Great Doctors Medical Centers

10/25/2025

⚠️ Fentanyl-stimulant overdoses among seniors have surged 9,000%. The opioid crisis is no longer just a young person’s issue.

A devastating new analysis has revealed a 9,000% surge in fentanyl-related overdose deaths among Americans aged 65 and older, especially when mixed with stimulants like co***ne and methamphetamine.

The findings, presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2025 conference, mark a shocking shift in the opioid epidemic, which has now entered its fourth wave—dominated by deadly combinations of fentanyl and stimulants. Once considered a crisis for younger adults, the data show older Americans are increasingly affected, with 50% of fentanyl deaths in this age group now involving stimulants, compared to just 9% in 2015.

This alarming trend highlights how age-related factors—like chronic conditions, slower drug metabolism, and multiple medications—can amplify overdose risk. Researchers urge clinicians to recognize that polysubstance use affects all age groups and to use extra caution when prescribing opioids to seniors. Strategies such as reducing unnecessary opioid use, involving caregivers in harm reduction, and screening broadly for substance use could help curb this deadly spike. As overdose patterns evolve, experts warn that prevention efforts must also shift to include older adults in education, screening, and intervention.

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Presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2025 annual meeting, analysis based on CDC WONDER data, 1999–2023.

10/19/2025

📢 ANNOUNCEMENT: GREAT DOCTORS MEDICAL & NODOCTOR.CA EXPANDING SERVICES IN GUELPH! 35 Harvard Rd.

Great Doctors Medical and NoDoctor.ca are proud to announce full services now available for patients without a family doctor, as well as for those managing **chronic illnesses** such as **diabetes, hypertension, COPD, and heart disease.

We are also excited to partner with MTOMedical.ca to provide Truck Driver Medical Exams (MTO Medicals) at our new Guelph location –
35 Harvard Road

Our expanded services now include:
✅ MTO Truck Driver Medicals
✅ Pain Management
✅ Dedicated Knee, Shoulder & Joint Injection Clinic
✅ Cardiology
✅ Respirology / Sleep / COPD Programs
✅ Podiatry & Minor Foot Surgery

Whether you’re a patient without a family doctor or need specialized chronic care — **Great Doctors Medical, NoDoctor.ca, and MTOMedical.ca** are here to help with full access to licensed specialists and same-week appointments.
Great Doctors Medical
📍 **New Guelph Location:** 35 Harvard Rd, Guelph, Ontario
📧 Email: [GreatDoctorsClinic@gmail.com](mailto:GreatDoctorsClinic@gmail.com)
🌐 [www.GreatDoctors.ca](https://www.GreatDoctors.ca)

08/17/2025

🚀 Exciting News for Canadian Physicians! 🚀

Introducing Pegasus Medical AI by Adhopia MED TECH—a revolutionary, physician-developed AI platform transforming clinical practice across Canada!

Built in Toronto by a collaborative group of CPSO-licensed family doctors and specialists, Pegasus is fully standalone and privacy-first, utilizing PatientVu EMR as its secure backend, and integrating seamlessly with Accuro, TELUS PS Suite, and OSCAR.

What sets Pegasus apart?
- AI-powered patient intake, triage, and comprehensive pre-consultation medical history, lifestyle, and medication checks—so physicians can focus on patient care, not documentation.
- Automated specialty-driven clinical notes and personalized treatment plans.
- Efficient billing with automatic OHIP and provincial code generation and future-ready electronic claim submission modules.
- MD Sentinel data protection system ensuring advanced cloud-based privacy and security.
- Intelligent inbound fax OCR technology to support full offline workflows.

Backed by over 100 CPSO-licensed physicians and validated with data from 75,000+ real Canadian patients, Pegasus is proudly supported by Sigma Group Canada and Great Doctors Medical.

Importantly, Pegasus has been 100% privately funded to date**. We are now poised to launch our first round of external funding to complete the second phase of rigorous data validation and accelerate AI development—bringing this transformative technology to clinics nationwide.

If you’re interested in pioneering a truly Canadian AI healthcare solution designed by doctors, for doctors, reach out to us at Adhopia MED TECH & Great Doctors Medical

🔗 Contact us today to learn more about partnership and funding opportunities!
GreatDoctorsai@gmail.com

08/09/2025

New Practice Announcement for Windsor, Nova Scotia

08/02/2025

Great Doctors Medical Centers and Sleep Scan Canada are now offering Take-Home Sleep Apnea Testing in Ontario now

SleepScan.ca offers Ontario’s most advanced at-home sleep apnea testing. Get fast, physician-reviewed diagnostics for sleep apnea, snoring, and poor sleep. Clinical-grade results in 3–5 days. No referral needed. Struggling with snoring, fatigue, or poor sleep in Ontario? SleepScan offers fast, s...

07/28/2025

🧠 MIT recently completed the first brain-scan study on ChatGPT users—and the results are deeply revealing.
Rather than boosting brain function, prolonged AI use may be dulling it.
Over four months of cognitive data suggest we might be measuring productivity all wrong ⤵️

In MIT’s study, participants had their brains scanned while using ChatGPT.
→ 83.3% of users couldn’t recall a single sentence they’d written just minutes earlier.
→ In contrast, those writing without AI had no trouble remembering.

Brain connectivity dropped sharply—from 79 to 42 points.
→ That’s a 47% drop in neural engagement.
→ The lowest cognitive performance among all user groups.

Even after stopping ChatGPT use in later sessions, these users showed continued under-engagement.
→ Their performance remained lower than those who never used AI.
→ This suggests more than dependency—it’s cognitive weakening.

Beyond the scans, educators flagged the writing itself.
→ Essays were technically solid, but often called “robotic,” “soulless,” and “lacking depth.”

Here’s the paradox:
→ ChatGPT makes you 60% faster at completing tasks…
→ But it reduces the mental effort required for learning by 32%.

The top-performing group?
→ Those who began without AI and added it later.
→ They retained the best memory, brain activity, and overall scores.

Using ChatGPT can feel empowering—but it may quietly offload your thinking.
→ You gain speed, but lose engagement.
→ You get answers, but stop learning how to think.

The takeaway isn’t to avoid AI—but to use it intentionally.
→ Use it to assist, not replace your mind.
→ Build cognitive strength—not dependency.

MIT’s early study on AI and the brain lays out the stakes. The way we use these tools matters more than ever.

07/15/2025

07/06/2025

Sigma Healthcare & Great Doctors Medical Centers is Looking for Female Family Doctors for Dedicated High volume Women’s Health HPV/STI(PAP) Testing clinics in Etobicoke, Guelph, Kitchener/Waterloo, Windsor, Oshawa, Belleville, and Ottawa
Please call or whatsapp 416-839-8020 , or email or DM us via FB messenger GreatDoctorsMedical@gmail.com

06/20/2025

A new tooth implant can grow into your gums — and even talk to your brain like a real tooth.

Scientists at Tufts University have unveiled a revolutionary "smart" dental implant that grows into the gum and connects with existing nerves, offering a sensation-rich replacement closer to a real tooth than anything previously developed.

Unlike traditional implants that screw into the jawbone and lack sensory feedback, this innovative approach uses a biodegradable outer layer embedded with stem cells and a protein that encourages nerve tissue growth.

As it expands into the socket, the implant secures itself without drilling, healing into the soft tissue and restoring the mouth-to-brain signaling typically lost when a tooth is extracted.

The new implant has been successfully tested in rodents, where it demonstrated biocompatibility and nerve connectivity within six weeks post-implantation.

Researchers plan to further assess brain activity to confirm restored sensory communication, and future trials in larger animals and eventually humans are in the works. If successful, the technology could transform not only dentistry but other areas of orthopedics by introducing implants that integrate and interact with the nervous system.

Dencare Canada/Sigma Healthcare

06/18/2025

Experts are warning of immimenent "AI model collapse’ as ChatGPT-Fueled content overwhelms the web.

And they note that, "leaning is going to be prohibitively expensive, probably impossible."

The rapid proliferation of generative AI tools like ChatGPT has sparked a new and unexpected crisis: the internet is becoming saturated with AI-generated content, and it's already undermining the future of AI development itself. Researchers warn that as AI models increasingly learn from data tainted by previous AI outputs, the quality and reliability of future models may spiral downward — a phenomenon known as "model collapse." The clean, human-created data that once formed the backbone of machine learning is being buried under layers of synthetic content, complicating efforts to train new models without recursive errors.

Maurice Chiodo from the University of Cambridge likens the dilemma to the demand for “low-background steel” — uncontaminated metal sourced from pre-nuclear era battleships. In AI terms, data from before 2022 is now seen as "clean," while post-2022 data is suspect. The problem is already affecting advanced AI systems like retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), which depend on real-time web data that is increasingly polluted. Without enforceable regulations to label or filter AI-generated content, experts caution that the AI industry could stall itself by drowning in its own output.

05/25/2025

Great Doctors Medical is NOW OPEN in Guelph !

We’re excited to announce the opening of our newest location at 159 Fife Rd, Guelph— and we’re now accepting patients!
Our clinic offers appointment-based walk-in services with a wide range of specialties, including:

**Men’s & Women’s Health | Diabetic & Chronic Care Management | Cardiology | Endocrinology | Respirology | Gastroenterology | Podiatry | Pain Management | Sleep & Weight Loss Clinics | MTO/Truck Driver Medicals | Minor Surgery (Lumps & Bumps Clinic) | Joint Injections | Sports Medicine | Foot Care | Physiotherapy | Full Mental Health Services
Whether you need routine care or specialized services, our dedicated team is here to support you.
Now accepting new patients!
To register, please email us at GreatDoctorsMedical@gmail.com or call our Toronto office at 416-839-8020

We look forward to caring for you, Guelph!

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05/18/2025

🚨 **BIG ANNOUNCEMENT FOR WINDSOR & LASALLE!** 🚨

We’re thrilled to announce the **official opening of our brand new Sports Medicine & Foot Care Clinic at Great Doctors Medical** — launching **June 1st, 2025** at **1468 Front Rd- Lasalle 🎉

If you or someone you know is dealing with joint pain, sports injuries, foot problems, or looking for non-surgical, evidence-based care — **we’re here for you!** 🙌
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💥 **WHAT WE OFFER:** 💥
✅ **Knee Pain & Injections** (Cortisone & Viscosupplementation)
✅ **Shoulder Injuries** (Rotator cuff, Impingement, Frozen shoulder)
✅ **Low Back & Neck Pain** (Trigger point injections available!)
✅ **Ankle & Foot Injuries** (Sprains, Achilles Tendinopathy, Plantar Fasciitis)
✅ **Minimally Invasive Plantar Fasciitis Release**
✅ **Hip Pain & Bursitis Treatments**
✅ **Tennis & Golfer’s Elbow Management**
✅ **Wrist, Hand & Carpal Tunnel Assessments**
✅ **Concussion Care & Return-to-Play Clearance**
✅ **Arthritis Management** (Knees, Hips, Shoulders)
✅ **Post-Surgical Rehabilitation Support**
✅ **Tendinopathies & Overuse Injuries**
✅ **Chronic Pain & Musculoskeletal Consultations**
✅ **PRP (Platelet-Rich Plasma) Therapy**
✅ **Functional Movement & Return-to-Activity Assessments**
✅ **Advanced Foot Care** (Ingrown Toenails, Foot Pain Consults, Plantar Fasciitis)
✅ **Onsite Musculoskeletal Ultrasound-Guided Injections**
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🩺 **WHY CHOOSE US?**
✔️ **Rapid appointment availability**
✔️ **Onsite ultrasound-guided procedures**
✔️ **Non-surgical, evidence-based treatments**
✔️ **Seamless care coordination with family doctors & specialists**
✔️ **Integrated rehab, diagnostics, and imaging — all under one roof**
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📨 **HOW TO BOOK OR REFER:**
📠 **Fax:** 289-274-8042
📧 **Email: GreatDoctorsMedical@gmail.com
🌐 Visit: www.360Rehab.ca or www.GreatDoctors.ca
📞 **Call/Text:** 416-839-8020

Referrals welcome from physicians, nurse practitioners, chiropractors, and allied health — **or feel free to contact us directly for an appointment!**

Let’s work together to keep our community healthy, active, and pain-free. 💪✨

📍 Great Doctors Medical — Sports Medicine & Foot Care Division
📍 1468 Front Rd Lasalle Ontario
📆 Opening June 1, 2025

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