August 11, 2022 Epidemiology Doctors express concern about the availability of Sodium Nitrite and recommend tighter regulation/restrictions. Study reports it was intentionally used citing the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service investigating deaths deemed to be suicides.
June 3, 2022 Apps and diagnosis The week: Hep A in strawberries, new rapid tests for Syphilis, Virtual Surgery, and another useless coffee study.
December 10, 2021 Allergy/Immunology Study suggests that cow’s milk allergy may be overdiagnosed in infants.
December 6, 2021 Food Science Despite evidence that sugar does not cause hyperactivity in children, it is a difficult myth to dispel for parents. However, sugar-added foods/drinks consumption remains problematic for children from a health perspective.
July 20, 2021 Food Study reviewed nutrient composition between ground beef and veggie burgers. It notes product labels implying nutritional equivalence is not supported in their analysis. It is not promoting one over the other just awareness that they differ.
June 29, 2021 Allergy/Immunology Much ado about coffee (another observational study about it, please make it stop) with apologies to the Bard. Let’s move on to a more relevant study that shows mRNA vaccines produce long-term persistent immunity. #VaccinesWork
February 25, 2021 Allergy/Immunology Study proposes a biological mechanism to explain how high fructose exposure can exacerbate immune inflammatory response.
February 28, 2020 Cancer/Oncology Media reports study findings of milk consumption/breast cancer risk using relative risk figure of 50% increase with one cup/day instead of 1.6% absolute risk increase. Study cannot show causality either.
January 27, 2020 Bariatric Medicine The science behind intermittent fasting reviewed in the New England Journal of Medicine