June 18 An Evening with Dr. James Cantor

Link to website of "Virtuous Pedophiles" www.virped.org

May 29 : Dr. Fred Kahn

Thank you to Fred Kahn M.D., founder of Meditech International, for an overview of his pioneering experience in the field  of promoting healing through non-pharmacological mean via the use of low level light therapy (LLLT). For more information, see www.bioflexlaser.com .

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April 30th: An Evening with Dr. Ed Cole

Thank you to Dr Cole for an engaging presentation. For further information on live organ donation at UHN, see: http://www.uhn.ca/MOT/PatientsFamilies/Clinics_Tests/Pages/living_donor.aspx

 

March 27, 2014

Thanks again to Dr Rex Kay, the Ars Medica gang, and to Professor Jill Scott for another unique evening of medical storytelling.
Time to start writing your creation for next year, when the theme will be (tentatively) happiness from the medical perspective

January 16 2014 Talk: Dr. Gottfried Schlaug

Some relevant links:

Interesting article on tDCS :
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/06/12/transcranial-direct-current-stimulation-tdcs-technology/

Dr Schlaug's website: http://www.musicianbrain.com/#index

MaHRC website http://www.music.utoronto.ca/about/MaHRChome.htm
To learn more about exciting educational opportunities through MaHRC, please sign up for its newsletter at music.research@utoronto.ca .

2013 Schedule & Related Links

INTERESTING LINKS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS 2013 PRESENTATIONS:

JANUARY 22: Dr Lee Bartel from MaHRC

Dr Bartel's Web Page: http://bartelcameronassoc.com/dr-lee-bartel.htm

MaHRC Web Page: http://www.music.utoronto.ca/about/MaHRChome.htm

Fun video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1TMZASCR-I

FEBRUARY 19 : Dr Graham Serjeant
Intersting recent relevant news http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130218173215.htm

www.sicklecellontario.org

MARCH 20: Annual Evening Celebrating The Medical Narrative
Coincidentally, also the first World Happiness Day:http://www.un.org/en/events/happinessday/
Also, cool video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKW4F0Nu-UY


APRIL 24: Dr Lynda Thompson
www.addcentre.com
www.bcia.org
www.isnr.org
www.aapb.org

MAY 15: Dr Michael Thaut
MaHRC produces a newsletter entitled, On the MaHRC. To subscribe to receive On the MaHRC by email, please send a request with your email to music.research@utoronto.ca.
A video link to Dr Thaut's talk:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnuQpSPsjIk .

JUNE 7: Dr Michael Hamblin

LOW LEVEL LASER LIGHT THERAPY: A NEW PARADIGM IN MEDICAL SCIENCE.
Dr Hamblin's travel expenses were covered by MediTech http://www.bioflexlaser.com/

For a taste of what you missed, check out the following:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl5T1Lw0B5o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DdxPWmQPHk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5uk87zGNA4

SEPTEMBER 16: On Forgiveness - Dr. Alice MacLachlan

http://www.alicemaclachlan.com/

OCTOBER 15: Dr Wendy Levinson - Choosing Wisely
http://www.choosingwisely.org/

http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124


NOVEMBER 11: Dr Steven J. Stein  On Radicalization
4 part Grand Rounds Presentation by Nidal Hasan
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/08/30/fort-hood-killer-warned-before-shooting-possible-adverse-events/
Another view: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130705101535.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fmind_brain+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Mind+%26+Brain+News%29&utm_content=Yahoo%21+Mail

DECEMBER 11: OUR FIRST ANNUAL NIGHT OF MEDICAL IMAGINEERING
Thank you to Drs. Julielynn Wong (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3221356/ ,
 http://www.patientslikeme.com/), ( Graham Merry (http://www.photospectra.ca/aboutus.php ), Joshua Landy (http://figure1.com/ ), Carol Loffelmann, Catherine Yu
( http://guidelines.diabetes.ca/ ), Jocelyn Srigley (http://1datapoint.com/#), Paula Williams (http://www.gallixa.com/AboutGallixa.html ),and Frank Sommers ( https://goodsexnetwork.com/StressRelief/ ) for a stimulating set of presentations. 

 

 

 

 

2012 PROGRAMS

LINKS TO PAST PROGRAMS:

DECEMBER 3:

An interesting video on the effects of LAN(light at night): http://www.cbc.ca/player/Shows/ID/2313199682/

http://www.chronotherapeutics.org/Index.html

Dr Levitan is looking for research subjects for studying SAD and can be reached a robert.levitan@camh.net. Patients referred can also receive light units on loan to try if they qualify.

www.sltbr.org

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=casting-light-on-astronaut-insomnia-iss-to-get-sleep-promoting-lightbulbs&WT.mc_id=SA_DD_20121204

Interesting link about how cells communicate with light: http://www.basic.northwestern.edu/g-buehler/summary.htm


NOVEMBER 13:An Evening with Dr Anthony Feinstein

http://www.mercurymedia.org/programmes/under-fire-journalists-in-combat/

Interesting link to a related video: Operation Homecoming:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0C-yKrUjIg&feature=related
 

OCTOBER 17:“Only through the practice of preventive medicine will we keep the costs from becoming so excessive that the public will decide that Medicare is not in the best interests of the people of the country.” Tommy Douglas
Fascinating maps detailing the history of the obesity epidemic in the USA:
http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html
Meanwhile, back here in Canada:
 http://www.ices.on.ca/webpage.cfm?site_id=1&org_id=68&morg_id=0&gsec_id=0&item_id=7393&type=report

MAY  22: THE MAGIC OF MITOCHNDRIA :Summer Reading:
3100 foods to think about this summer: http://www.nutritionj.com/content/9/1/3
And a little something on one food in particular with mitochondrial implications, from one of my favourite websites: http://nutritionfacts.org/video/priming-the-proton-pump/
Mitochondria & mood: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20691744 & http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22329956
Need an excuse for a massage? The Doctors' Lounge is all in favour of self-care: http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/4/119/119ra13.abstract
Thinking of having a cocktail after work as part of that self care program? Consider this:
http://ebm.rsmjournals.com/content/235/1/66.long
Some recent history: http://www.whatislife.com/education/fact/history_table.html , and some ancient history http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/2012/04/16/mitiochondria-are-related-to-ocean-bacteria-but-not-to-the-ones-we-thought/?WT_mc_id=SA_DD_20120417
Always looking for an excuse to plug my blog (www.inositolpage.blogspot.com), so how about this?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21434479 .Think that is bull? Well, here is something to think about:
http://scientopia.org/blogs/scicurious/2012/02/23/friday-weird-science-on-applying-pot-to-your-bull-semen/
And for those who see H pylori as the explanation for everything: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111101130202.htm
Melatonin: still the most interesting hormone downplayed in my formal medical education, a reminder to stay on top of CME: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22391273
And for those who have ever wondered if the words glocal and neuroplasticity could ever make sense in the same sentence: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20957078
As for our last DL talk on cancer, a new word to learn: mitocans http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22329956
And finally, just because we at the DL cannot resist speculating about "interesting" ideas, something to think about when lying around soaking up the sun this  summer: http://ebm.rsmjournals.com/content/235/1/66.long
Have a great summer and please e-mail us with your ideas for future programming.



MAY 1 
 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22271210.
http://www.ted.com/talks/yoav_medan_ultrasound_surgery_healing_without_cuts.html 
http://www.tedmed.com/videos-info?name=Bill_Doyle_at_TEDMED_2011&q=updated&year=all.

MARCH: http://health-humanities.com/

FEBRUARY: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1306868/pdf/westjmed00156-0045.pdf
http://www2.cfpc.ca/local/user/files/%7BD4FA2672-6404-410B-AC3A-E8A93F8D01D7%7D/Murray1.pdf

JANUARY:
http://www.grandchallenges.ca/
http://www.tedmed.com/videos-info?name=Mehmood_Khan_at_TEDMED_2011&q=updated&year=all