Yoni Freedhoff

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Lilly Cancels Its Tirzepatide Fat Tax

Lilly announces the pending launch of their MyZepbound.ca financial assistance program for patients prescribed tirzepatide for obesity

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Despite Assurances To The Contrary, Lilly Has Effectively Levied A Fat Tax In Canada For Mounjaro

If You Have Obesity, You'll Pay Nearly Double For Mounjaro Than If You Have Diabetes

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Lilly To Levy A Fat Tax For Its Weight Loss Drug in Canada

If you're prescribed tirzepatide for obesity in Canada, come January, you'll be paying double what you would pay if you were prescribed it for type 2 diabetes

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The Canadian Medical Association Appears To Be Institutionally Antisemitic

I'm not sure what else to conclude

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More Antisemitism From the Canadian Medical Association

This time from their "antiracist" board member

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The Canadian Medical Association Ignores Jewish Physicians And Their Concerns

Not one of us who wrote to express our concerns about the CMA's amplification of a disproven blood libel received a response

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On Blood Libels And The Canadian Medical Association

My letter of resignation from the association

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On Hospitals, Healthcare, and Masks

What's wrong with us?

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Systemic Weight Bias Means Not Considering Systemic Weight Bias As A Factor In Disease Outcomes For Patients With Obesity

It's something that must be considered in any study on the impact of obesity on any disease's course or outcomes

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As We Hurtle, Eyes Wide Open, Towards Another Disastrous Winter Respiratory Virus Season, Where Is Public Health?

On Thursday afternoon at 2:53pm doctors in Ottawa received a public health alert email from our associate medical officer of health Dr.

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The Many Causes of Obesity

Busy week so less reading for me.

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The Ontario SARS Scientific Advisory Committee Chair And Later Co-Chair Of The Ontario Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee Asks WTF Are We Doing?

How I wish Dr.

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Diet Coke Just As Helpful To Weight Loss As Water When Used In Place Of Sugary Beverages

Unsurprisingly of course

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The Language of Weight Bias Permeates Medical Literature Exhibit A Gabillion And Six

Shared on social media recently was a new review article detailing the impact that bariatric surgery has on the outcomes of pregnancy.

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Maybe This Study Should Be Getting More Attention

Who was most likely to receive unilateral do-not-resuscitate orders during COVID's first wave?

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Ed Yong's Final Piece For The Atlantic - A Must Read

Ed Yong was the reason I subscribed to The Atlantic.

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In March Canada's Chief Science Advisor Warned Long COVID May Lead To A "Mass Disabling Event" - Here's The Current Thinking On How

Back in March Canada’s Chief Science Advisor Dr.

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Brief Thoughts On Suicidal Ideation Post Weight Loss With Surgery Or Ozempic

Is it a consequence of unmet expectations?

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New Alzheimer's Drug's Coverage Highlights The Negative Bias Dominating The Coverage Of Our New Antiobesity Medications

On Thursday the FDA approved Leqembi, a new drug for people with Alzheimer’s, which has been shown to maybe, in some cases, slow (not stop, not reverses) cognitive decline for 5-18 months, and in other cases, either do nothing, or rarely, cause serious and life threatening brain swelling and bleeding that have at times led to death.