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I would love to have primary care for cash here in Canada. Given the current system, you can't receive a given medical treatment unless you can convince a doct

I would love to have primary care for cash here in Canada. Given the current system, you can't receive a given medical treatment unless you can convince a doctor to authorize it. Even if you are willing to pay out of pocket, you are out of luck unless you can find a doctor who is on the same page as you. Right now, I'm trying to get a blood test for Vitamin D, but all the doctors I've gone to see are ignorant of the latest Vitamin D research, and don't see the value of doing the test. If I can't find a doctor who will authorize it in the next year or so, then I'm probably going to drive down to the US and pay cash using Direct Labs (http://www.directlabs.com/ http://www.directlabs.com/) or the Life Extension Foundation (http://www.lef.org/ http://www.lef.org/). It's terribly inefficient but I don't see any way around it.

pasbesoin 18y ago
I'm curious as to what research you're referencing. I started taking a vitamin D supplement a few weeks ago at the encouragement of my father, and it seems to be making a difference in my sense of well-being, but I'd welcome a few pointers if you have any handy. (Don't mean to impose, though.)
- pchivers 18y ago
  The big study on vitamin D that got everyone's attention was this one from the summer of 2007: Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation Reduces Cancer Risk: Results of a Randomized Trial (http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/85/6/1586 http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/85/6/1586) There is also a lot of information about vitamin D research at the Vitamin D Council website (http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/ http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/). That being said, I don't know if taking a vitamin D supplement would have any noticeable effect on your sense of well-being. I think it's probably a good idea to take one even if you don't notice a difference.
  - pasbesoin 18y ago
    > I don't know if taking a vitamin D supplement would have any noticeable effect on your sense of well-being Yeah, that was totally unexpected and is purely anecdotal.

pasbesoin 18y ago

I'm curious as to what research you're referencing. I started taking a vitamin D supplement a few weeks ago at the encouragement of my father, and it seems to be making a difference in my sense of well-being, but I'd welcome a few pointers if you have any handy. (Don't mean to impose, though.)

pchivers 18y ago
The big study on vitamin D that got everyone's attention was this one from the summer of 2007: Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation Reduces Cancer Risk: Results of a Randomized Trial (http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/85/6/1586 http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/85/6/1586) There is also a lot of information about vitamin D research at the Vitamin D Council website (http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/ http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/). That being said, I don't know if taking a vitamin D supplement would have any noticeable effect on your sense of well-being. I think it's probably a good idea to take one even if you don't notice a difference.
- pasbesoin 18y ago
  > I don't know if taking a vitamin D supplement would have any noticeable effect on your sense of well-being Yeah, that was totally unexpected and is purely anecdotal.