Searching for Sound Medical Advice Online
Today’s parents solve their children’s health problems in very different ways than they did even five years ago. In the past, they may have called a friend or a mother-in-law for advice. Now, parents...
View ArticleOptimism May Help Ward Off Disease
According to a trial that followed 97,000 women for eight years, released recently in the journal Circulation, optimism is an important predictor of disease resilience Click here to read the full...
View ArticleDr. Mike Speaks at TEDx Maastricht
“I’m a general practitioner in the true sense of the word”, that’s what speaker Michael Evans told me last night during the pre-event meetup. Indeed, he is a family physician in Canada where he deals...
View ArticleDr. Google misdiagnoses patients, Canadian physician warns Internet users
Dr. Mike Evans, a staff physician at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, says Canadian patients turning to online sources to diagnose themselves is just as common here. “For sure, it’s picked up and the...
View ArticleChatelaine Agrees, Walking is Best!
Walking: The single best thing you can do for your health “The best – and simplest – medical advice we’ve heard recently came from a surprising source: a YouTube cartoon by one of our own experts. Dr....
View ArticleThe Growth in Cyberchondria
Dr. Mike is featured in this Global News report by Marianne Dimain. “Statistics show the numbers are growing for people who try to diagnose their ailment using online search engines”
View ArticleJAMA Article on Dr. Mike Helping People Understand Health Issues
Here is an article from Tracy Hampton, PhD published on The Journal of the American Medical Association’s website. “People facing medical decisions often look beyond their physicians to media such as...
View ArticleVitamins and Health Supplements
Dr. Mike joined Mary Ito to discuss the benefits—perceived and real—of vitamins and health supplements.
View ArticleDiscussing Stress with Sonali Karnick on CBC’s ‘All In A Weekend Montreal’
Dr.Mike spoke with Sonali Karnick on CBC’s ‘All In A Weekend Montreal’ about the idea behind his new video 90:10 The single best thing you can do for your stress.
View ArticleHPV Vaccine Death Rates
We’ve gotten some great questions on our latest YouTube video on HPV vaccines, the most serious of which are about associated death rates. The explanation is a little too long for YouTube, here it is....
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