Posts Tagged ‘public health’
Weekend Reading
Here’s what’s keeping this pharmacist engaged and sometimes outraged: Health Canada explicitly puts the financial interests of homeopathy manufacturers above broader public health goals. From the BC Medical Journal, Health Canada licenses homeopathic vaccines: Remarkably, at the same time as Health Canada focuses on influenza education, flu shots, and other proven prevention measures, that same […]
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Tags: CCSVI, GMOs, health canada, homeopathy, naturopathy, public health, vaccines
Weekend Reading
Links, articles, and posts that may be of interest to SBP readers:
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Tags: measles, public health, vaccines
This is somewhat of an update to a prior post. What do Tylenol, Excedrin Extra Strength, Nyquil Cold & Flu, Percocet, Vicodin, and Anacin Aspirin Free have in common? They all contain the drug acetaminophen. Taking multiple acetaminophen-containing drugs can be risky: while acetaminophen is safe when used at appropriate doses, at excessive doses, it […]
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Tags: acetaminophen, APAP, paracetamol, public health, toxicology, tylenol
Judging by the recent press reports, the latest Cochrane review reveals that everything we’ve been told about eating salt, and cardiovascular disease, is wrong: The New York Times: Nostrums: Cutting Salt Has Little Effect on Heart Risk The Daily Mail: Cutting back on salt ‘does not make you healthier’ (despite nanny state warnings) Scientific American: […]
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Tags: cardiovascular disease, cochrane review, epidemiology, public health, salt, scientific american, sodium, stroke
What’s infecting us?
In the long run, our odds of death are 100%. But what’s going to kill us? I really like this nice graphic from National Geographic, using stats from the US National Safety Council, which illustrates the big killers. Source I find this graphic fascinating. Of course it doesn’t include every way to go – just […]
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Tags: hepatitis, hiv, hpv, infectious disease, public health, vaccines
Time for some #vaxfax
Anti-vaccine advocates have declared November 1-6 to be Vaccine Awareness Week, and intend to use the week to spread unfounded fear about vaccines. Here in Canada, we already had our own Immunization Awareness Week, but I’ll happily take up the antivax challenge. I’ll be joining other science advocates to counter-detail the fearmongering and outright misinformation […]
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Tags: #vaxfax, public health, vaccines
It Takes a Village – Skepticism in this Small Town
In my last post, I introduced myself as a pharmacist in a small-ish town, eager to combat the growing acceptance of pseudoscience into the mainstream. I love living where I live for a multitude of reasons. But I’ve found it rather challenging to wave the flag of skepticism. I have no problem displaying my preference […]
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Tags: fluoride, pharmacy practice, public health, skepticism