Archive - Weighty Matters

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

May 8 •

Yoni Freedhoff, MD

February 2025

How can we respond to an epidemic of hate? A conversation w/ Dr Yoni Freedhoff

Jewish doctors are quitting the profession in Canada, as racist hate has overtaken hospitals & universities since October 7. What can be done to stop…

Published on Awake from Woke • Feb 18

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December 2024

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…

Dec 11, 2024 •

Yoni Freedhoff, MD

November 2023

The Canadian Medical Association Appears To Be Institutionally Antisemitic

I'm not sure what else to conclude

Nov 13, 2023 •

Yoni Freedhoff, MD

More Antisemitism From the Canadian Medical Association

This time from their "antiracist" board member

Nov 2, 2023 •

Yoni Freedhoff, MD

October 2023

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

Oct 26, 2023 •

Yoni Freedhoff, MD

On Blood Libels And The Canadian Medical Association

My letter of resignation from the association

Oct 19, 2023 •

Yoni Freedhoff, MD

September 2023

On Hospitals, Healthcare, and Masks

What's wrong with us?

Sep 30, 2023 •

Yoni Freedhoff, MD

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

Sep 23, 2023 •

Yoni Freedhoff, MD

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.

Sep 9, 2023 •

Yoni Freedhoff, MD

The Many Causes of Obesity

Busy week so less reading for me.

Sep 2, 2023 •

Yoni Freedhoff, MD

August 2023

The Ontario SARS Scientific Advisory Committee Chair And Later Co-Chair Of The Ontario Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee…

Aug 26, 2023 •

Yoni Freedhoff, MD

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