Iris Gorfinkel, M.D.
@DrGorfinkel
I now post on Bluesky. @DrGorfinkel.bsky.social Family doctor, Researcher. PrimeHealth Research Columnist @CBCRadio @GlobalNewsTo #IG :@dririsgorfinkel_
LIFE EXPECTANCY With a Home Vs. Without Women 36 yrs 85 yrs Men 50 yrs 78 yrs The solution isn’t incarceration For SHAME, Ontario 🇨🇦 thestar.com/opinion/contri… @TorontoStar
Special THANKS …to Dr. Andrew Boozary for his trailblazing work on homelessness It lights the path forward 🇨🇦 🏋️♀️ 🇨🇦 @drandrewb thestar.com/opinion/contri…
For SHAME, Ontario …for treating unhoused people with -Incarceration for up to 6 months -$10,000 fines Homelessness is not a choice thestar.com/opinion/contri…
Supportive housing costs -22 X less than a HOSPITAL ROOM -7 X less than a PRISON CELL -3 X less than a SHELTER BED Ontario won't ARREST its way out of encampments ...being unhoused is not a crime @drandrewb thestar.com/opinion/contri… @TorontoStar
A 49 yr old Canadian was found unresponsive at Miami's Federal Detention Center ...yet minimal information was provided on the cause of his death. An autopsy is needed. thestar.com/news/canada/ca…
BIOLOGICAL AGE isn't measured by birthday ...but by overall health It's ACCELERATED by -Gender & Racial inequality -Weak democracies -Air pollution It's a MAJOR determinant of HEALTH -Denmark: ~2.5 yrs biol. YOUNGER -South Africa & Egypt: ~5 years biol. OLDER…
Sometimes watching politics can be tiring. But a new study goes a step further and suggests politics can actually make people age. @DrGorfinkel goes over the study. cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…
Applicable to all attempts at creativity “….an extremely pleasant form of perpetual failure” 💜
A TRAVESTY with HORRIFYING CONSEQUENCES 🚨 FEWER THAN HALF of 🇺🇸 parents & pregnant women surveyed plan to accept all vaccines. This is a nationally representative sample. jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…
U.S. LIFE EXPECTANCY There's a staggering 11-YEAR difference that maps with political affiliations This divide will WORSEN with cuts to Medicaid Political polarization kills Elbows up, Canada
SURPRISE! A provision in the "One Big Beautiful Bill" Act says that to enter the 🇺🇸, visitors needing non-immigrant visas must pay a $250 "Visa Integrity Fee" It'll apply to: -Tourists -Business travelers -International students Those complying w/ their visa conditions…
🔥 WILDFIRE SMOKE -Please take it SERIOUSLY. Many pollutants have NO ODOR: -Carbon monoxide -Volatile organic compounds -Particles These are HIGHLY INFLAMMATORY ... & ⬆️ the RISK of: 🫀 Heart attack 🫁 Asthma, COPD, lung cancer 🧠Stroke 🤰 Low birth weight -Keep windows…
Hallelujah for this. Compared to 🇺🇸 physicians …we 🇨🇦 docs spend FAR LESS time chasing insurance approvals & payments
Some Canadians think our publicly funded healthcare system is "broken". On my ER shift last night: -I billed one insurer -No one questioned my medical imaging or admission requests -No one asked me for "additional documentation" Ask any American MD if they'd like that.
🇨🇦 One Big Beautiful Post…
Can we just skip to the part where we take care of each other and the earth?
🚨GREAT TIMING for an urgently-needed reminder ROUTINE VACCINES in 🇺🇸 children slashed antibiotic use by HALF Sinusitis ⬇️65% Pharyngitis ⬇️40% cidrap.umn.edu/antimicrobial-…
Trump plans to CUT BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH by one-third “… effectively ending America’s long-standing rule as the world leader in science and innovation.” nytimes.com/2025/07/10/sci… via @NYTimes
Dear Pres. Trump, The 🇺🇸 already pays the WORLD'S HIGHEST PRICES for its Rx drugs. A 200% tariff on pharmaceuticals would: -Triple the cost of most drugs -Make Rxs even MORE UNAFFORDABLE -⬆️Insurance costs -Create MAJOR supply chain issues Signed ctvnews.ca/world/trumps-t…
RFK Jr's 🇺🇸 Dept of Health & Human Services is now BACK-TRACKING on its pledge to disclose CONFLICTS OF INTEREST by their new appointees. New members might retain ties with ANTI-VACCINE groups - including financial ones It's gonna be a LONG 4 years... statnews.com/2025/07/09/ken…