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The role of gut bacteria as a contributing factor of noncommunicable disease like heart disease is worth further study.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 22, 2020 Source:Heart disease contagious?: Study suggests ‘non-communicable’ diseases might be spread through gut bacteria Reference:Are noncommunicable diseases communicable?
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Focus and concern about coronavirus, although important, does not compare to the damage caused by the flu now. Let public health agencies do their jobs. Media, keep a sense of proportion and stop the fear-mongering.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 21, 2020 Source:Canadian health chief: ‘I don’t think there’s any reason for us to panic’ over coronavirus
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Rodent model that shares the same human enzymatic glucose transport pathways to transfer glucose from the placenta to the fetal circulation demonstrates that cannabis exposure during gestation blocks this pathway and negatively impacts fetal growth.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 20, 2020 Source:Cannabis use during pregnancy impacts fetus growth: study Reference:9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure during rat pregnancy leads to symmetrical fetal growth restriction and labyrinth-specific vascular defects in the placenta
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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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