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The wonders of chemistry and microbiology exposed in the what seems to be the all too common event between urine and chlorine in public swimming pools. Those red and irritated eyes may not be from just chlorine exposure but cyanogen chloride.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 10, 2022 Source:A Grim Amount Of People Pee In The Pool – Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Reference:Sweetened Swimming Pools and Hot Tubs
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Neurodevelopmental study shines some noise on why teens tune out mom’s voice and pay more attention to others.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 9, 2022 [display_past] Source:New Study Reveals The Reason Teens Seem to Tune Out Their Mom’s Voice Reference:A neurodevelopmental shift in reward circuitry from mother’s to nonfamilial voices in adolescence
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Sunday House Call, #834, May 8, 2022: The Weight of the Matter
The importance of treating obesity as a chronic disease and offering support and treatment.The Skinny on Weight Loss DrugsPeople Taking New Hunger-Blocking Drug Lose 24 Kilograms On Average Your calls about: Recovery from fractured humerous Difficulties finding a family doctor Covid rapid antigen tests still testing positive after 10 days
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No big surprise that influenza activity has increased of late.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 6, 2022 Source:Shut out from COVID-19, influenza appears to be making a comeback in Canada. Why?
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Nutrient/supplement vs placebo study had limitations when trying to determine if it helped manage ADHD in children. Typically, the press release tends to promote certain positive but not negative outcomes.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 5, 2022 Source:Vitamins, minerals improve symptoms for children with ADHD Reference:Micronutrients for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Youths: A Placebo-Controlled Randomized Clinical Trial
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Small in vitro study suggests two new COVID subvariants may dodge natural immunity response. However whether this translates into worsening clinical outcomes remains unanswered.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 4, 2022 Source:Two new subvariants of COVID appear to dodge natural immunity Reference: Omicron sub-lineages BA.4/BA.5 escape BA.1 infection elicited neutralizing immunity
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Is there truly an optimal amount of sleep? Significant limitations including that the study group was 94% white people of European ancestry.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 3, 2022 Source:Scientists say they have nailed down the ideal amount of sleep in middle and old age Reference:The brain structure and genetic mechanisms underlying the nonlinear association between sleep duration, cognition and mental health
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Public Health agencies trying to understand/explain what has led to differences in death rates from COVID being the greatest in Quebec at 174/100K people whilst Ontario’s is 86/100K.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 2, 2022 Source:COVID-19 is killing fewer people, but Quebec still reporting dozens of deaths daily