The TI's own Tom Perry discussed BC's polypharmacy problem with CBC's Mark Forsythe today. podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/b…

TI letter on polypharmacy reported in the Sun. vancouversun.com/health/Many+se…

[Podcast] Therapeutics Initiative - Reducing polypharmacy: A logical approach ow.ly/AZXww #ptsafety #prescribing #EBHC

#Benzodiazepines may be associated w/ increased risk of #Alzheimers according to Canadian & French researchers bmj.com/content/349/bm… #BMJ

Data Fracking: verb: applying industry pressure to a dataset to increase the number of patients who benefit from treatment #datafracking

UBC Medicine Continuing Professional Development - Therapeutics resources: ubccpd.ca/programs-resou…

#TI's Dr. Jim Wright weighs in on the unproven benefits of treating mild #hypertension via The Vancouver Sun vancouversun.com/health/many+Ca…

Drug testing rules broken by Canadian researchers: thestar.com/news/canada/20…

Can you draw anything from a study of 7? What would happen if they drank 40 regular sodas/day? #artificalsweetener news.nationalpost.com/2014/09/17/art…

#FDA approves another incretin mimetic for the treatment of type 2 #diabetes: fda.gov/NewsEvents/New…

Many questions still remain in BC Ministry of Health firings via The Vancouver Sun vancouversun.com/health/Vaughn+…

Homicide Melanoma Alcoholic liver disease Leukemia HIV <- Things that kill fewer Americans than opioids. withdrawal.net/realize/drug-d… Slate

More on #datafracking with Alan Cassels: commonground.ca/2014/10/data-f…

Premier Clark apologizes for firing of health researcher shar.es/1msCWZ via Times Colonist

Likely the biggest scandal this government has ever faced: Vaughn Palmer on Health ministry firings #yyj #bcpoli vancouversun.com/opinion/column…

Still talking about the Health Ministry Scandal: B.C. Politics this week #bcpoli vancouversun.com/entertainment/…

Patients’ & doctors’ campaign welcomes plans to tackle problem of hidden clinical trials ow.ly/F1Pux #AllTrials #ptsafety #pharma

Great letter on coverage for DPP-4 diabetes drugs by BC Pharmacare's Eric Lun newsroom.gov.bc.ca/ministries/hea…

Opioid pain-reliever tramadol appears to be associated with an increased risk of hospitalization for hypoglycemia bit.ly/1sdBMOJ

A commentary by Lewis Nelson and me in JAMA Internal Medicine on the many problems associated with tramadol. archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?a…