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"A controversy..which raises uncomfortable questions about the influence of funding from #BigPharma in...Toronto health institutions" - which Dr. Brenda Gallie & I struggled to expose for years
thestar.com/news/investiga…
#Pharma #PatientSafety
👏🙏 @rachelmendleson @TorontoStar
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thestar.com/news/investiga…
#Pharma #PatientSafety
👏🙏 @rachelmendleson @TorontoStar
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A long struggle
-2009: @UHN expands use of *unlicensed* drug w/out evidence of #InformedConsent obtained from patients
-2019: UHN conducts a conflicted, internal, confidential 'review' which: "if your aim was to rig the result, is exactly what you would do"
🎯@FearLoathingBTX
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-2009: @UHN expands use of *unlicensed* drug w/out evidence of #InformedConsent obtained from patients
-2019: UHN conducts a conflicted, internal, confidential 'review' which: "if your aim was to rig the result, is exactly what you would do"
🎯@FearLoathingBTX
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How can @UHN claim "appropriate safe care"? During exposure to this *unlicensed* drug over years:
1- Iron levels rose in 50% over the threshold for death
2- 65% patients developed liver injury
3- 17% acquired diabetes
And again, *no informed consent*
thestar.com/news/investiga…
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1- Iron levels rose in 50% over the threshold for death
2- 65% patients developed liver injury
3- 17% acquired diabetes
And again, *no informed consent*
thestar.com/news/investiga…
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🧵 1/ While y'all are sparring over mandatory masks, I have taken a deep dive into the children's medicine supply shortages.
Frustrated that the MSM is focusing on the increased demand and nobody is covering the supply seriously, I did my own digging
#TylenolShortage
#Sickkids
Frustrated that the MSM is focusing on the increased demand and nobody is covering the supply seriously, I did my own digging
#TylenolShortage
#Sickkids
2/ This was no surprise.
Feb 28, 2020 - (yes 2020) "Because the active ingredients of most generic drugs come from China and India, including 84% of the world’s supply of acetaminophen, the coronavirus could cause supply disruptions, experts warn."
latimes.com/business/story…
Feb 28, 2020 - (yes 2020) "Because the active ingredients of most generic drugs come from China and India, including 84% of the world’s supply of acetaminophen, the coronavirus could cause supply disruptions, experts warn."
latimes.com/business/story…
3/ China is undoubtedly facing many factors that can contribute to supply and supply chain disruptions.
November 9, 2022 - "China’s southern metropolis of Guangzhou has locked down more than 5 million residents"
cnn.com/2022/11/09/chi…
November 9, 2022 - "China’s southern metropolis of Guangzhou has locked down more than 5 million residents"
cnn.com/2022/11/09/chi…
In addition to its terrible injustice, this grim story may be of special interest to #Motherisk families (speaking of #accountability):
Broadwater was convicted on two pieces of evidence: Sebold's account; and a now-debunked #hair analysis: cnn.com/2021/11/24/us/…
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Broadwater was convicted on two pieces of evidence: Sebold's account; and a now-debunked #hair analysis: cnn.com/2021/11/24/us/…
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#Motherisk families were destroyed because #SickKids idol Dr Gideon Koren was believed about #hair samples arising from his allegedly "forensic" analysis.
Indeed, he was believed for a very long time.
thestar.com/news/crime/201…
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Indeed, he was believed for a very long time.
thestar.com/news/crime/201…
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Indeed US courts recognized "extensive problems with how hair-strand tests were done at #SickKids, *two decades* before similar issues were uncovered in Canada”: preventionconversation.org/2017/10/22/fif…
Were there consequences to Koren's #misconduct? Or #accountability?
Unsurprisingly, no.
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Were there consequences to Koren's #misconduct? Or #accountability?
Unsurprisingly, no.
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More on Toronto #SIckKids MD who, while destroying #Motherisk families, was praised - after proven research misconduct - for his "publication output, unmatched at @uofTmedicine." #WhatWeValue
@ForBetterSci
retractionwatch.com/2021/10/29/rep…
🙏@ivanoransky @RetractionWatch
ICYMI...
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@ForBetterSci
retractionwatch.com/2021/10/29/rep…
🙏@ivanoransky @RetractionWatch
ICYMI...
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Brilliant comprehensive analysis🙏 Leonid Schneider:
forbetterscience.com/2020/06/29/mot…
But...did we miss the public report on "the vast body of work" by #SickKids and #Motherisk doc Koren (who was the object of fulsome praise from Dean of @uoftmedicine for his "research output")?....
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forbetterscience.com/2020/06/29/mot…
But...did we miss the public report on "the vast body of work" by #SickKids and #Motherisk doc Koren (who was the object of fulsome praise from Dean of @uoftmedicine for his "research output")?....
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#SickKids has promised a “systematic exam” of Koren’s papers to “protect the integrity of the existing medical literature.”
@UofT assured the public it would 'take appropriate actions’ if findings involved individuals at U of T”. Nearly 3 years ago.
thestar.com/news/investiga…
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@UofT assured the public it would 'take appropriate actions’ if findings involved individuals at U of T”. Nearly 3 years ago.
thestar.com/news/investiga…
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Even after proven misconduct, researchers can always find another academic position: retractionwatch.com/2021/10/28/exc… @RetractionWatch
Familiar story, if one hails from Toronto...
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Familiar story, if one hails from Toronto...
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Recovery is possible after more than research misconduct. Koren's #Motherisk lab made million$ selling unverified hair tests, tearing apart vulnerable families, prompting two govt-commissioned inquiries
retractionwatch.com/2019/02/19/con…
Unlike Motherisk families, Koren has thrived...
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retractionwatch.com/2019/02/19/con…
Unlike Motherisk families, Koren has thrived...
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"Gideon Koren: so toxic that he had to surrender his medical licence and flee Canada... is Professor at the Adelson Medical School at Ariel University."
🙏 Prof Leonid Schneider
forbetterscience.com/2020/06/29/mot…
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🙏 Prof Leonid Schneider
forbetterscience.com/2020/06/29/mot…
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THREAD. A long one:
I try to be open about who I am as both an officer and as a person, to show that we are in fact people just like you. I’ve shared many of the amazing things that have happened in my life, while always trying to inject some humour into it and still trying /1
I try to be open about who I am as both an officer and as a person, to show that we are in fact people just like you. I’ve shared many of the amazing things that have happened in my life, while always trying to inject some humour into it and still trying /1
to cognizant off my family’ privacy.
Recently, you met Benjamin, the newest addition to my family and you were all so excited for me, my wife and daughter.
This thread is about Benjamin. /2
Recently, you met Benjamin, the newest addition to my family and you were all so excited for me, my wife and daughter.
This thread is about Benjamin. /2
I debated whether or not to share something so personal, but decided I would, to share experiences, emotions that we went through as parents and to highlight the amazing medical staff at @SickKidsNews.
What. A. Week. /3
What. A. Week. /3
This might be the single most asinine thing I’ve seen written by an individual with *some* subject matter expertise in the last 3 months. It’s in relation to the #sickkids report on school opening precautions.
It’s comically hypocritical as the author of this statement appears to have absolutely no background in child health or education whatsoever, but claims to be able to weigh the impact of months on end better than report authors who are ID docs AND paediatricians.
Nothing to see here folks, totally inconsequential.
(>20% of kids in Toronto love below the poverty line, nearing 50% in some wards)
(>20% of kids in Toronto love below the poverty line, nearing 50% in some wards)
