Brain Week: Early Rehab for Stroke and Drug Interaction Increases Bleeding in Brain

11/06/15 • 25 min

Amol, general internal resident at the University of Toronto, and Raed Joundi, neurology resident at the University of Toronto, discuss 2 recent studies: Is early mobilization helpful for stroke patients? A randomized control trial showed that early aggressive rehabilitation for acute stroke patients resulted in worse outcomes. Amol and Raed speculate reasons behind this counter-intuitive ...

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Wishes and Pills: Fulfilling Wishes for Dying Patients and Medications for Back Pain

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Amol, general internal resident at the University of Toronto, and Janice, general internist at the Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, discuss 2 recent studies: Dying with dignity is not easy, especially in a highly charged environment like the Intensive Care Unit. Janice talks about a mixed methods study that examined the impact of soliciting and fulfilling ...

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Replay: Filtered Sunlight for Jaundice and Text Messages for Healthy Lifestyle

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This week we are replaying one of our favourite episodes from earlier this season: Originally aired on October 3, 2015, Amol, general internal resident at the University of Toronto, and Fahad, Staff Internist at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, discuss two papers. It’s phototherapy without the need for electricity. Fahad discusses how filtered sunlight is found to ...

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