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Startup company plans to insert muscle implants that could allow mind-controlled prosthetics
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 10, 2024 Source:Muscle Implants Could Allow Mind-Controlled Prosthetics—No Brain Surgery Required
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Influencers selling fake cures for polycystic ovary syndrome
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 9, 2024 Source:Influencers selling fake cures for polycystic ovary syndrome
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House Calls, #950, December 8, 2024: Stabbed in the Back
A Kingston, Ontario doctor is told she must repay $600K for providing COVID vaccine to over 36,000 patients when she set up vaccination centres during the pandemic like the government asked. Your Calls and Comments:
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Microbiologist comments on why you should never kiss a newborn baby (at least by friends and family members).
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 6, 2024 Source:Why You Should Never Kiss A Baby
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Another observational food-questionnaire study rife with recall bias links dark chocolate consumption with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 5, 2024 Source:Dark chocolate linked to lower risk of type 2 diabetes, study saysReference:Chocolate intake and risk of type 2 diabetes: prospective cohort studies
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New approach to treatment for the 50% of people with acute eosinophilic exacerbations of asthma attacks.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 4, 2024 Source:First new treatment for asthma attacks in 50 years Reference: Treating eosinophilic exacerbations of asthma and COPD with benralizumab (ABRA): a double-blind, double-dummy, active placebo-controlled randomised trial
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Is Organic Produce Really Safer to Eat? Short answer; not really according to this article
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 1, 2024 Source:Is Organic Produce Really Safer to Eat?
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House Calls, #949, December 1, 2024: Damned If You Do and Damned If you Don’t
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT)accepts a complaint from a “fat intersectional feminist” (her words) who was offended by her obstetrician’s recommendation to refer her for high risk obstetrical care given the potential complications for the pregnancy and fetus. Her BMI was 46 (5 foot five women, 275 lbs as an example, not necessarily…
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