The Role of Oxalates in Autism and Chronic Disorders
William Shaw I first became interested in this topic because of improvements that were noted in autistic children by the researcher Susan Owens. It was Owens who collected the data showing that many autistic children had frequent urination of small volume and found that the phenomenon was associated with oxalates. She also found that these […]
New First-of-Its-Kind Autism Diagnostic Test Examines Child’s Exposure to Environmental Toxins
The Defender Staff Researchers have developed the rst diagnostic test for autism that analyzes environmental exposure history — what researchers call the exposome — to aid in the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). StrandDx, developed by New York startup LinusBio, uses a single strand of hair to analyze patterns of hair growth that reflect […]
Canadian Medical Malpractice Law in 2011: Missing the Mark on Patient Safety
Colleen M. Flood and Bryan Thomas Canadian tort law, as it applies to medical malpractice, appears relatively settled from a systems perspective; there is no “burning platform” driving major tort reform in this area of the law. There are at least six fac- tors which have contained the volume and cost of malpractice litigation in […]
Our System Does More to Protect Doctors Than Patients They’ve Harmed
Kathleen Finlay Canadians who experience medical harm at the hands of the health-care system they pay for are often chagrined to learn that, if they pursue their legal remedies in court, they are also footing the bill to defend the very physicians they claim have harmed them. Now it seems that Canadian taxpayers have been […]
The Elements of Medical Malpractice: An Overview
Gregg J. Gittler and Ellie J. C. Goldstein Most physicians will be involved in a medical malpractice case sometime in their career in one of several capacities, such as a defendant, a treating physician, or an expert witness. Proving that malpractice has been committed is based on substantiation of a variety of elements and issues. […]
British Columbia Doctor Lashes Out Against Authoritarian Bill 36
A. Brian Peckford Do you trust the government with your private health-care information? Do you trust the government to mandate your health care? Bill 36, passed by the B.C. government in November, gives the province unilateral power over doctors and your private health-care information, Dr. Jennifer Lush writes. … I am all for an overhaul […]
FDA Licensed Pfizer Vaccine Without Following Normal Approval Process, Documents Reveal
Zachary Stieber U.S. drug regulators acknowledged deviating from the normal vaccine approval process when dealing with Pfizer’s COVID-19 shot, according to newly disclosed documents. Weeks after Pfizer and its partner BioNTech announced they started a rolling submission of documents for approval of their COVID-19 vaccine, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official penned a […]
Gemmotherapy: A Powerful Modality for Treating Allergies
Robin DiPasquale Gemmotherapy remedies are extracted from the buds, the new shoots, and the new rootlets of a plant. Many of the bud extracts are prepared from trees – some familiar to herbalists, as well as many other trees not generally used in herbal medicine. The new shoots come from the shrubs, Ribes nigrum among them. The […]
