Infectious Disease – Dr. Barry Dworkin //podcastplus.net/feed/infectious-disease-dr-barry-dworkin~32e10b03 The official website Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:46:34 +0000 Northward spread of Aspergillus species poses increased health risks for susceptible individuals for which we are woefully unprepared. https://shcradio.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/drbarrydworkin/audio/MHH/25/250526-Aspergillis-spreads-northward.mp3 Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 26, 2025 Source:A fungus that can ‘eat you from the inside out’ could spread as the world heats up Mon, 26 May 2025 22:01:22 +0000 https://shcradio.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/drbarrydworkin/audio/MHH/25/250526-Aspergillis-spreads-northward.mp3 The Ontario Government is not responsible for your personal decisions that have led to an increase in measles infections. It is responsible for providing the means to access the vaccine should you decide to use it and it has done so. https://shcradio.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/drbarrydworkin/audio/MHH/25/250508-Measles-responsibility.mp3 Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 8, 2025 Source:Ford and Jones defend Ontario measles response, despite 1,243 cases since October Thu, 08 May 2025 19:41:48 +0000 https://shcradio.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/drbarrydworkin/audio/MHH/25/250508-Measles-responsibility.mp3 Study explores Long Covid prevalence and uncertainty in England https://shcradio.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/drbarrydworkin/audio/MHH/25/250320-Long-covid.mp3 Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 20, 2025 Source:Study explores Long Covid prevalence and uncertainty in England Reference:Exploring Long Covid Prevalence and Patient Uncertainty by Sociodemographic Characteristics Using GP Patient Survey Data Thu, 20 Mar 2025 19:12:09 +0000 https://shcradio.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/drbarrydworkin/audio/MHH/25/250320-Long-covid.mp3 Scientists hypothesize that an oral microbe might be responsible for the mechanism that leads to Alzheimer’s. https://shcradio.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/drbarrydworkin/audio/MHH/25/250224-bacreial-etiology-for-alzheimer.mp3 Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 24, 2025 Source:The Cause of Alzheimer’s Might Be Coming From Inside Your Mouth Reference:Porphyromonas gingivalis in Alzheimer’s disease brains: Evidence for disease causation and treatment with small-molecule inhibitors Mon, 24 Feb 2025 21:00:17 +0000 https://shcradio.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/drbarrydworkin/audio/MHH/25/250224-bacreial-etiology-for-alzheimer.mp3 Bird flu genetically combining with human flu strains is a concern and is being actively monitored by health organizations like the Public Health Agency of Canada among others. https://shcradio.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/drbarrydworkin/audio/MHH/25/250219-bird-flu.mp3 Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 19, 2025 Source:The danger of bird flu mixing with human flu? A potential pandemic Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:34:58 +0000 https://shcradio.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/drbarrydworkin/audio/MHH/25/250219-bird-flu.mp3 Exposure of blood infections possible from 2 beauty salons in Ottawa https://shcradio.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/drbarrydworkin/audio/MHH/25/250129-contaminated-comedone-extractors.mp3 Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 29, 2025 Source:Exposure of blood infections possible from 2 beauty salons in Ottawa Wed, 29 Jan 2025 19:37:32 +0000 https://shcradio.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/drbarrydworkin/audio/MHH/25/250129-contaminated-comedone-extractors.mp3 Can cytomegalovirus infection lead to the development of Alzheimer’s later in life? Study suggests that there may be a link in a subset of people. https://shcradio.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/drbarrydworkin/audio/MHH/25/250108-CMV-alzheimer-link.mp3 Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 8, 2025 Source:Scientists Discover Common Virus Could Be Causing a Type of Alzheimer’s Reference:Alzheimer’s disease-associated CD83(+) microglia are linked with increased immunoglobulin G4 and human cytomegalovirus in the gut, vagal nerve, and brain Wed, 08 Jan 2025 15:42:57 +0000 https://shcradio.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/drbarrydworkin/audio/MHH/25/250108-CMV-alzheimer-link.mp3 China experience a surge of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infections. It is not a new virus and for most healthy people it is a mild illness. It does not pose a pandemic risk. https://shcradio.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/drbarrydworkin/audio/MHH/25/250107-HMPV.mp3 Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 7, 2025 Source:Hospitals in China overwhelmed by surge in HMPV patients raising concerns about a new epidemic Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:34:25 +0000 https://shcradio.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/drbarrydworkin/audio/MHH/25/250107-HMPV.mp3 Bird flu a concern in California https://shcradio.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/drbarrydworkin/audio/MHH/24/241220-Bird-flu.mp3 Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 20, 2024 Source:How do people catch bird flu? Fri, 20 Dec 2024 17:59:53 +0000 https://shcradio.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/drbarrydworkin/audio/MHH/24/241220-Bird-flu.mp3 ‘Very low risk’ of hepatitis A spread to customers at Hunt Club Tim Hortons https://shcradio.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/drbarrydworkin/audio/MHH/24/241219-Hepatitis-A.mp3 Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 19, 2024 Source:‘Very low risk’ of hepatitis A spread to customers at Hunt Club Tim Hortons Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:24:28 +0000 https://shcradio.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/drbarrydworkin/audio/MHH/24/241219-Hepatitis-A.mp3