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Mashup Score: 1Excluding experts doesn’t make sense - Healthy Debate - 2 year(s) ago
Now, the att ention turns toward the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. Will it follow the U.S. recommendations, as it has in the past? The ongoing discourse surrounding mammographic screening has stirred speculation about the upcoming revision of Canadian guidelines that were last updated in 2018. The process has been expedited with substantial funding of $500,000, with the revision expected this fall. There always have been disparate opinions on breast-cancer screening, but does the current
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Mashup Score: 8Reforming the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care: Experts speak out - Healthy Debate - 2 year(s) ago
Most assume that the Canadian task force guidelines are led by content expert specialist clinicians. But this is not the case. The task force says it excludes content experts from genuine involvement in guideline development to avoid conflicts of interest. However, in the Canadian health-care context, this is not a valid argument. In 2022, the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care released recommendations against using a tool (the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale – EPDS) to screen for depressio
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Reforming the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care: Experts speak out https://t.co/BL19Ee6pRD via @HealthyDebate Worth reading.
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Mashup Score: 4Do doctors know enough about the commercial determinants of health? - Healthy Debate - 2 year(s) ago
Private sector activities have a real impact on health. We need cross-industry regulation to challenge private interests in health policy.
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Do doctors know enough about the commercial determinants of health? https://t.co/8skgOwJay8 via @nickroozgrami
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A universal masking policy in health-care settings that protects the health and well-being of those seeking medical care is well-justified.
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Are mask mandates in health-care settings justified? https://t.co/XLtcXocwSi via @HealthyDebate & @SabiVM
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Our information ecosystem has become a massive false-balance machine. We need to correct bothsideism and misinformation.
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Is bothsidesism killing us? (And why scientific consensus matters) https://t.co/b2ZH73WWWi via @CaulfieldTim
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Mashup Score: 0The fascinating history of Trump’s ‘game-changing’ COVID cure - 4 year(s) ago
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has had a rollercoaster ride of a year. Touted as a miracle cure for COVID-19 at the beginning of the pandemic, it finished t…
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"Fascinating history of #Trump’s ‘game-changing’ #COVID cure" https://t.co/IQSrJdnbcc by @MaeveGamble via @healthydebate "Because of the rampant #COVID19 speculation, this led to fears of shortages among patients who needed HCQ to keep their rheumatic disease in remission."
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Mashup Score: 8‘What does this mean for us?’ People with developmental disabilities left out of vaccination planning - 4 year(s) ago
As COVID-19 vaccine distribution and prioritization plans roll out across Canada, people with developmental disabilities, their families, support work…
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‘What does this mean for us?’ People with developmental disabilities left out of vaccination planning - Healthy Debate Important read from @yonalunsky https://t.co/0BKV1Q74dI
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Mashup Score: 17Is a COVID vaccine safe if I have a suppressed immune system? - 4 year(s) ago
Question: I have an autoimmune disease and need to take drugs that suppress my immune system. Should I get a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes availabl…
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mRNA vaccines are safe for people with autoimmune diseases https://t.co/JY1HyATMD7 https://t.co/0j4cWlga3G
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Mashup Score: 3The known unknowns of COVID-19 vaccines - 4 year(s) ago
News that COVID-19 vaccines are up to 95 per cent effective has scientists cautiously optimistic. But questions remain. “There’s a long list of…
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"The known unknowns of #COVID19 vaccines" https://t.co/VoJfyZtbJJ by @CatharineTC via @healthydebate @akelvinlab: "...a really positive safety profile." @mariasundaram: “I think one really important question is: are people going to come back in for a second dose?”
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COVID-19 has put enormous stress on physicians but even in normal times, one in three experience burnout or depression and one in five have suicidal t…
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Empowering vulnerability: Overcoming the fear and shame of physician errors https://t.co/RADHYPIBy1 via @healthydebate Have a look at this.
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Excluding experts doesn’t make sense https://t.co/KnOctXS7jb via @ShielaAppavoo