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Sunday House Call, #723, January 19, 2020: I can’t stop vomiting! I need a hot shower.
Sunday House Call, #723, January 19, 2020: I can’t stop vomiting! I need a hot shower. Topics today include:A case history for our listeners to solve. This is a syndrome that many will bear witness in the near future given the ubiquitous availability of products containing the offending compound. A study that looks at the…
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What TV show host Wendy Williams should have known about cleft lip/palate before allowing her offensive gesture to epitomize her ignorance of the condition
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 17, 2020 Source:Wendy Williams apologizes to Blue Bombers’ Adam Bighill for cleft lip gesture
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Heartburn-treating drug Pepcid one of many including those for blood pressure control that are not available due to shortages in Canada; the law of unintended consequences plays a predominant role.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 16, 2020 Source:Canada faces shortage of heartburn drug Pepcid after Zantac recall Reference:A dire scarcity of drugs is worsening, in part, because they are so cheap
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The spread of newly-discovered coronavirus in China is dependent on many epidemiological factors that are being monitored by health authorities
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 15, 2020 Source:Could the new coronavirus in China spread to Canada?
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Little evidence in this observational study to suggest that drinking green tea prolongs your life and how not to write a health column when you do not point out said study’s limitations.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 14, 2020 Source: Study suggests drinking green tea is linked to living longer Reference:Tea consumption and the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality
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What do iodine pills do when you are exposed to ionizing radiation?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 13, 2020 Source:Here’s how Ontario would respond to a real nuclear emergency
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Mouse model shows how ‘disgust’ receptors responsible for nicotine aversion leads to the next question of whether this is applicable in humans. If so, can these receptors be targeted to help someone quit? More basic science research is required.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 10, 2019 Source:How scientists could help people quit smoking by targeting ‘disgust’ receptors Reference:β2* nAChRs on VTA dopamine and GABA neurons separately mediate nicotine aversion and reward
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Netflix addition of “The GOOP Lab” is another example of normalizing/legitimizing pseudoscience and a blatant example of conflict of interest given Paltrow’s business gets a huge advertising audience
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 8, 2019 Source:‘The Goop Lab’: Why health experts are concerned about Gwyneth Paltrow’s new show
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Sure, exercise is great for cardiovascular health but to conclude that running a marathon can help you live longer may only apply to the healthy group of 138 people involved in the study and has to take into account many other lifestyle factors.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 7, 2019 Source:Running a marathon could help you live longer, study suggests Reference:Training for a First-Time Marathon Reverses Age-Related Aortic Stiffening
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