College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

Worms in our Bodies
We don't often issue a warning before Medicine 101, but this week Cobourg’s family physician, Dr. Paul Caldwell teaches us about Worms. Not the kind you unearth in the lawn, but the kinds that can grows inside us. Tapeworms, ringworms and roundworms this week on Medicine 101.

Next Week...

Cataracts
Doctors have performed cataract surgery for centuries. In Rome, archeologists discovered ancient cataract surgical instruments dating back to the first and second century AD. Fortunately, we've greatly improved the technique since that time. We learn from Your Health's Dr Paul Caldwell about the causes and treatment for cataracts on next week's Medicine 101.

December 3

Teenage Girls Risking Osteoporosis

If you thought only the elderly needed to worry about brittle bones, think again. For most teenaged girls, staying thin is far more important than healthy bones. More than eighty percent of Canadian girls under the age of 18 are on a diet And that means growing bones are not getting the nutrients they need at the most critical time.

We learn from Rheumatologist, Dr. Gillian Hawker of Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, that poor eating habits, smoking and drinking too much diet pop is putting teenaged girls at risk of prematurely developing Osteoporosis.

Disciplining Doctors

In Ontario If you've got a complaint against your doctor, you have to go to the College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Because if any of the 23,000 doctors in this province make a mistake, it's the College that hands out the discipline. But critics say the College is more interested in protecting doctors than the public.

Dr. Graeme Cunningham knows about the criticism and he wants to contribute to changing the way the College does business. He’s in a good position to do that as he has just been appointed the new President of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Ontario.

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Living Donors
Right now there are more than 1700 people in Ontario waiting for an organ transplant - four times as many people as there are donors.
Traditionally donor organs come from cadavers but with the shortage there's another option... at least when it involves kidney or liver failure. It's called a living donor transplant. Most often the donors are family members. But what if there's no one in the family who's suitable? Would you give your friend a liver? That's what Ted Little did for his best friend Terry Smith.
We learn from Dr. William Wall, Head of the Transplant Unit at London Health Sciences Centre and Dr. Douglas Quan, Organ transplant surgeon also at London Health Sciences Centre, about the dilemma, the risks and the medical challenge involved in transplanting a part of a liver from a living being into the body of an unrelated subject.

Here's an abbreviated version of a one hour story we first broadcast in the fall.

Studio – Environmental Pollution and our Health
We know we can cut our risk of cancer through diet and exercise but what about the things we can't control? What about the toxins in our air and water ... toxins we can't see, touch or taste? We learn from Devra Davis about the effects of pollution on human health in her new book “ When Smoke Ran Like Water: Tales of Environmental Deception and the Battle Against Pollution”. It was nominated for a national book award in the States. Devra Davis is a leading epidemiologist and public health expert and an advisor to the World Health Organization.