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New research details the process of how ALS develops and proposes a potential treatment pathway. Quite promising and excellent scientific investigation.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 14, 2024 Source:Western University researchers unlock potential ‘cure’ for ALS
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Another food study. Please make it stop. This time that olive oil may lower risk of dementia based on questionnaires of food intake asked every four years. No way to prove causal link. Moving on….
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 13, 2024 Source:Mediterranean staple may lower your risk of death from dementia, study finds Reference:Consumption of Olive Oil and Diet Quality and Risk of Dementia-Related Death
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House Calls, #926, May 12, 2024: Quel Surprise! Health insurance company won’t cover Wegovy.
Patients who have had great success with Ozempic and have lost coverage because of its type 2 diabetes indications and not weight loss have also been rejected for Wegovy use even though it is indicated for weight loss. Insurance companies want it both ways and patients pay the price for their lack of humanity. Your…
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Study just about to start looking at a means of assessing brain injury due to CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy)
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May , 2024 Source:New Canadian study could be a lifesaver for thousands suffering from CTE
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Whooping cough resurgence in Europe. The reasons are straightforward enough yet…
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 9, 2024 Source:What is whooping cough and should Canadians be concerned as Europe declares outbreak?
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For the first time, researchers have identified a genetic form of late-in-life Alzheimer’s disease
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 8, 2024 Source:For the first time, researchers have identified a genetic form of late-in-life Alzheimer’s disease
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PANDAS: A rare childhood disease that occurs after a strep infection. Doctors are uniting to find a cure
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 7, 2024 Source:‘Let me die’: the mysterious syndrome changing children overnight
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There’s no question H5N1 bird flu has ‘pandemic potential.’ How likely is that worst-case scenario?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 6, 2024 Source:There’s no question H5N1 bird flu has ‘pandemic potential.’ How likely is that worst-case scenario?
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House Calls, #925, May 5, 2024: You are what you speak or maybe not. AI note taking in the physician’s office.
What do you need to know before you consent to a recording of your conversation with your doctor being converted into official medical chart notes. Despite pilot projects and best case scenario bias/anecdotal reporting of outcomes, there are significant medicolegal and privacy implications to this process. AI Scribes: Answers to frequently asked questions Other topics:…
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