Sunday House Call: Recent Episodes
Dr. Barry Dworkin
Sunday House Call is an evidenced-based medicine and science show broadcast live from the studios of 580 CFRA in Ottawa, Canada. Its stated aim is to provide the opportunity for our guests to discuss their ideas and the basic science that led to their latest research without the need to encapsulate their life’s work into a 30 second soundbite. The show strives to provide medical information to our listeners that is credible, unbiased and backed by evidence, not anecdote. Nothing can take the place of a visit to your own doctor, but we guarantee that tuning into Sunday House Call is a prescription for useful information on living a longer, better quality of life!
Dr. Barry Dworkin warms up the phone lines and welcomes your questions on the CFRA textboard.
Dr. Barry Dworkin wraps up the final show of 2025, taking your calls and reading your texts! On behalf of the House Call crew, we wish you a happy and festive holiday season, and countless blessings for the year ahead! The first show of 2026 will take place on January 11th.
Dr. Barry Dworkin opens the phone lines and reads your texts. But first, a reaction to Canada losing its Measles Elimination Status.
Dr. Barry Dworkin beats the snowstorm, opens the phone lines, and takes your health-related questions on the CFRA textboard!
Dr. Barry Dworkin opens the phone lines and fields your health-related inquiries. But first, we begin today's edition with a conversation about patient delays and inflated wait times.
Dr. Barry Dworkin opens the phone lines and reads your health-related questions. But first, we start the show with a peek behind the curtain, as Dr. Dworkin explains what type of medical articles he tends to tackle on Medical Mythbusting.
Dr. Barry Dworkin takes your phone calls and health questions on this Thanksgiving Sunday. But first, we tackle the waiting lists that continue to balloon across the country, and the potential solutions we should be using to fix them.
Dr. Barry Dworkin opens the phone lines and reads your medical questions. But first, a discussion on how to properly tackle Ottawa's doctor crisis.
Dr. Barry Dworkin opens the phone lines, reads your emails, and translates your texts! We also tackle the Tylenol debate, and whether there is any truth to U.S. President Trump's medical analysis.
Dr. Barry Dworkin opens the phone lines and takes your health-related questions on the CFRA textboard.
After a lengthy Summer hiatus, House Calls is back on the airwaves! Dr. Barry Dworkin is standing by, eager to take your questions and emails.
Dr. Barry Dworkin takes your calls and texts before enjoying a well-deserved Summer holiday. House Calls will be on replay mode until the next live edition - Sunday, September 7th.
Dr. Barry Dworkin waves his Canadian flag with pride and takes your health-related questions!
Dr. Barry Dworkin opens the phone lines, takes your health-related questions on the textboard, and tells zero dad jokes on this Father's Day.
Dr. Barry Dworkin opens the phone lines and takes your calls on this hazy Sunday morning.
Dr. Barry Dworkin sifts through the CFRA textboard and takes your calls, as we kick off the month of June.
Dr. Barry Dworkin opens the phone lines and takes your calls! If you have any health questions in the meantime, toss them into the CFRA textboard and he will address them on a future broadcast.
Eli Lilly has plastered a 'fat tax' on the Canadian market for their weight loss drug. Dr. Yoni Freedhoff joins the program with his reaction. Then, Dr. Dworkin opens the phone lines and reads your texts.
Got a health question for Dr. Barry Dworkin? He's got the CFRA textboard to his right and the phone lines to his left!
Dr. Barry Dworkin opens the phone lines and reads your health-related questions on the CFRA textboard!
Dr. Barry Dworkin opens up the phone lines and takes your health-related questions! Easter treats are not included, though.
Dr. Barry Dworkin opens the phone lines and reads your health-related texts. But first, he breathes a sigh of relief, as his medical practice enters a new chapter.
Dr. Barry Dworkin takes your texts and health-related questions, as the clocks move ahead by 60 minutes.
The phone lines are flooded this morning, so Dr. Barry Dworkin wastes little time addressing today's burning questions.
Dr. Barry Dworkin takes your health-related calls, texts, and emails in under an hour. Because in the healthcare business, time is money, especially if you can't find a family doctor.
Dr. Barry Dworkin opens the show with a conversation about pure motives and goals, and how a complex process could damage the desired result. Plus, he opens the phone lines and reads your texts!
Dr. Barry Dworkin is joined alongside Dr. Yoni Freedhoff to answer questions on all-things obesity. Then. he opens the phone lines and takes your calls.
Dr. Barry Dworkin turns off the Christmas music and takes your health-related questions!
Dr. Barry Dworkin takes your health-related calls and texts, as we prepare to do a speed-run of December.
Dr. Barry Dworkin opens the phone lines and takes your health-related questions! And as he mentions at the start of the show, always listen to what your body is telling you. Sometimes, trusting your gut could save your life.
Dr. Barry Dworkin takes your health-related questions on this fine Sunday morning, except this week's show quickly evolves into a text-only edition.
Dr. Barry Dworkin tackles all your medical health questions! Calls, texts, emails - doesn't matter.
Dr. Barry Dworkin opens the phone lines and sifts through the CFRA textboard, as he tackles your medical questions!
Dr. Jane Philpott, Canada's former Health Minister under the Trudeau Liberals, is joining the Ontario government that is currently led by a Progressive Conservative regime. Local journalist Randall Denley says this move is an effort to silence health critics. Dr. Dworkin delivers his two cents on the matter. Then, he sifts through the textboard and takes your calls.
When it comes to today's medical professionals, how much does a person's credentials matter to you? For some, it's everything. Dr. Barry Dworkin opens that can of worms to start today's broadcast. Then, he opens the phone lines and tackles your medical questions.
Dr. Barry Dworkin puts aside the pumpkin pie and Thanksgiving turkey to take your calls and texts!
Dr. Barry Dworkin navigates through your health-related questions, reads your texts and emails, and also finds some time to react to the biggest Health headlines of the week.
Dr. Barry Dworkin has returned from a relaxing vacation, hoping to put your mind at ease with some helpful health insights. And as he explains in his opening monologue, hearing what your patients are telling you should be a doctor's non-negotiable standard.
Dr. Barry Dworkin has returned once again, and he's taking all your health-related texts and calls until Noon! And if you have an annoying song that keeps getting stuck in your head for no reason, there is a life hack for that. We describe what 'earworms' are, and how we counter them.
Dr. Barry Dworkin opens the phone lines and takes your health-related questions. He also delivers information about artificial sweeteners and how to prevent bloating.
Dr. Barry Dworkin opens the phone lines and takes your health-related questions during this August heatwave. He also delivers information about CPAP machines and a certain bug that has health benefits.
Dr. Barry Dworkin opens the phone lines and takes your calls on another edition of CFRA House Calls!
The calls are rolling in fast and furious, as Dr. Barry Dworkin takes your health-related questions on the eve of Canada Day. Meantime, there is a Meningitis vaccine that post-secondary students should be getting. We explain further right off the top of the show. Plus, can living skin be attached to the surface of a robot? We stir up that scientific debate as well!
Dr. Barry Dworkin is here on STAT weekends, and the phone lines are open! Get your health-related questions answered on CFRA's House Calls!
The next medication battle has begun. Are we about to see Ozempic 2.0? Dr. Barry Dworkin elaborates further in Segment 1. Then, he opens up the phone lines and takes your calls!
Dr. Barry Dworkin opens the show with a tough conversation about weight loss management. Then, he opens the phone lines and takes your texts.
Dr. Barry Dworkin sifts through the CFRA textboard and takes your health-related questions!
Dr. Barry Dworkin talks to Dr. Christopher Labos, a cardiologist and medical writer with a degree in epidemiology about his new book "Does Coffee Cause Cancer?" and so much more.
Dr. Barry Dworkin opens the phone lines and reads your texts during an Easter Sunday edition of CFRA House Calls!
Dr. Barry Dworkin opens the show with a candid discussion about the measles outbreak, and how different parts of the world have been handling this uptick. Then, he opens the phone lines and takes your calls!
Dr. Barry Dworkin starts the show with a burning rant about healthcare burnout. Then, he takes your health-related questions and sifts through the CFRA textboard.
Dr. Barry Dworkin doesn't take a day off, not even on Super Bowl Sunday! Submit your health-related questions anytime to the CFRA textboard, and he'll read them on the air! Or you can call in every Sunday at 11AM.
Dr. Barry Dworkin starts the show with a passionate speech about weight loss management, and where Ozempic should come into play. Then, he opens the phone lines and reads your texts.
Dr. Barry Dworkin is joined alongside Dr. David Jacobs, the President of the Ontario Association of Radiologists. Together, they talk about Ontario’s decision to lower the age requirements for frequent breast cancer screening. In the second-half of the program, Dr. Dworkin opens the phones lines and takes your health-related questions.
Dr. Yoni Freedhoff joins the show this week. He is an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa and the medical director of the Bariatric Medical Institute.
Dr. Dworkin speaks with Dr. David Jacobs - the President of the Ontario Radiologist’s Association.
DOCTOR BARRY DWORKIN ANSWERS YOUR MEDICAL QUESTIONS! SHOULD YOU RETURN TO WORK IF YOU HAVE A POSITIVE TEST, BUT ARE ASYMPTOMATIC FOR 5 DAYS? DO YOU NEED A BREAST CANCER SCREENING AT THE AGE OF 40? AND IS PICKING AT YOUR SKIN A COMMON SYMPTOM OF DEMNTIA? THIS IS SNDAY HOUSE CALL!
Dr. Barry Dworkin is in taking your calls if you have a medical question.
What are the long-term effects of drinking on a patient suffering from liver disease? A post-stroke patient wonders why there's a 'tingling' feeling on his left side.
These questions and MORE ... answered on this week's episode of Sunday House Call.
Dr. Yoni Freedhoff joins Dr. Dworkin to discuss a recent weight loss study. Later, Dr. Dworkin takes your calls and answers your medical questions!
Dr. Dworkin starts off the show with a message to the people taking part in the anti-vaccine protests outside of hospitals. Later on, we take your calls and answer your medical questions!
Dr. Yoni Freedhoff joins the show to discuss "Semaglutide" - the first drug approved by the FDA for weight loss since 2014. Later on, Dr. Dworkin takes your calls and answers your medical questions!