And, does “Mendelian Randomization” help answer this question? It is not uncommon for press reports of newly published studies in medicine, the social sciences, or economics, to describe a finding of a correlation between two variables as causative, that is, one variable causes the other. Often, the authors of the…
Read moreSlides and notes for the presentation, “Why we get old and die, and what to do about it” can be found here. Update 2020-07-23: This handout needs to be updated to include recent research suggesting that dietary fructose is something to be avoided because it raises insulin levels. Executive Summary…
Read moreThis is the text of a talk given to members of the Westmount Rotary Club, 2017-6-14 The diseases of aging include cancer, heart disease, dementia, arthritis, cataracts, osteoporosis, and stroke. Oh, and type 2 diabetes. It is likely that all of us have relatives or friends with these afflictions. Possibly…
Read moreI’ve been reading a most interesting book, titled “Deadly medicines and organized crime: how big pharma has corrupted healthcare,” by Dr. Peter Gøtzsche. Dr. Gøtzsche, a specialist in internal medicine and professor at the University of Copenhagen, co-founded the Cochrane Collaboration in 1993 and established the Nordic Cochrane Centre. The…
Read moreThe following was submitted as a letter to the editor of the Montreal Gazette, and was published in the edition of 2014-11-1. Re: “Reforming health care” (Opinion, Oct. 22) Jacques Hendlisz and David Levine point out the danger of leaders becoming disconnected from the professionals who deliver care, when health…
Read moreConference given at Ste. Anne’s Hospital on 2007-9-18, as part of the Department of Psychiatry Conference Series. Download a pdf of the lecture slides and notes.
Read moreThis presentation was given on 2006-1-12 at Ste. Anne’s Hospital, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec. An earlier version of this talk, entitled “Vitamin B12 deficiency: a silent epidemic? was given at: • Department of Psychiatry Clinical Grand Rounds, Sir Mortimer B. Davis – Jewish General Hospital, 2000-11-9 • Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds,…
Read moreA lecture given at Concordia University, Montreal, for the course ”Spirituality and Aging: (Selected topics in theology), THEO 298A, Prof. Pamela Bright. Download a pdf of the lecture slides and notes.
Read morePresentation as part of a panel discussion, AMI-Quebec, Montreal, QC, on 2003-11-24. Download a pdf of the presentation slides and notes.
Read moreWhen a patient’s wishes conflict with the doctor’s, or families disagree with medical teams about the treatment of a loved one, biomedical ethicists are often called in to help resolve the issues. Recent examples that made headlines include the case of Sophia Park, a twenty-five year old grad student, married…
Read moreThis was an invited lecture, given at Grand Rounds, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD on 2000-6-16, and again that day at Grand Rounds, Rheumatology Department, NIH. Download a pdf of the presentation slides and notes.
Read moreThis invited lecture was given on 2000-1-22 at the l’Esprit Cancer Rehabilitation Conference, held at the Renaissance Hotel du Parc, Montreal, Quebec. It was also presented at the Thursday Seminar series, Research & Training Building Conference Room, Allan Memorial Institute, Montreal, on 1999-5-13; at the Palliative Care McGill Rounds, Mount…
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