Dr. Wesley Block, MD PhD
@drwesleyblock
Currently a Radiologist, previously a scientist. Interested in business/investing and breast cancer advocacy.
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28-09-2021 14:52:40
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If the Canadian Pension Plan yearly gains are tax exempt within Canada and located in tax havens internationally (so pay no tax), tell me again why 🇨🇦 physician retirement savings within their small business are targets for increasing taxation? Canadian Medical Association Dr. Alika Lafontaine MD @JusinTrudeau
Ignoring reason & evidence: Why new breast cancer guidelines from CTFPHC | GECSSP advising against screening women in their 40s are misguided Alberta Medical Association (AMA) ACFP OCFP Ontario Medical Association The College of Family Physicians of Canada theconversation.com/ignoring-reaso…
GRADE allows observational studies to be upgraded if they are show large magnitude benefits (Pan Canadian) and for RCTs to be downgraded if they are problematic (CNBSS). The CTFPHC | GECSSP ignored this inconvenient truth.
Seriously. “Everything you ever wanted to know about breast imaging/screening/diagnosis, but were afraid to ask”! Thank you, Dr. Paula Gordon 👏👏👏
The CTFPHC | GECSSP is guilty of being a “False Authority” (FA) The FA fallacy occurs when a person making an argument doesn’t have the knowledge or qualifications to be credible but is perceived as credible b/c they are respected or admired. Canadian Society of Breast Imaging Canadian Medical Association André Picard
In Canada, the percent of breast cancer cases diagnosed before age 50: 32.3% in Black, 16.6% in White; In the US, 22% in Black and 14% in White women. Median age at death in women from breast cancer: in Canada: Black 61, White 71; in the US: Black 63, White 70. Anna Wilkinson
Canadians get the lowest quality healthcare system they are willing to tolerate. No politician wants to spend on HC unless they MUST for their political survival. It’s time to set aside our politeness, complacency and indifference… time to be angry. Canadian Medical Association Alberta Medical Association (AMA)
We cannot afford NOT to screen early. The cost of treating advanced breast cancer has skyrocketed, driven by the high cost of new, beneficial drugs and improved survival. Cdn research by Jean Seely, MD Anna Wilkinson and others shows there are large reductions in treatment costs when
Did Alberta Health just cancel some of all outpatient cataract surgeries in Calgary? Alberta Medical Association (AMA) AHS_CalgaryZone
Canada 🇨🇦 doesn’t just need #ElbsUp it need to #pivothard. Neither Mark Carney or Pierre Poilievre are the PM Canada needs right now. Both want to just shuffle deck chairs on the Titanic.
