24 May 2014 by Gem Newman
The fine folks at AllTrials have an important reminder for Canadians who are concerned about clinical trial transparency, and it’s time-sensitive! We have just heard that we have a chance to improve clinical trial transparency in Canada. Bill C-17 or “Vanessa’s Law” is being considered this Tuesday and there’s a chance to get clinical trial […]
Posted in Canada, Featured, Health Canada Approves...0 Comments
01 May 2014 by Michael Kruse
Fear sells. Parents are set up to respond to fear-based propaganda quite handily: a new baby in the house puts everyone on alert, like having a delicate glass globe balanced on a knife’s edge, ready to fall at the mere hint of a breeze. The information war over vaccination is an obvious reflection of this […]
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Conspiracy Theories, Featured, Vaccines0 Comments
14 April 2014 by John Underhay
The CBC recently aired a “National Check Up” health panel segment ostensibly to discuss the current state of medical research. The panel, led by Peter Mansbridge, consisted of internal medicine specialist Dr. Ali Zentner; Dr. Danielle Martin from Women’s College Hospital in Toronto; and alternative medicine expert Bryce Wylde. Wylde is no stranger to those of […]
Posted in Canada, Featured, Health, Medicinal Advertising6 Comments
14 April 2014 by Erik Davis
Naturopaths are allowed to call themselves doctors in Ontario, placing them alongside Physicians, Dentists, Psychologists, Optometrists, and (regrettably) Chiropractors as a statutorily-legitimized and protected class of healthcare provider. When someone is given the right to call themselves a doctor, we expect a very high level of medical training and expertise. So it’s fair to ask just […]
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Featured, Health Policy, Medicine, Ontario, Skepticism7 Comments
09 April 2014 by Kim Hebert
Another foreign government report has been released concluding that homeopathy is worthless. The UK government [pdf] concluded that homeopathy was no better than placebo. The Swiss even threw them a bone and lowered the standard of evidence for the review and came to the same conclusion. Now the Australian government [pdf] has completed its review […]
Posted in Alt-Med or Alt-Menace?, Alternative Medicine, Featured, Health, Health Canada Approves..., Health Policy, Skepticism3 Comments
07 April 2014 by Kim Hebert
Chili’s (a restaurant chain, for those who aren’t already familiar with their earworm baby back ribs song) came under fire this weekend for a promotion in which they would donate a percentage of money from purchases today (7 April 2014) to an autism charity called the National Autism Association. Unfortunately for Chili’s awareness campaign, they […]
05 April 2014 by Michael Kruse
This week, the Royal Society of Canada released a report by their Expert Panel on Safety Code 6. Safety Code 6 is the Health Canada standard that sets recommended exposure limits for radio-frequencies. The last update was in 2013, and Health Canada wanted the RSC’s advice on the updates to make sure they were up […]
Posted in Canada, Health Policy, Media11 Comments
18 March 2014 by John Underhay
In 2011, I wrote an evaluation of a migraine treatment product that was just beginning to move across the Atlantic from Europe. Cefaly is a headband that delivers electrical stimulation externally to the major occipital and transgeminal nerves. The idea is that transcutaneous nerve stimulation can have similar results reported for more invasive treatments. However even the careful placement […]
Posted in Featured, Health, Medical Conditions, Medicinal Advertising5 Comments
24 February 2014 by Michael Kruse
Elizabeth May, the leader of the Green Party of Canada has been pushing for the adoption of a national Lyme disease strategy in Canada. Her private member’s bill, Bill C-442, outlines the urgent need for more up-to-date testing and treatment. In as much as acute Lyme disease, infection by the bacteria Borrelia borgdorferi*, is a […]
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Canada, Health Policy, Medical Conditions1 Comment
06 February 2014 by Michael Kruse
In a recent article for the Globe and Mail, self-styled health-guru Bryce Wylde has stuck his foot in it again. In an article entitled Eight easy, natural ways to keep the flu at bay (without leaving home) Wylde has proven that the only thing he can do without leaving home is make up dangerous health […]
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Media, Skepticism, Vaccines3 Comments
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