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House Calls Playlist (updated weekly)
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Popular diabetes medication significantly slows down aging in monkey study. Mechanisms are fascinating.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 2, 2025 Source:Popular diabetes medication significantly slows down aging Reference:Metformin decelerates aging clock in male monkeys Related posts: Anti-aging properties…
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Media rehashing a four year-old study with little followup that claims acetaminophen may increase risk-taking behaviour. There is no evidence to suggest that this is even remotely true.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 1, 2025 Source:Common pain reliever drug may influence risk-taking behaviour, study suggests Reference: Related posts: Health Canada's warning about ADHD…
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Pouring a Double-Double into your colon from the southside end is only helpful for the coffee brewer selling it to you.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 31, 2025 Source:Pouring Coffee Into Your Rectum Isn’t Worth The Risk, Says Expert Related posts: The pseudoscience of losing belly…
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House Calls, #964, March 30, 2025: And spread it does; Measles infections increase in the US and southern Ontario
Categories: Sunday House Call ShowsThe unfortunate yet predictable consequences of low Measles vaccination rate now being reported in the US and Canada is a hallmark of how reality does…
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Vitamin A can’t prevent measles. But there is something that does.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 28, 2025 Source:Vitamin A can’t prevent measles. What this supplement actually does Related posts: Reaping the rewards of fake science…
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Canadian scientists discover new class of antibiotics that seem to work well against multidrug resistant bacteria
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 27, 2025 Source:How antibiotics could fight superbugs: Canadian scientists make key discovery Reference:A broad-spectrum lasso peptide antibiotic targeting the bacterial…
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Tanning beds rebranded and touted as a boon for health and wellness belie the physical reality that UV exposure is cumulative increasing the risk of skin cancers with each successive use.
Categories: Cancer/Oncology, Dermatology, General information, Genetics, Junk Science, Science and Media ReportingMedical Mythbusting Commentary for March 26, 2025 Source:Sunbed use on the rise as salons sell ‘wellness’ benefits Related posts: FDA wants tanning beds risks to…
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Meta-analysis finds that most back pain treatment modalities are ineffective with only a few having evidence of efficacy.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 25, 2025 Source:Can’t Kick Your Lower Back Pain? There’s a Reason For That, Study Finds Reference:Analgesic effects of non-surgical and…
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High resolution ultrasound could enable faster prostate cancer diagnosis
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 24, 2025 Source:High resolution ultrasound could enable faster prostate cancer diagnosis Related posts: Focused-beam-ultrasound trial will investigate efficacy to treat…