Dr. Brian's Side of the Gurney

Tuesday January 3, 2012

Chasing Cures: The Promise and the Peril of Medical Devices

This week, CBC News is 'Chasing Cures': everything from cancer to the common cold.  Many of those breakthroughs will come from the development of medical devices that may soon change your life.  But along with the promise comes real concern that some of these medical gadgets may do more harm than good. Read more »

Categories: Blog Archives, Technology & Innovation

 

Friday December 30, 2011

Season Finale: Ask Dr. Brian Show

A few weeks ago, we asked you to send us your questions about the way the health care system runs. As usual, you teased and peppered us with queries via emails, phone calls, tweets and postings to our blog and our Facebook page.  Welcome to our season-ending 'Ask Dr. Brian' episode.  

Listen Saturday, December 31 at 11:30 am (noon NT) and again on Monday, January 2 at 11:30 am (3:30 pm) on CBC Radio One. Or click the link below or download the podcast:

Ask Dr. Brian Show (Pop-up)

I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for listening to the show and for contributing to our blog and Facebook page.  I will be continuing as CBC Radio One's 'House Doctor' on afternoon shows throughout the country.  And you can always contact me on Twitter @WCBADoctorBrian. 

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Categories: Blog Archives, Past Episodes

 

Tuesday December 27, 2011

Generation Rx: One Hour Special

We received incredible response from you about our recent town hall "Generation Rx- The Use and Abuse of Prescription Pain Medication" and today you can hear a special one hour version of the discussion.

Canada is one of the world's top per capita users of prescription narcotics. In Ontario alone, prescriptions for drugs containing oxycodone have risen 900 per cent since 1991. These painkillers can be highly addictive, and deadly if misused.

Dr. Brian Goldman hosts this town hall recorded at Brockville Collegiate Institute in Brockville, Ontario. You'll hear from a panel of experts who are working to address the problem of narcotic drug abuse. And you'll also hear members of the audience share their experiences, or the experiences of their loved ones, with prescription drugs.

        Our panelists Christine Bois, Detective Shawn White and Dr. Andrea Furlan.
        You can read more about our panelists here.

Tune in to CBC Radio One today at 5pm (5:30 pm NT). Or click below to listen now or download the podcasts (Part 1 and Part 2): 

Generation Rx Special: Part 1 (Pop-up)

Generation Rx Special: Part 2 (Pop-up)

Categories: Blog Archives, Past Episodes, Town Hall

 

• January 2012
  • Tue., 3 – Chasing Cures: The Promise and the Peril of Medical Devices
     
• December 2011
  • Fri., 30 – Season Finale: Ask Dr. Brian Show
     
  • Tue., 27 – Generation Rx: One Hour Special
     
  • Tue., 27 – Health Stories of 2011: My Take
     
  • Fri., 23 – Inspiration Show
     
  • Wed., 21 – Dr. Brian Hosts Cross Country Checkup on January 1st
     
  • Tue., 20 – Not the ER Mailbag
     
  • Fri., 16 – Not the ER Show
     
  • Fri., 16 – Concussions and NHL Hockey: Past the Tipping Point
     
  • Thu., 15 – Park Your Frustration: Update
     
  • Wed., 14 – Unfinished Business Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 13 – Rescue on Hospital Grounds
     
  • Thu., 8 – Generation Rx: Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 6 – Your Next MD Will Be a Woman
     
  • Fri., 2 – Generation Rx: The Use and Abuse of Prescription Pain Medication
     
• November 2011
  • Wed., 30 – Generation Rx - The Role of Doctors in Opioid Abuse
     
  • Tue., 29 – Generation Rx: Four Days to Go
     
  • Mon., 28 – Park Your Frustration: Even More
     
  • Fri., 25 – Diseases That Get No Respect (Encore) + Parking mailbag
     
  • Thu., 24 – Generation Rx: Some Quick Thoughts
     
  • Wed., 23 – Unpaid Caregiver Show Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 22 – UK Report Slams Hospital Treatment of Seniors
     
  • Fri., 18 – Unpaid Caregivers Show
     
  • Thu., 17 – Emergency Rooms Must Deliver Palliative Care
     
  • Tue., 15 – Generation Rx: About Our Upcoming Town Hall and Panelists
     
  • Tue., 15 – Park Your Frustration Mailbag
     
  • Fri., 11 – Wanted: Your questions for the "Ask Dr. Brian" Show
     
  • Thu., 10 – Marketing Medicine Mailbag
     
  • Wed., 9 – A Computer Teaches Doctors Some Empathy
     
  • Fri., 4 – Marketing Medicine Show
     
  • Wed., 2 – The Pain Dilemma - We Want Your Stories About Opioid Use and Abuse
     
  • Tue., 1 – Should Boys Get the HPV Vaccine Too?
     
• October 2011
  • Fri., 28 – Park Your Frustration Show
     
  • Wed., 26 – Breaking Up Mailbag
     
  • Wed., 26 – Dr. Brian on Strombo Tonight
     
  • Fri., 21 – Breaking Up Show - Encore
     
  • Wed., 19 – Can We Talk? Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 18 – Want Better Treatment From Your Doctor? Be Likeable
     
  • Fri., 14 – Can We Talk? Show
     
  • Wed., 12 – Dr. Robert Buckman: Friend, Colleague and Mentor
     
  • Wed., 12 – Respect Mailbag
     
  • Fri., 7 – Respect Show
     
  • Wed., 5 – Nelson Dream Team Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 4 – Overdiagnosis = Overkill
     
• September 2011
  • Fri., 30 – Nelson Dream Team Show
     
  • Wed., 28 – Rural Medicine Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 27 – The indebted medical student
     
  • Fri., 23 – Rural Medicine Show
     
  • Fri., 23 – Dr. Brian at TEDx Toronto
     
  • Wed., 21 – Nurse Bullying Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 20 – WCBA Wins 2011 CMA Media Award for Health Reporting
     
  • Tue., 20 – Rise in Prescription Drug Poisonings in Kids: U.S. Study
     
  • Fri., 16 – We Want Your Stories About Hospital Parking
     
  • Fri., 16 – Nurse Bullying Show
     
  • Wed., 14 – Personal Support Worker Mailbag
     
  • Mon., 12 – Dr. Brian on Canada Writes
     
  • Fri., 9 – WCBA Season Debut: Personal Support Workers and Seniors
     
  • Thu., 8 – Live chat with Dr. Brian- Transcript
     
  • Thu., 8 – Time for Sidney Crosby to Do Something Radical
     
  • Mon., 5 – WCBA in the Summer: Mother's Milk Show
     
• August 2011
  • Tue., 30 – Pulling the Plug: Why Hospitals Aren't on the Same Page
     
  • Mon., 29 – WCBA in the Summer: Will to Die Part 2 + Overdiagnosed
     
  • Mon., 22 – WCBA in the Summer: Will to Die Show
     
  • Mon., 15 – WCBA in the Summer: Concierge Medicine
     
  • Wed., 10 – Do Mental Health Patients Fall Through the Cracks?
     
  • Mon., 8 – WCBA in the Summer: Listen to Me
     
  • Wed., 3 – Right to Die: This Time May Be Different
     
  • Mon., 1 – WCBA in the Summer: No Appointment
     
• July 2011
  • Tue., 26 – Before You Fire Your MD - Have a Chat
     
  • Mon., 25 – WCBA in the Summer: Lights and Sirens
     
  • Thu., 21 – You're Quizzing Me?????
     
  • Tue., 19 – MS Liberation Proponents: this is why we need studies
     
  • Tue., 19 – WCBA in the Summer: Social Medicine
     
  • Mon., 18 – How I Spent My Weekend
     
  • Fri., 15 – Special Email Worth Sharing
     
  • Tue., 12 – Beware of Small, Rural Hospitals
     
  • Mon., 11 – WCBA in the Summer: Boundaries Part Two
     
  • Wed., 6 – Professional Boundaries Pt 1: Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 5 – Mystery Shoppers Posing As Patients: Brilliant!
     
• June 2011
  • Thu., 30 – MS Liberation: Can't Stand the Heat? Announce a Study
     
  • Thu., 30 – WCBA in the Summer: Boundaries Part One
     
  • Fri., 24 – Ask Dr. Brian Show: Season Finale
     
  • Fri., 24 – The Perils of Involving MDs in Crime Prevention
     
  • Thu., 23 – Ask Dr. Brian Show: Question on How Physicians Are Paid
     
  • Wed., 22 – Ask Dr. Brian Show: Books about Health Care
     
  • Tue., 21 – Ask Dr. Brian Show: Question About Physician Assistants
     
  • Mon., 20 – Ask Dr. Brian Show: Question about Medical Tourism
     
  • Fri., 17 – Sleepy Residents Show
     
  • Thu., 16 – Unifinished Business Show Mailbag
     
  • Wed., 15 – Update on Alleged Plagiarism by University of Alberta's Dean Baker
     
  • Mon., 13 – Medical Deans Who Plagiarize Should Resign
     
  • Fri., 10 – Unfinished Business Show
     
  • Tue., 7 – For Whom the Patient Call Bell Tolls
     
  • Fri., 3 – Mental Health Show
     
  • Wed., 1 – Diseases That Get No Respect Mailbag
     
• May 2011
  • Fri., 27 – Wanted: Your questions for the "Ask Dr. Brian" Show
     
  • Fri., 27 – Diseases That Get No Respect Show
     
  • Wed., 25 – To Err Is Medicine Mailbag
     
  • Sun., 22 – To Err is Medicine - one hour special
     
  • Fri., 20 – Military Medicine Show
     
  • Wed., 18 – Nursing Home Violence Show Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 17 – The Black Art of Delivering Bad News to Patients
     
  • Fri., 13 – Nursing Home Violence Show
     
  • Wed., 11 – Mother's Milk Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 10 – "Is There a Doctor on Board?"
     
  • Fri., 6 – Mother's Milk Show
     
  • Wed., 4 – Healthy Skepticism Mailbag
     
  • Mon., 2 – Early Screening Test for Autism Shows Promise
     
  • Mon., 2 – May 2 is Voting Day in Canada and WCBA
     
• April 2011
  • Fri., 29 – Healthy Skepticism Show
     
  • Wed., 27 – Getting Away From it All
     
  • Thu., 21 – High Tech Show
     
  • Thu., 21 – Nurses and Physician Assistants: Make Nice and Get Along!
     
  • Wed., 20 – Election Show Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 19 – NHL Concussions: Time to Act!
     
  • Fri., 15 – MS Zamboni: Here We Go Again
     
  • Fri., 15 – Election Show
     
  • Fri., 15 – Bonus - Extended Political Panel
     
  • Wed., 13 – Beware of "Off-Label" Prescribing
     
  • Tue., 12 – Older Doctors: Update
     
  • Fri., 8 – Will to Die Part 2 + Overdiagnosed
     
  • Fri., 8 – Former Alberta Premier Ralph Klein Diagnosed with Dementia
     
  • Wed., 6 – Doctor Brian in Winnipeg
     
  • Tue., 5 – Take Two Pills and Skype Me in the Morning
     
  • Mon., 4 – Will to Die Mailbag
     
  • Fri., 1 – Will to Die Show, Part 1
     
• March 2011
  • Thu., 31 – Older Doctors Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 29 – Need Your Input for WCBA Election Show
     
  • Tue., 29 – Taking Better Care of Seniors in the ER
     
  • Thu., 24 – Moral Distress Show
     
  • Wed., 23 – Dr. Brian in Halifax
     
  • Mon., 21 – An ER For Seniors is Long Overdue
     
  • Fri., 18 – Older Doctors Show
     
  • Thu., 17 – Concierge Mailbag
     
  • Wed., 16 – Does Your Doctor Check Your Medical Tests?
     
  • Fri., 11 – Concierge Medicine Show
     
  • Thu., 10 – Breaking Up Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 8 – Not Your Grandmother's Marijuana
     
  • Mon., 7 – Breaking Up: Reaction to Your Reaction
     
  • Fri., 4 – Online Chat about Weight Loss
     
  • Fri., 4 – Breaking Up Show
     
  • Tue., 1 – Rrrrroll Up the Rrrrrim to Live?
     
• February 2011
  • Fri., 25 – Good Samaritan show
     
  • Thu., 24 – Wandering (Dementia) Show Mailbag
     
  • Thu., 24 – Meet Dr. Brian in Kelowna on Friday February 25
     
  • Tue., 22 – Getting Older Drivers Off the Road: An MD's Lament
     
  • Tue., 22 – Dr. Brian on Fresh Air
     
  • Fri., 18 – Wandering Show and a Personal Reflection
     
  • Fri., 11 – Listen to Me show
     
  • Wed., 9 – No Appointment Show Mailbag
     
  • Mon., 7 – WCBA Pre-empted Monday February 7
     
  • Mon., 7 – Reverse Medical Tourism?
     
  • Fri., 4 – The No Appointment Show
     
  • Wed., 2 – Mailbag on Euthanasia (Corridor) Show
     
• January 2011
  • Mon., 31 – Shared Medical Visits Help People Lose Weight
     
  • Fri., 28 – See Dr. Brian in Person Jan 29 in Toronto
     
  • Fri., 28 – Corridors of Medicine show
     
  • Thu., 27 – Hospital Fixer Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 25 – Wanted: your stories on Walk In Clinics
     
  • Fri., 21 – The Hospital Fixer Show
     
  • Wed., 19 – Wednesday Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 18 – Surgeons Need Some Understanding
     
  • Fri., 14 – Medical Tourism show
     
  • Thu., 13 – Thursday Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 11 – Prepare for H3N2 Seasonal Flu!
     
  • Mon., 10 – Patient Privacy: More to Come
     
  • Fri., 7 – Patient Privacy show
     
  • Wed., 5 – Wednesday Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 4 – Canada Weighs In...and it's not a pretty picture
     
• December 2010
  • Fri., 31 – Obesity Show and Live Right Now
     
  • Sun., 26 – Medical Residents Talk About End of Life Issues
     
  • Fri., 24 – Show Pre-empted on December 25
     
  • Wed., 22 – Sick or Lonely? Both Go to the ER
     
  • Mon., 20 – Knee-high Medicine - Advice for People with Clown Issues
     
  • Mon., 20 – Patients with Early Alzheimer's Should be Told!
     
  • Fri., 17 – Knee-high Medicine show
     
  • Thu., 16 – Thursday Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 14 – More on Haiti
     
  • Mon., 13 – MS Zamboni Treatment: Dr. Goldman Interview
     
  • Fri., 10 – Lights and Sirens show
     
  • Thu., 9 – Sneek Peek: Our "Lights and Sirens" show
     
  • Wed., 8 – Public Health, Private Lives: Thank Yous
     
  • Wed., 8 – Public Health, Private Lives: Live Chat on December 8, 2010
     
  • Fri., 3 – The Stress Show
     
  • Thu., 2 – Thursday Mailbag
     
  • Thu., 2 – Sneak Peek: Public Health, Private Lives
     
• November 2010
  • Tue., 30 – Does 'Telemonitoring' of Patients Improve Care?
     
  • Fri., 26 – Time to Mention the Unmentionables
     
  • Thu., 25 – Sneak Peek of Our Unmentionables show
     
  • Wed., 24 – Wednesday Mailbag
     
  • Mon., 22 – MS Zamboni Treatment: Where are We Now?
     
  • Fri., 19 – Home Care Episode
     
  • Thu., 18 – Thursday Mailbag
     
  • Wed., 17 – Sneak Peek of our Home Care Show
     
  • Tue., 16 – Can Doctors Impose Do Not Resuscitate Orders? They Can
     
  • Tue., 16 – MS Zamboni Treatment: new developments
     
  • Fri., 12 – In Sickness and In Health
     
  • Wed., 10 – Wednesday Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 9 – Don't Label Patients Difficult
     
  • Tue., 9 – Duty to Refuse Death-Delaying Treatment?
     
  • Fri., 5 – Healthy Design
     
  • Fri., 5 – More From Our Residents' Panel on End-of-Life
     
  • Fri., 5 – Join Me Sat. November 6 at a Public Forum on Palliative Care
     
  • Thu., 4 – Thursday Mailbag: Your Response to Our End-of-Life Show
     
  • Thu., 4 – Hospice Care for Patients with Dementia
     
  • Wed., 3 – Fall Back to Standard Time? Maybe not
     
• October 2010
  • Fri., 29 – When Your Life is Circling The Drain Episode
     
  • Thu., 28 – Thursday Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 26 – ER Wait: Shame on ERs!
     
  • Fri., 22 – Au Revoir, Quade!
     
  • Fri., 22 – Sex, Lies and Medical Mistakes Episode
     
  • Wed., 20 – Wednesday Mailbag
     
  • Mon., 18 – More Excerpts from Our Townhall
     
  • Sat., 16 – 'To Err is Medicine' Townhall Episode
     
  • Fri., 15 – Friday Mailbag
     
  • Thu., 14 – Sneak Preview of Our Medical Errors Town Hall
     
  • Tue., 12 – Town Hall Tonight
     
  • Sat., 9 – Pain: a Terrible and Misunderstood Affliction
     
  • Fri., 8 – To Err Is Medicine? Meet Our Panel of Experts
     
  • Thu., 7 – To Err is Medicine? Anatomy of a Modern Problem
     
  • Wed., 6 – Wednesday Mailbag
     
  • Wed., 6 – Don't Call Me Fat!
     
  • Mon., 4 – Want to Friend Your MD? Go Rural!
     
  • Fri., 1 – Social Medicine
     
• September 2010
  • Thu., 30 – Money, money everywhere?
     
  • Wed., 29 – Bonus Interview on Political Activism with Quebec College President
     
  • Mon., 27 – Sneak Preview of WCBA's Next Show on Social Medicine
     
  • Fri., 24 – Put down the scalpel and raise a fist
     
  • Tue., 21 – My Book: 'The Night Shift - Real Life in the Heart of the ER'
     
  • Tue., 21 – Where the environmental rubber hits the road....
     
  • Wed., 15 – Telling Tales
     
  • Sat., 11 – WCBA Season Debut