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Health Canada must reconsider man’s bid to use psilocybin for cluster headaches, Federal Court rules
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 5, 2024 Source:Health Canada must reconsider man’s bid to use magic mushrooms for cluster headaches, Federal Court rules
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Pembrolizumab given to patients with stage two or three bowel cancer and a certain genetic profile (MMR deficient/MSI-High bowel cancer) before surgery instead of chemotherapy led to a significant increase in patients being declared cancer-free, a UK clinical trial found.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 3, 2024 Source:Drug that ‘melts away’ tumours hailed as ‘gamechanger’ for some bowel cancer patients
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Some brain injury patients would recover if life support weren’t ended. Study needs to define what they mean by recovery as this has different connotations to many people.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 31, 2024 Source:Some brain injury patients would recover if life support weren’t ended Reference:Recovery Potential in Patients Who Died After Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment: A TRACK-TBI Propensity Score Analysis
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More corroborating evidence that introducing peanut butter during infancy can help protect against a peanut allergy later on
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 30, 2024 Source:Introducing peanut butter during infancy can help protect against a peanut allergy later on, new study finds Reference:Follow-up to Adolescence after Early Peanut Introduction for Allergy Prevention
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Debunking the ‘anti-sunscreen’ movement: Doctors say TikTok trend is dangerous and full of scientific and physiological inaccuracies
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 29, 2024 Source:Debunking the ‘anti-sunscreen’ movement: Doctors say TikTok trend is dangerous
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Eating ultra-processed foods linked to memory and thinking problems, study finds. Yet another food study that that has no means of demonstrating causality.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 28, 2024 Source:Eating ultra-processed foods linked to memory and thinking problems, study finds Reference:Associations Between Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Adverse Brain Health Outcomes
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Warming climate affecting infectious disease risk from tropical/semitropical organisms in Canada
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 27, 2024 Source: As Canada warms, infectious disease risks spread north
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What is Fifth Disease or ‘slapped cheek disease’ and should parents be concerned? In short and for most, no.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 24, 2024 Source:What is ‘slapped cheek disease’ and should parents be concerned?
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Pioneering gene therapy restores UK girl’s hearing. A truly wonderful outcome.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 23, 2024 Source:Pioneering gene therapy restores UK girl’s hearing
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