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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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Many methodological confounding factors and alternate hypotheses dampen study authors contention that cleaning product exposure during infancy increases risk of asthma.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 19, 2020 Source:Infants exposed to cleaning supplies more susceptible to asthma, study finds Reference:Association of use of cleaning products with respiratory health in a Canadian birth cohort
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Heart disease and stroke remain the predominant health threat.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 18, 2020 Source:Healthy aging: The real threat is heart disease
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Precautions against mosquito-borne illness should be de rigeur when traveling to endemic disease regions.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 14, 2020 Source:26-year-old Canadian woman dies after catching dengue fever in Jamaica
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