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Preparing for Covid-19. What to do and what to avoid.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 2, 2020 Source:It’s not overreacting to prepare for coronavirus. Here’s how.
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Sunday House Call, #728, March 1, 2020: The approach to Covid-19 when it finally comes is to remember the sage advice of Kipling’s If.
Sunday House Call, #728, March 1, 2020: The approach to Covid-19 when it finally comes is to remember the sage advice of Kipling’s If. Topics today include: The arrival of Covid-19 in Canada and to your town or city is likely over the next few months. There are strategies to which if we all adhere…
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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.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 28, 2020 Source:One cup of milk per day associated with up to 50 per cent increase in breast cancer risk: study Reference:Dairy, soy, and risk of breast cancer: those confounded milks
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Canada does little to stem the purveyors of quackery and their ads that promote cancer cures.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 27, 2020 Source:Baseless ads for cancer-fighting natural health products are rampant in Canada: report Reference:Bad Science Watch: A Survey of the Online Marketing of Natural Health Products for Cancer Treatment and Cure
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Harvard epidemiologist comments on Covid-19 potential to spread
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 26, 2020 Source:Harvard scientist predicts coronavirus will infect up to 70 percent of humanity Reference:You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus
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Managed Alcohol Programs helping some with alcohol addiction
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 25, 2020 Source:How ‘managed alcohol programs’ are helping treat alcoholism with moderation
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WHO emergency committee member expresses concern that Covid-19 may be “first pandemic challenge that fits the disease X category”.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 24, 2020 Source:Coronavirus May Be ‘Disease X’ Health Experts Warned About
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Sunday House Call, #727, February 23, 2020: Got (toddler) Milk?
Sunday House Call, #727, February 23, 2020: Got (toddler) Milk? Topics today include:With formula sales waning, companies are pulling out all the fear tactics they have to convince parents that their toddlers need a special sugar-laden toddler milk to ensure they develop normally. Unfortunately for these producers, there is no evidence to support the need…
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Study concludes that left-digit bias plays a role in whether someone age 80 versus age 79 receives coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 21, 2020 Source:80 is not the new 70: Age may bias heart care, study finds Reference:Behavioral Heuristics in Coronary-Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
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