on The Rounds Table! Ashley, like many family physicians, makes a point of advising and supporting smoking cessation at most visits she has…
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Are there pros to taking probiotics?
Global News
A new study casts doubts on the benefits probiotics can have on a healthy gut.
Just look at us now: Vagal nerve block for weight loss and stopping inhaled steroids in COPD
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed Oct 15 06:00:14 PDT 2014
This Week: Vagal nerve blockade for weight loss; stopping inhaled steroids in COPD Nathan and Amol want you to: 1. Learn about vagal nerve blockade as a potential new weight loss intervention 2. Understand that we may be able to safely taper and stop inhaled glucocorticoids in patients with stable severe COPD who are already on two inhaled bronchodilators. Continuing…
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Pure GOLD: Updated 2016 COPD Management Guidelines
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Feb 05 08:57:33 PST 2016
This week, Amol, general internal medicine resident at the University of Toronto, discusses the GOLD 2016 COPD management guidelines, and compares it to the new Star Wars movie! While many clinicians will have a well-practiced approach to managing COPD exacerbations, Amol examines the evidence for why we do what we do. He talks about the…
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Flying Solo: Warfarin vs. New Oral Anticoagulants, what does the evidence say?
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Sat Jun 27 23:47:20 PDT 2015
Amol wants you to: 1. Consider how the evidence helps us decide whether to prescribe a patient warfarin or a novel oral anticoagulant for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. Continuing Medical Education Internists can receive 0.5 hours of Continuing Medical Education credit for each podcast they listen to through the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine (MOC Category 1)…
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Too Much to Ask? Wait Times for Hip Fracture Surgery and Clinician Denials of Patient Requests
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Feb 02 02:00:06 PST 2018
This week on The Rounds Table we are examining two important studies: the first looking at an association between wait times for hip fracture surgery and mortality, and the second examining clinician denials of patient requests. Hip fractures are a relatively common injury among our aging population. As our elderly population increases, hip fractures are…
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Brave New World: Filtered Sunlight for Jaundice and Text Messages for Healthy Lifestyle
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Sat Oct 03 10:28:40 PDT 2015
It’s phototherapy without the need for electricity. Fahad discusses how filtered sunlight is found to be equivalent to conventional phototherapy in treating infants with elevated bilirubin levels. The film that filters the sunlight is low cost and low-tech, yet has the potential for global impact. Amol discusses using text messages to battle cardiovascular disease. Semi-personalized motivational…
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Super Cool Stuff: A Bionic Pancreas and Weekly Antibiotics
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed Jun 18 04:00:44 PDT 2014
This week: Bionic Pancreas in Type 1 Diabetes and Weekly Dalbavancin for Skin Infections Travis and Amol want you to: 1. Understand the potential role of a novel bionic pancreas in glycemic control in type 1 diabetes. 2. Recognize that dalbavancin is non-inferior to vancomycin/linezolid in treating skin infections and represents a potentially revolutionary once weekly approach to…
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Calling Home: Accuracy of The Surprise Question, Medical Assistance in Dying, and SGLT2 Inhibitors & DKA
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Jun 23 03:00:35 PDT 2017
This week on The Rounds Table we are focusing on papers that highlight talent at home – here in Toronto! Kieran hosts Dr. James Downar and Dr. Mike Fralick to discuss their recent publications, and Emily and Sheliza bring listeners the final special segment of the year. The surprise question – Would I be surprised…
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The Royal We: Effects of Participation in NSQIP, Steroids for Pneumonia
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Feb 20 04:04:16 PST 2015
Effects of participation in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program and Prednisone in Community Acquired Pneumonia Nathan and Amol want you to understand the following: 1. Participation in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program has not appeared to improve overall patient outcomes or cost. 2. Adjunct prednisone treatment in community acquired pneumonia reduces time to clinical…
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How to Make Dream Dust with Evidence-Based Herbs for Sleep
by Heather Dessinger and Dr. Lori Valentine Rose (PhD), Certified Nutrition Professional (CNP), Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition @ Mommypotamus
Thu Feb 08 07:09:33 PST 2018
If you’ve been around here for long, you know that I am 100% dedicated to sleep. I am not afraid to go orange-alien faced to combat sleep-busting blue-light, slather butter on my body if it will increase sleep-promoting magnesium, or even drink bananas (B.A.N.A.N.A.S.). So you can bet I jumped at the chance to work […]
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Together Again: Aromatase Inhibitor for DCIS and New Colorectal Cancer Screening Recommendations
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Apr 01 09:58:49 PDT 2016
This week, Amol and Nathan discuss breast cancer and colorectal cancer: Two randomized control trials compared the aromatase inhibitor anastrozole to tamoxifen as adjuvant hormone therapy for postmenopausal women with ductal carcinoma in situ. Both trials were double blind and multi-centred, with one trial (NSABP B-35) enrolling North American patients and the other (IBIS-II DCIS)…
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Replay: We’re Back (pain)! Perioperative Atrial Fibrillation, Paracetamol and back pain
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Apr 03 07:37:19 PDT 2015
Originally aired September 3, 2014: Perioperative AFib and Long-Term Risk of Ischemic Stroke; Paracetamol not more effective than placebo in acute low back pain Nathan and Amol want you to: 1. Understand that perioperative atrial fibrillation is associated with increased long-term risk of ischemic stroke. 2. Recognize that a high quality Randomized Controlled Trial demonstrates that paracetamol is…
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Fun in the Okanagan sun on a chilly Family Day
by Shelby Thom @
Mon Feb 12 18:09:14 PST 2018
Kelowna recorded temperatures below the freezing level on Monday but the chilly weather didn't stop the young and old from enjoying a sunny Family Day in the Okanagan.
Indigenous health services often hampered by legislative confusion
by Karen Palmer, Joshua Tepper & Michael Nolan @ Healthy Debate
Thu Sep 21 07:25:07 PDT 2017
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Ontario sheds 59K part time jobs in Jan. as new $14 minimum wage begins
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Fri Feb 09 13:12:30 PST 2018
Ontario shed some 59,300 part-time jobs in January _ the same month the province hiked minimum wage some 20 per cent to $14 an hour, but experts say it may…
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Black History Month: What lessons should Canadians learn?
by @ CTV News Video Player
Mon Feb 12 07:47:00 PST 2018
The 2018 Flu Epidemic: Hives and other Influenza Related Nonsense
by Clay Jones @ Science-Based Medicine
Fri Feb 09 04:58:26 PST 2018
While it isn't likely to be the flumaggedon, it is shaping up to be a really bad flu season. Unfortunately there is a lot of overzealous news coverage that I fear is causing more anxiety among parents than is warranted.
Too rich for my blood: obesity, palliative care, hepatitis c
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Tue Mar 11 04:01:13 PDT 2014
This week: obesity, palliative care, hepatitis c Learning objectives – Amol, Fahad, and Travis discuss: 1. Understand trends in obesity prevalence in adults and children. 2. Appreciate the effect of early palliative care on quality of life in patients with advanced cancer. 3. Recognize new therapeutic options in chronic Hepatitis C infection and their associated cost implications. Continuing…
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Great Minds Think Alike: Nurse Staffing and Appropriateness of Coronary Angiography
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed May 21 04:00:37 PDT 2014
This week: Nurse Staffing and Education and Hospital Mortality; Appropriate Use of Coronary Angiography Nathan and Amol want you to: 1. Understand that this study demonstrated relationships between nurse to patient ratio and average nurse education level to post-operative mortality among a large cohort of European patients. 2. Recognize different approaches to studying appropriateness and that variability in…
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Could probiotics save the bats? Scientists test powder against deadly fungus
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Canadian scientists are racing to test a remedy that they hope will save bats from a deadly fungus that has already killed millions of the winged mammals across the continent.
Rexall adds naloxone kits to its 446 stores to help prevent opioid overdoses
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Thu Feb 08 13:28:30 PST 2018
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. _ Rexall Pharmacy Group Ltd. says a naloxone kit is now available at each of its Canadian stores to help prevent opioid overdose deaths.
The company says it…
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Rapid Fire to Keep the Blood Pumping – BP Management, Lung Cancer Screening, and Intubation During Cardiac Arrest
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Mar 24 03:00:37 PDT 2017
This week on The Rounds Table we are trying something a little different: just the salient points from FOUR articles instead of two! Same time spent listening, twice the take-away! Dr. Michael Fralick, general internist at St. Michael’s Hospital, takes the lead on this rapid fire approach. Even in the post-SPRINT era optimal BP targets…
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Replay: Resident Call Schedules in the ICU and Thyroid Nodules
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Thu Oct 22 20:29:51 PDT 2015
This week we are replaying one of our favourite old episodes, due to many of our team members being away at the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine Conference. Originally aired on April 17, 2015, Nathan and Amol want you to understand the following: 1. There was no significant difference between three different call schedules in…
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Replay: How Physicians Die and Frozen Fecal Transplant for C. difficile
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri May 06 06:18:58 PDT 2016
This week, we are replaying one of our favourite past episodes. Originally aired on February 12, 2016, Amol, general internal medicine resident at the University of Toronto, and Fahad, staff internist at St. Michael’s hospital in Toronto, discuss 3 papers: Where do physicians die? What is the intensity of the care they receive at the…
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Toronto stock index rallies as oil prices and loonie stabilize, U.S. markets also up
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Mon Feb 12 13:47:26 PST 2018
TORONTO _ Canada’s main stock index surged more than 200 points in a broad-based advance as U.S. stocks rallied for a second session in a row, erasing some of the…
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The Sweet Truth: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacements and Sugar Industry Influence on Research Priorities
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri May 22 06:00:59 PDT 2015
Amol and Janice want you to understand the following: 1. Several RCTs and observational studies suggest that Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement reduces mortality and improves symptoms in frail, elderly patients. 2. A historical analysis demonstrates that the sugar industry had heavy influence in setting national dental research priorities in the 1970s, which is relevant for industry relations…
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‘Canada does not treat us right’ says Trump, as he threatens new global tax
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Mon Feb 12 13:33:56 PST 2018
WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump is complaining about Canadian trade practices while threatening a tax on international imports, indicating Monday that the idea of some form of border fee remains…
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What it’s really like to practice medicine in the U.S.
by Karen Palmer, Jeremy Petch & Debra Bournes @ Healthy Debate
Thu Oct 19 07:24:21 PDT 2017
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Repeat: Value Judgments – Whole exome sequencing and left atrial appendage closure devices
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Jun 19 07:38:07 PDT 2015
Originally Published December 5, 2014: Travis and Amol want you to recognize that: 1. Recognize whole exome sequencing is an important new method of identifying genetic mutations associated with disease. 2. Understand that the 4-year follow-up of the PROTECT AF study showed that left atrial appendage closure devices may be superior to warfarin in preventing strokes in patients…
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Morning Routine | Ep 13 of #Authentic Alex
by @ Look & Feel Amazing | Alex Fergus Blog
Tue Jan 23 15:00:00 PST 2018
Morning Routine | Ep 13 of #Authentic Alex
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3:40 - Morning Stretches
04:00 - Morning health cocktail
04:25 - Check my Oura Ring Sleep Score and HRV score
06:20 - Morning Walk
06:40 - Water my indoor plants and Garden and Barefoot grounding
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Is Canadian research falling prey to predatory journals?
by Karen Palmer, Timothy Caulfield & Maureen Taylor @ Healthy Debate
Thu Jan 19 05:00:08 PST 2017
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Sorry Sports Analogies: Statins in ARDS and COPD, Rotavirus Vaccine
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Thu Aug 14 03:00:35 PDT 2014
Originally aired July 9, 2014: Statins for COPD, ARDS and human-bovine Rotavirus vaccine Fahad and Amol want you to: 1. Understand that 2 high quality RCTs demonstrate that statins are not effective in improving clinical outcomes in either COPD or Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). 2. Recognize that a novel Rotavirus vaccine was developed through an international public-private…
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Toymaker Spin Master alleges patent infringement by Alpha Group US
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Mon Feb 12 13:42:22 PST 2018
TORONTO _ Spin Master Corp. has launched a lawsuit against Alpha Group US and Alpha Animation and Toys Ltd. in multiple jurisdictions, alleging patent infringement on its Bakugan toys.
The…
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Canada will do what it must to prevent B.C. from stopping pipeline, says Carr
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Mon Feb 12 13:36:50 PST 2018
OTTAWA _ Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr says the government will not entertain any attempts by British Columbia to stall or stop the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
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Philippines president kills controversial helicopter deal with Canada
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Fri Feb 09 13:18:47 PST 2018
OTTAWA _ The president of the Philippines has told his military commanders to cancel a controversial deal to buy 16 helicopters from Canada, after the Trudeau government ordered a review…
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Antibiotic Therapy & Probiotics: When You’re on Antibiotics & Need “THE BEST” Probiotic, Think SPORE Probiotics…
by Chris @ Thrive Probiotic
Mon Jan 22 11:35:14 PST 2018
The cold and flu epidemic has reached an all-time high this season. It’s even been reported that the occurrence of flu this season alone has doubled. Visits to the ER due to cold/flu instances have risen from 5% to over 11%. But it’s not just common flu or bacterial illnesses that are causing issues…there are […]
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Double Down: Liraglutide for the Prevention of Diabetes and Bariatric Surgery for the Treatment of Diabetes
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Apr 07 03:00:48 PDT 2017
Kieran has officially finished half of his Royal College Exam to qualify as a General Internist; which means, we are back to new episodes every week to keep listeners up to date with the most recent and important medical research. This week, Kieran and Ashley Minuk delve into two studies examining therapies in people with…
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Re-Play: Gastroenterology Edition with Dr. Samir Grover, Gastro-naut
by Amol Verma @ The Rounds Table
Fri May 15 08:02:25 PDT 2015
Originally Aired Jan 30: Eosinophilic esophagitis, outbreaks associated with duodenoscopy, and the rise of private endoscopy clinics Samir and Amol want you to understand the following: 1. Eosinophilic esophagitis is an important and under-recognized clinical condition that causes significant symptoms and is very treatable. 2. Endoscopy, and particularly duodenoscopy, is an important potential source of infection transmission.…
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'Peter Rabbit' team apologizes for scene involving allergies
by @ CTV News Video Player
Mon Feb 12 17:14:18 PST 2018
More or Less: Sepsis, Shock, Stroke, and Staying Dry in Heart Failure
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Feb 09 02:00:09 PST 2018
This week on The Rounds Table Kieran and Mike are back with another rapid fire episode: just the salient points from four articles instead of two. Guidelines recommend the use of hydrocortisone in patients with septic shock if adequate fluid resuscitation and treatment with vasopressors does not restore hemodynamic stability; however, current guidelines classify this…
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Trump: 'Canada does not treat us right'
by @ CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS
Mon Feb 12 11:55:00 PST 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump is complaining about Canadian trade practices while threatening a tax on international imports, indicating Monday that the idea of some form of border fee remains alive.
Best of Hospital Medicine 2013 Part 1
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed Sep 24 04:00:42 PDT 2014
This week: Fecal Transplantation & Probiotics for C. difficile; Prone Positioning in ARDS; Steroids in COPD; Hospital Management of Diabetes. Fahad and Amol want you to Gain familiarity with a number of major new studies in hospital medicine published in 2013. 1. Fecal transplantation is effective for recurrent C. difficile infection. 2. Probiotics are not effective in…
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Is Tamiflu Dangerous?
by Heather @ Mommypotamus
Mon Feb 05 10:33:11 PST 2018
Note: In the five years since I first published this post, more families have come forward with stories of Tamiflu side effects that I believe need to be shared. I’ve updated the post with them, plus additional comments from researchers. Watching your cholesterol levels? Take some Lipitor and forget about it. Like, ACTUALLY forget about […]
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Changing the Tune: Post-operative Readmission and Music as Perioperative Therapy
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Nov 27 13:45:14 PST 2015
Amol, general internal medicine resident at the University of Toronto, and Nathan, general surgery resident at the University of Toronto, discuss 2 recent studies: Does it matter which hospital patients return to after surgery? A large retrospective cohort study showed that when post-operative patients are re-admitted to the same hospital where they had their surgery,…
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100% Bullish: Simvastatin in MS, Communicating Risk
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed Sep 10 04:00:58 PDT 2014
This week: Simvastatin in Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis and Communicating With Patients About Risk Rebecca and Amol want you to: 1. Recognize that simvastatin reduces the rate of whole brain atrophy in secondary progressive MS, which may be a promising new use for statins. 2. Understand that effective strategies to communicate risk include: Using visual aids, speaking…
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Strangers take DNA swabs to help toddler with leukemia
by @ CTV News on the Go - Bell Mobility
Mon Feb 12 06:00:08 PST 2018
Hockey players at a tournament outside Ottawa took DNA swabs on the weekend in the hopes of finding a match for Melia Payne.
Physi-Oh My! Physiotherapy for Hip Osteoarthritis and Whiplash
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed Jul 16 04:00:49 PDT 2014
This week: Physiotherapy in Chronic Hip Osteoarthritis and Whiplash Sara Guilcher and Amol want you to: 1. Recognize that 2 high quality randomized controlled trials showed that a comprehensive physiotherapy intervention did not reduce pain or improve function in chronic hip osteoarthritis or whiplash. 2. Appreciate that although the role of physiotherapy in acute pain…
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The SPRINT to lower blood pressure
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Dec 04 13:17:06 PST 2015
This week, Amol, resident in General Internal Medicine at University of Toronto, and Mike Fralick, chief medical resident at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, talk about 2 blood pressure studies: A meta-analysis and systematic review found that more intensive blood pressure lowering was associated with improved cardiovascular outcomes and albuminuria. Amol discusses the trade-offs of…
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Smoke & Mirrors? Tai Chi vs. Physiotherapy for Knee Osteoarthritis & Symptoms in Smokers with Preserved Pulmonary Function
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Nov 25 03:00:19 PST 2016
Dr. Fraser Pollard, Family Physician in Trenton ON, discusses his frustration with the lack of effective treatments for osteoarthritis for long-term pain and disability in his patients. But there is hope! Fraser dips his toes into critically examining alternative medicine in leading listeners through a single blinded comparative effectiveness trial of Tai Chi versus physiotherapy…
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Choosing the Right Drug: Non-Opioids for Acute Pain & Edoxaban for Venous Thromboembolism
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Jan 26 02:00:18 PST 2018
This week on The Rounds Table we are covering two important articles: the first examining combination opioids versus non-opiods for acute pain, and the second examining the use of edoxaban to treat cancer-associated venous thromboembolism (VTE). Kieran Quinn and Paxton Bach break it down for listeners. Opioid addiction is arguably the biggest epidemic of our…
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Filling Buckets: Septic Shock and Asthma
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed Jun 04 04:00:59 PDT 2014
This week: Protocol-based care for septic shock and a new treatment for allergen-induced asthma Janice and Amol want you to: 1. Recognize the role of protocol-based care in the early recognition and management of septic shock. 2. Recognize that TSLP is a promising new treatment target in allergy-induced asthma. Continuing Medical Education Internists can receive 0.5 hours of Continuing…
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How I Met Your D-dimer: Weight loss, pulmonary embolism, and HIV
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed Apr 02 04:00:20 PDT 2014
This week: Weight loss in colorectal cancer screening, D-dimers in Pulmonary Embolism, and Gene Editing in HIV Nathan, Amol and Travis want you to: 1. Recognize that modifiable lifestyle factors such as inactivity, weight, diet, and alcohol consumption are under-appreciated risk factors for colorectal cancer. 2. Understand how a weight loss and lifestyle improvement…
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Best Probiotics For Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS): Explained in Plain English
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Infiltrative Pseudoscience
by Steven Novella @ Science-Based Medicine
Wed Jan 17 05:20:50 PST 2018
If you don't think that CAM is the enemy of science in medicine, then you don't understand CAM and its proponents. Don't be fooled by their marketing. They want a return to the pre-scientific days when health gurus could sell any snake oil they want at exorbitant prices, with any hyped claims that they want, without going through all that tedious science.
Getting Cardiovascular: Baseline Risk and Hypertension Treatment and Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Coronary Stents
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Nov 28 04:00:27 PST 2014
This Week: Baseline cardiovascular risk calculators and hypertension treatment, and dual antiplatelet treatment after coronary stenting This week, Fahad and Amol want you to understand that: 1. A cardiovascular risk calculator can predict the degree of treatment benefit that patients may derive from blood pressure treatment. 2. There is limited evidence to recommend continuing dual antiplatelet therapy beyond…
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Debatable Landmarks: Ezetimibe and clinical outcomes, BP lowering in diabetes and kidney disease
by Amol Verma @ The Rounds Table
Fri Jun 12 09:14:23 PDT 2015
Amol and Reena want you to understand the following: 1. When added to moderate dose statin, the IMPROVE-IT randomized trial showed that ezetimibe improved clinical outcomes in patients after acute coronary syndrome. 2. A network meta-analysis showed that no blood pressure lowering therapy improved mortality in patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease. The combination of ACE-inhibitors and…
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Peanut Placebo, Nocebo, PCSK9: Lipid lowering and peanut allergy
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Sat Mar 21 14:20:50 PDT 2015
This week: New studies of PCSK9 inhibitors for lipid lowering and a randomized controlled trial of early peanut exposure to prevent allergy Fahad and Amol want you to understand the following: 1. PCSK9 inhibitors are new cholesterol-lowering monoclonal antibodies that have been shown to reduce LDL beyond standard therapy with statins and have been associated with reduced…
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Lemon Bread Recipe With Vanilla Glaze (Gluten-Free, Paleo)
by Heather @ Mommypotamus
Wed Jan 10 14:10:16 PST 2018
It’s happened to you, too right? You’re scrolling through Facebook and some divine looking recipe flits across your feed. Before you know it your rummaging through your pantry to check for ingredients, because this recipe needs to happen right. now. (Seriously, not just me, right?) Now, usually I am more of a steak and kale […]
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These are not real stock tips: Post-op DVT Prophylaxis and Intra-arterial Treatment of Stroke
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Feb 06 04:00:50 PST 2015
Factor XI Antisense Oligonucleotides for Post-operative VTE and Intra-arterial Treatment for Stroke Nathan and Amol want you to understand the following: 1. Factor XI is a promising treatment target for preventing VTE, with a recent study showing that an antisense oligonucleotide was more effective in reducing VTE and had less associated bleeding than enoxaparin. 2. Intra-arterial…
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The Antibiotics Jam: Community Acquired Pneumonia and Skin Infections
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Thu Apr 23 06:00:31 PDT 2015
This week: Empiric antibiotic choices for community acquired pnuemonia and clindamycin versus trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for skin and soft tissue infections. Fahad and Amol want you to understand the following: 1. A large, high quality RCT showed that there was no significant difference between an empiric treatment strategy of beta-lactam vs beta-lactam plus macrolide vs respiratory fluoroquinolone for the…
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How Intentional Personal Growth Affected My Habit Changes
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Mon Jul 06 03:00:54 PDT 2015
A Whole9 guest post by Kate Galliett, creator of Fit for Real Life and The Unbreakable Body, an online strength and mobility program If you want to create a habit change in your life that sticks, one crucial element is the belief that you can do it. But what is “believing in yourself”? You can’t […]
Proud to be Here: Declining Rates of Dementia and EPO-Agents for Anemia in Kidney Disease
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Feb 26 10:29:03 PST 2016
This week, Amol, general internal medicine resident at the University of Toronto, and Fahad, staff internist at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, discuss 2 recent papers: Is dementia in decline? A study using the well-characterized Framingham cohort found that dementia rates in the last four decades have declined by 20%. Fahad evaluate the quality of…
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All About Bleeding: Transfusion targets after cardiac surgery and intracranial bleeding on warfarin
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Mar 27 09:14:17 PDT 2015
This week: The TITRE2 trial about hemoglobin transfusion strategies after cardiac surgery and the RETRACE study about intracranial bleeding in patients on warfarin. Nathan and Amol want you to understand the following: 1. In cardiac surgery patients, a restrictive transfusion strategy was no different than liberal transfusion in terms of combined clinical outcomes of infectious and vascular events…
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Summer Replay – Pondering Preventability: Readmissions and Catheter-Associated UTI
by Kieran Quinn @ The Rounds Table
Fri Aug 12 06:38:12 PDT 2016
This week, Amol and Kieran discuss two studies: How can we prevent readmission? An observational study of 1000 general internal medicine patients from 12 United States academic medical centres found that 26.9% of readmissions were potentially preventable. Key factors associated with potential preventability included decision making in the emergency department, lack of information to outpatient…
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Health Systems Failures 2: Unplanned Readmissions and Malpractice Reform
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Oct 31 04:00:09 PDT 2014
This Week: Reena and Amol want you to: 1. Appreciate the challenges in reducing unplanned readmissions to hospital and concerns about that metric as a quality indicator. 2. Recognize that malpractice reform in three US states did not reduce the intensity of physician practice or resource utilization, suggesting that “defensive medicine” may not be a large…
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Lemon Cake with Honeyed Raspberry Cream Frosting
by Jenny @ Nourished Kitchen
Wed Feb 07 15:12:00 PST 2018
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Enjoying the Holidays! | Ep 11 of #Authentic Alex
by @ Look & Feel Amazing | Alex Fergus Blog
Tue Jan 09 15:00:00 PST 2018
Enjoying the Holidays! | Ep 11 of #Authentic Alex
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OVERVIEW:
0:00 – Live Festival
0:30 – Intro at the Beach
1:40 – Preparing a Brisket for the Barbeque
3:40 – Wedding Planning
4:30 – Training in the Sun
7:25 – Hakarimata Walkway – a Lot of Steps
9:45 – Garden Update
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Pondering Preventability: Readmissions and Catheter-Associated UTI
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Sun Jun 19 08:12:29 PDT 2016
This week, Amol and Kieran discuss two studies: How can we prevent readmission? An observational study of 1000 general internal medicine patients from 12 United States academic medical centres found that 26.9% of readmissions were potentially preventable. Key factors associated with potential preventability included decision making in the emergency department, lack of information to outpatient…
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Replay: Filtered Sunlight for Jaundice and Text Messages for Healthy Lifestyle
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Thu Nov 12 15:36:03 PST 2015
This week we are replaying one of our favourite episodes from earlier this season: Originally aired on October 3, 2015, Amol, general internal resident at the University of Toronto, and Fahad, Staff Internist at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, discuss two papers. It’s phototherapy without the need for electricity. Fahad discusses how filtered sunlight is found to…
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Good Digestive Health Begins with Probiotics
by Renew Life Team @ Renew Life Canada
Tue Sep 20 13:38:19 PDT 2016
All too often digestion can seem like an automatic process, but nowadays scientists are discovering that we need to have a different mindset. Specifically, we need to be mindful of the fact that a balanced gut is the foundation for optimal health—and one of the ways we can do that is by understanding the benefits Continue reading
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Heart Success! Bilateral mastectomies in breast cancer, the PARADIGM-HF Heart Failure Trial
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed Sep 17 04:00:53 PDT 2014
This week: Changes in incidence and mortality associated with bilateral mastectomy for breast cancer and Neprilysin-inhibition for heart failure Nathan and Amol want you to: 1. Recognize that bilateral mastectomies for breast cancer are increasing in incidence, perhaps because of increased use of MRI, and they are not associated with a reduction in mortality. 2. Understand that…
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Tim Hortons sees slow sales for 5th straight quarter amid franchisee dispute
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Mon Feb 12 13:45:11 PST 2018
Tim Hortons restaurants recorded a fifth consecutive quarter of sluggish sales, while its parent company Restaurant Brands International Inc. outperformed analyst expectations on profit for its fourth quarter.
The sales…
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A Tale of Two Studies: Medical Male Circumcision, Ischaemic Heart Disease
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed Jul 23 04:00:31 PDT 2014
This week: Economic Incentives for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision, and Lifestyle Counselling for Ischaemic Heart Disease Reena and Amol want you to: 1. Understand that medical male circumcision is effective in reducing transmission of HIV and other sexually-transmitted infections. 2. Recognize that an economic incentive designed to compensate people for ancillary costs and lost wages is modestly…
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The Elephant in the Compounding Pharmacy
by Harriet Hall @ Science-Based Medicine
Tue Jan 16 00:00:35 PST 2018
Contaminated products from compounding pharmacies have harmed and even killed patients. Quality control measures are being implemented, but there is a bigger problem: the injudicious use of untested and potentially dangerous treatments.
Does eating more probiotic bacteria really make us healthier?
by Karen Palmer, Sachin Pendharkar & Timothy Caulfield @ Healthy Debate
Thu Jul 20 04:00:35 PDT 2017
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Saccharomyces Boulardii
by Julia @ Consumer's Health Report
Thu Feb 08 14:02:28 PST 2018
Saccharomyces Boulardii What is Saccharomyces Boulardii Saccharomyces boulardii is a type of yeast that is tropical. Harvested from a lychee and mangosteen fruit in 1923. is sometimes used as a probiotic, and can be found in probiotic supplement, with the...
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
by Renew Life @ Renew Life Canada
Wed Aug 31 07:46:56 PDT 2016
Cleansing: Just What The Doctor Ordered
Dr. Sara Celik shares simple strategies that she has used to transform the health of thousands of Canadians.
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Cleansing: Just What The Doctor Ordered
by Renew Life @ Renew Life Canada
Fri Jun 03 12:57:25 PDT 2016
Dr. Sara Celik shares simple strategies that she has used to transform the health of thousands of Canadians.
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A Stroke of Insight: PFO Closure or Antiplatelet Therapy for Stroke and Anticoagulation Education in Atrial Fibrillation
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Oct 13 02:00:26 PDT 2017
A stroke of insight this week on The Rounds Table; Kieran and Mike share the findings of two exciting new studies. Should a patent foramen ovale (PFO) be closed in the context of cryptogenic stroke? What is the impact of educational intervention surrounding anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation? Listen as Kieran and Mike cover…
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If you build it, they will come! – ICU beds, dementia and quality of care in MI outcomes
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Nov 04 03:00:34 PDT 2016
Ever wondered about when to mechanically ventilate patients with dementia in the ICU? Or how hospital quality predicts survival post MI? Tune in this week as Dr. Laura Walker, Chief Medical Resident at St. Michael’s Hospital, and Kieran discuss two intriguing studies! The prevalence of dementia is steadily rising across North America. Among hospitalized nursing…
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Featured on Healing Quest: Kiran Krishnan
by Chris @ Thrive Probiotic
Fri Jan 19 14:14:35 PST 2018
Check out Just Thrive Probiotic microbiologist Kiran Krishnan’s latest radio interview on Healing Quest radio! The Just Thrive segment starts 8 minutes in! CLICK HERE TO LISTEN >> http://bit.ly/2Dv2TEM
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Dazed and Confused – Dexmedetomidine for the Prevention of Delirium and the Safety of LABAs in Asthma
by Kieran Quinn @ The Rounds Table
Fri Sep 16 05:00:16 PDT 2016
This week Kieran and Dr. Fraser Pollard, a Family Physician in Trenton, Ontario, discuss two studies: Using long acting beta agonists (LABAs) safely and appropriately in the management of asthma is widely debated, with evidence suggesting a potential risk of serious asthma-related events associated with the use of LABAs. But is the potential risk warranted?…
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Replay: Amol’s 10 Favourite Papers of 2015
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Thu Mar 10 17:04:33 PST 2016
This week we are replaying our first episode of the season. Originally aired on January 11, 2016, Amol, general internal medicine resident at the University of Toronto, talk about his 10 favourite papers of 2015. Rate us on iTunes! Follow us on Twitter @roundstable. The Papers 1. Teixobactin, a new antibiotic: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v517/n7535/full/nature14098.html 2. Modified Valsalva…
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Trudeau looks to lure tech talent, capital north in San Francisco visit
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Thu Feb 08 13:25:35 PST 2018
The employee roll at Ben Zifkin’s Toronto-based startup is set to double over the coming year to handle the increase in users of his free service, a business-based social network…
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Colorectal cancer screening can save lives – so why don’t more Canadians do it?
by Karen Palmer, Mike Tierney & Debra Bournes @ Healthy Debate
Thu Jun 22 04:00:46 PDT 2017
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Like A Surgeon: Surgical skill variation, new oral anticoagulants
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed Apr 09 04:00:56 PDT 2014
This week: Surgical skill in bariatric surgery and new oral anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation Nathan and Amol want you to: 1. Understand how peer assessed technical skill was found to be associated with complication rates at the individual surgeon level. 2. Recognize that peer rating of technical skill may provide opportunities for targeted coaching,…
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To a T: Testosterone Supplementation and Reducing Treatment Time in Stroke
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed Oct 08 04:00:50 PDT 2014
Originally aired April 30, 2014: Cardiovascular risk and testosterone supplementation, reducing time to treatment in acute ischemic stroke. Fahad and Amol want you to: 1. Recognize that observational evidence suggests that testosterone supplementation is significantly associated with cardiovascular events and mortality. 2. Understand that a national quality improvement initiative was associated with reduced treatment times for stroke and improved…
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Georgian College’s Homeopathy Program: Magical Thinking Presented as Fact
by Scott Gavura @ Science-Based Medicine
Thu Jan 25 06:00:43 PST 2018
Georgian College in Ontario, Canada is now offering a 3-year advanced diploma in the pseudoscience of homeopathy.
Suncor Energy eyes acquisitions as funds from operations set $3 billion record
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Thu Feb 08 13:22:20 PST 2018
CALGARY _ Suncor Energy Inc. is well-positioned to buy competitors hurting from substantial price discounts on their oilsands crude, CEO Steve Williams said Thursday.
Canada’s largest energy company is insulated…
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The Upbeat Episode: Opioid Prescription and High Sensitivity Troponin Assay
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Jan 15 13:16:59 PST 2016
Amol, general internal medicine resident at the University of Toronto, and Reena, staff physician in internal medicine at St. Michael’s hospital, discuss 2 recent papers: Opioid prescription is an increasing public health crisis. A retrospective cohort study found that patients who experience non-fatal opioid overdose almost always get re-prescribed opioids at large doses a month…
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Dubious Acronyms: Handoff Quality and Treating Depression in Cancer Patients
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Nov 21 04:00:47 PST 2014
Implementation of a Handoff Program in Pediatric Hospitals and Treating Depression in Cancer Patients Nathan and Amol want you to: 1.Recognize that a standardized handoff program reduced medical errors in academic pediatric hospitals. 2. Appreciate that a targeted program to treat depression in cancer patients was more effective than usual care. Continuing Medical Education Internists can…
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Yin and Yang 2.0: Revisiting Aspirin and Blood Transfusions
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed Jun 11 04:00:10 PDT 2014
This week: Perioperative Aspirin and Blood Transfusions and Hospital-acquired Infections Nathan and Amol want you to: 1. Understand that the use of perioperative ASA did not reduce the rate of postoperative MI or death, but was found to increase the rate of major bleeding. 2. Recognize that it may be difficult to generalize the findings of the POISE-2…
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Is Your Probiotic Pill Worthless? A Simple Test To Find Out At Home! - Food Babe
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When I attended the Natural Products Expo this year I noticed that there were dozens of newly launched products that were fortified with probiotics – they were everywhere! There is no disputing that probiotics (good bacteria) are good for you, but I have to question the viability of the probiotics in these products and whether … Read More
Three Steps to Optimal Liver Health
by Dr. Sara Celik @ Renew Life Canada
Tue Sep 20 07:16:45 PDT 2016
If you’re like me, you do your best to take care of your health. You eat well, drink adequate water, and exercise regularly. For the most part, life is pretty good. But a part of you feels it could be better. Perhaps you want to jump out of bed in the morning before your alarm Continue reading
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Good, Better, Best: Traditional Foods for Every Budget
by Jenny @ Nourished Kitchen
Thu Jan 18 00:11:54 PST 2018
At any given time, we’re challenged with balancing the simple economics of cooking wholesome foods. When you’re working on a budget, you’re charged with prioritizing some choices over others; couple this with the challenge of limited regional availability of some foods. So here’s what to look for and how to prioritize your family’s food choices....
Bell, Telus gain subscribers during December price war at expense of Rogers
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Thu Feb 08 13:24:35 PST 2018
TORONTO _ BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. said Thursday they netted big increases in their wireless subscriber base during the fourth quarter, when they bested Rogers Communications Inc. in a…
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Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
by Renew Life @ Renew Life Canada
Tue Jul 05 17:41:27 PDT 2016
Cleansing: Just What The Doctor Ordered
Dr. Sara Celik shares simple strategies that she has used to transform the health of thousands of Canadians.
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They’re coming for Fahad: Air pollution and heart failure, renal denervation
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed Jul 30 04:00:27 PDT 2014
Originally aired April 25, 2014: Air pollution and heart failure, renal denervation for hypertension. Fahad and Amol want you to: 1. Understand the relationship between air pollution and cardiovascular health, and its broader policy implications. 2. Recognize that renal denervation was not an effective treatment for hypertension when studied in a randomized, blinded, sham-controlled trial.…
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Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
by Renew Life @ Renew Life Canada
Tue Oct 18 13:45:47 PDT 2016
Cleansing: Just What The Doctor Ordered
Dr. Sara Celik shares simple strategies that she has used to transform the health of thousands of Canadians.
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CMHC reports annual pace of housing starts holds steady in January
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Thu Feb 08 13:31:00 PST 2018
OTTAWA _ Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the pace of housing starts in January held steady compared with December.
The housing agency said Thursday the seasonally adjusted annual rate…
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Manitoba Safeway workers’ union hopes for strike mandate to back contract talks
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Fri Feb 09 13:34:53 PST 2018
WINNIPEG _ More than 2,200 Safeway workers in Manitoba are being asked to give their union a strike mandate after a break-off in contract talks with Sobeys West Inc.
The…
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Anti-vaccine sentiment associated with belief in conspiracy theories
by Scott Gavura @ Science-Based Medicine
Thu Feb 08 06:00:23 PST 2018
A recent survey examined the relationship between opposition to vaccines, belief in conspiracy theories, and other factors. The results suggest that we may need to modify how we address concerns about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines.
A Hippocratic Dilemma: Reducing rates of c-sections and prednisolone vs. pentoxifylline for alcoholic hepatitis.
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri May 08 13:00:34 PDT 2015
Amol and Nathan want you to understand the following: 1. A large randomized evaulation of a quality improvement intervention demonstrated a modest but significant reduction in rates of cesarean-section in Quebec. 2. A large double-blind randomized-controlled-trial of over 1100 patients showed that pentoxifylline is not beneficial in the treatment of alcoholic hepatitis and prednisolone may have mild…
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How To Make Non-Toxic Granite Cleaner
by Heather @ Mommypotamus
Tue Jan 30 07:12:20 PST 2018
I love the bright, crisp scent of this Lemon & Lavender All-Purpose Cleaner, but vinegar is too acidic for granite and can cause etching over time. Store-bought options often contain problematic ingredients – frequently earning a rating of C or even F from the Environmental Working Group – and can cost anywhere from $7-$27 dollars. […]
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All Things Must End (Including Life and Smoking!): Gradual Versus Abrupt Smoking Cessation and Palliative Care Effectiveness
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Jan 13 03:00:33 PST 2017
Is quitting cold turkey the best way to stop smoking? When should you transfuse a patient? How effective are current models of palliative care? We’re answering relevant and thought-provoking questions this week on The Rounds Table! Ashley, like many family physicians, makes a point of advising and supporting smoking cessation at most visits she has…
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Barrick’ Acacia Mining sees big losses as Tanzania dispute continues
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Mon Feb 12 13:44:09 PST 2018
TORONTO _ Acacia Mining says it has scrapped its 2017 dividend and expects about a 40 per cent cut in gold output for the year ahead, as a dispute with…
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Yin and Yang: Aspirin and Surgical Risk and Blood Transfusions and Risk of Infection
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed May 14 04:00:13 PDT 2014
This week: Perioperative Aspirin and Blood Transfusions and Hospital-acquired Infections Nathan and Amol want you to: 1. Understand that the use of perioperative ASA did not reduce the rate of postoperative MI or death, but was found to increase the rate of major bleeding. 2. Recognize that it may be difficult to generalize the findings of the POISE-2…
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Sorry Sports Analogies: Statins in ARDS and COPD, Rotavirus Vaccine
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed Jul 09 04:00:19 PDT 2014
This week: Statins for COPD, ARDS and human-bovine Rotavirus vaccine Fahad and Amol want you to: 1. Understand that 2 high quality RCTs demonstrate that statins are not effective in improving clinical outcomes in either COPD or Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). 2. Recognize that a novel Rotavirus vaccine was developed through an international public-private partnership that is…
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Liberals sidestep NDP call to close stock option tax loophole
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Thu Feb 08 13:36:21 PST 2018
OTTAWA _ Federal New Democrats are trying to pin down whether the Trudeau government plans to fulfil or abandon its pledge to close a controversial tax loophole, which critics say…
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“Raw water”: The latest dangerous “natural health” fad
by David Gorski @ Science-Based Medicine
Mon Jan 01 00:00:48 PST 2018
In pseudoscience, appeals to nature are everywhere. It's not surprising, then, that there is profit to be made selling "raw" (i.e., untreated) water at very high prices for its nonexistent health benefits, those benefits all claimed to be due to the "naturalness" of the water. I can't help but note that cholera, Giardia, amoebic dysentery, and a wide variety of waterborne illnesses prevented by modern water treatment techniques are all very, very "natural."
Lifelong Learning: Variations in Care of Pre-term Infants and Electronic Alerts for Acute Kidney Injury
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri May 29 09:44:27 PDT 2015
Amol and Fahad want you to understand the following: 1. There are dramatic hospital-level variations in the care of extremely pre-term infants. 2. A randomized trial showed that an electronic alert to identify hospital patients with acute kidney injury was not effective in improving patient outcomes. Continuing Medical Education Internists can receive 0.5 hours of Continuing Medical…
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Aecon pushes back on fears over proposed sale to Chinese state owned firm
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Fri Feb 09 13:14:08 PST 2018
CALGARY _ Construction company Aecon Group Inc. pushed back Friday against criticism of the sale of the company to a subsidiary of state-owned China Communications Construction Co.
Aecon CEO John…
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Getting “Travis-y”: Stroke and AFib, Naloxegol for Opioid Constipation
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Thu Feb 12 23:00:07 PST 2015
Originally aired July 2, 2014: Cryptogenic Stroke and Atrial Fibrillation, Naloxegol for Opioid-Induced Constipation Fahad and Amol want you to: 1. Appreciate the importance of subclinical atrial fibrillation in cryptogenic stroke and consider longer monitoring to detect it. 2. Recognize Naloxegol as a targeted therapy for opioid-induced constipation that is more effective than placebo but its effectiveness has not been compared directly…
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Bat-infested home to be completely rebuilt
by @ CTV News on the Go - Bell Mobility
Sun Feb 11 09:49:00 PST 2018
The family says it didn't know there were bats in the house until guano starting coming through the ceilings.
Drugs on the Brain: Opining on Opioid-Induced Death and Ticagrelor for TIA or Stroke
by Kieran Quinn @ The Rounds Table
Sat Sep 10 07:15:46 PDT 2016
We’re back and better than ever with a NEW host! This season, Kieran Quinn takes the reigns and is excited to bring you the latest and greatest in the world of emerging clinical evidence. Along outgoing host Amol Verma, the two hosts discuss two studies: Just how dangerous are opioids in the treatment of chronic pain…
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Diabetes Week: Mortality in Diabetes and DPP-4 Inhibitors Compared to Sulfonylureas
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Nov 20 05:58:15 PST 2015
This week, Amol, general internal resident at the University of Toronto, and Reena, General Internist at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, discuss two papers: Reena shares a large registry-based study that found adult patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Sweden had a 15% higher mortality rate than the general population. Amol and Reena wonder why this…
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Family 'learned to hate' after Laura Babcock was killed, sentencing hearing told
by @ CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS
Mon Feb 12 02:36:00 PST 2018
The family of Laura Babcock said they have learned to hate since finding out that their daughter was brutally killed and her body was burned in an animal incinerator.
Should fear of Zika virus keep Canadians from travelling this winter?
by Karen Palmer, Maureen Taylor & Jill Konkin @ Healthy Debate
Thu Nov 24 04:00:02 PST 2016
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How Probiotics Could Make Your Chicken Dinner Tastier
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The results of a new study reveal a new potential for this bacterium in chicken farming.
Mass amounts of tourists, beer and condoms for Carnival
by @ CTV News on the Go - Bell Mobility
Sat Feb 10 09:28:00 PST 2018
Carnival runs until February 18 in the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Using Probiotics for Healthy Traveling - The Healthy Home Economist
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Most illness during travel including nasty intestinal bugs can be avoided with probiotics with a regimen that should start two weeks before you leave.
C the Difference: Adverse Events in Short Term Steroid Use & Prevention of Recurrence of C. difficile
by Emily Hughes @ The Rounds Table
Fri Jun 16 03:00:35 PDT 2017
Steroids are important and ubiquitous medications, and the side effects of long term use are well known and often reviewed. But what should clinicians know about short term use: are these medications benign? Jay takes listeners through a retrospective cohort study examining adverse events (sepsis, venous thromboembolism, fractures) associated with short term use of oral…
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CPPIB chief says stock market correction may provide better investment prices
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Fri Feb 09 13:17:11 PST 2018
TORONTO _ A recent decline in global stock prices may be an opportunity for the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to get better prices for investments it wants to make,…
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Changing Gears Completely: How Physicians Die and Frozen Fecal Transplant for C. difficile
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Feb 12 06:58:22 PST 2016
This week, Amol, general internal medicine resident at the University of Toronto, and Fahad, staff internist at St. Michael’s hospital in Toronto, discuss 3 papers: Where do physicians die? What is the intensity of the care they receive at the end of life? Fahad discusses 2 papers that attempted to answer these questions. The first…
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Hydro One sale will lead to long term cost to the province: FAO
by CB Staff @ Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News
Mon Feb 12 13:33:08 PST 2018
TORONTO _ Taxpayers would have saved $1.8 billion if the Ontario government had taken on traditional debt to fund infrastructure projects instead of partially privatizing Hydro One to pay for…
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Motherhood Statements: Cardiovascular Effect of Liraglutide and Syphilis Screening
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Jun 24 08:41:14 PDT 2016
This week, Amol and Rebecca discuss a recent study and an updated recommendation: A multi-centre, randomized control trial (the LEADER trial) examined the cardiovascular effect of liraglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue. Patients with type 2 diabetes and high cardiovascular risk were randomly assigned to receive either standard of care plus liraglutide or standard of…
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Too Much Tamiflu! Medicaid Expansion and Anti-influenza Medications
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Wed Apr 16 04:00:28 PDT 2014
This week: Oregon Medicaid Expansion and a systematic review of anti-influenza medications. Janice and Amol want you to: 1. Understand the effect of health care coverage expansion on health care utilization. 2. Understand the utility of randomized control trials in the formulation of causal inferences. 3. Recognize that anti-influenza antiviral medications appear to cause only…
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Amol’s 10 Favourite Papers of 2015
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Sun Jan 10 22:07:59 PST 2016
Happy new year! In our first episode of 2016, Amol, general internal medicine resident at the University of Toronto, talk about his 10 favourite papers of 2015. Rate us on iTunes! Follow us on Twitter @roundstable. The Papers 1. Teixobactin, a new antibiotic: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v517/n7535/full/nature14098.html 2. Modified Valsalva manoeuvre: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2815%2961485-4/abstract 3. Prednisolone or pentoxifylline for alcoholic…
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Spousal Input: New Antithrombotic Therapy Guidelines and Low Calorie Diet for Diabetes Remission
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Jun 03 05:24:15 PDT 2016
This week, Amol talks about new antithrombotic therapy guidelines and using low calorie diet for diabetes remission. The American College of Chest Physicians issued new antithrombotic guidelines for the treatment of venous thromboembolism in February 2016. Amol highlights five updates in the guidelines, and discusses the evidence behind each recommendation. Diabetes has long been described…
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Blockbusters: Zika virus on birth defects and income on life expectancy
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Apr 22 17:45:35 PDT 2016
This week, Amol and Nathan discuss two high profile papers: Authors from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published a report concluding that there is a causal relationship between Zika virus infection and a syndrome of birth defects, notably microcephaly. Nathan and Amol review the evidence the authors presented for this causality,…
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A New HOPE: Statins and Anti-hypertensives in intermediate cardiovascular risk
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Apr 15 15:26:52 PDT 2016
This week, Amol and Reena, internist at St. Michael’s hospital in Toronto, discuss the HOPE-3 trial. HOPE-3 is a 2-by-2 double blind randomized placebo controlled trial, which found that statins were effective in preventing cardiovascular events in intermediate risk patients but anti-hypertensives were not. While candesartan and hydrochlorothiazide were not superior to placebo, rosuvastatin resulted…
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Wishes and Pills: Fulfilling Wishes for Dying Patients and Medications for Back Pain
by The Rounds Table @ The Rounds Table
Fri Oct 30 04:48:35 PDT 2015
Amol, general internal resident at the University of Toronto, and Janice, general internist at the Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, discuss 2 recent studies: Dying with dignity is not easy, especially in a highly charged environment like the Intensive Care Unit. Janice talks about a mixed methods study that examined the impact of soliciting and fulfilling…
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