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House Calls, #979, September 7, 2025: Awesome!
New hope for spinal cord injuries as an Israeli team plans to start human trials to transplant grown spinal cord replacements. A brain tumour was removed through the eye instead of opening up the skull to do so. Your Calls and Comments: Playlist 1st segment Intro: Big Man on Mulberry Street – Billy Joel Outro: Changes…
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Interesting perspectives on how we perceive pain, cope with chronic pain, and how it differs from acute pain.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 4, 2025 Source:Dr. Sanjay Gupta: All pain lies in the brain, and here’s what you can do about it
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How low should blood pressure go? New study has the answer for people at high risk of heart and kidney disease. However for some, the side effects may not be tolerable. Individual assessment is required.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 3, 2025 Source:How low should blood pressure go? New study has the answer Reference: Effect of Systolic Blood Pressure Measurement Error on the Cost-Effectiveness of Intensive Blood Pressure Targets. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2025; DOI: 10.7326/ANNALS-25-00560
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New drug that stimulates new tooth regrowth entering human trials
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 2, 2025 Source:New drug that stimulates natural tooth regrowth is entering human trials Reference:Japanese Scientists Begin Human Trials for Tooth Regrowth Drug Ravi, V., Murashima-Suginami, A., Kiso, H., Tokita, Y., Huang, C.L., Bessho, K., Takagi, J., Sugai, M., Tabata, Y., Takahashi, K. Advances in tooth agenesis and tooth regeneration. Regenerative…
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Research into synthetic corneas continues apace with results forthcoming within the next year.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 29, 2025 Source:Israel to Perform First Synthetic Cornea Transplant, Returning Sight to Blind The story about Israel performing the first synthetic cornea transplant refers to the groundbreaking work by CorNeat Vision, an Israeli startup, which developed the CorNeat KPro, a synthetic cornea designed to restore sight in patients with corneal…
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Lithium deficiency linked to cognitive decline in mouse model and may be linked to the the disease process that leads to Alzheimer’s
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 28, 2025 Source:Scientists say it may be possible to protect aging brains from Alzheimer’s with an old remedy — lithium Reference:Lithium deficiency and the onset of Alzheimer’s disease
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Health Canada approves Ozempic to reduce kidney deterioration in people with diabetes
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 27, 2025 Source:Health Canada approves Ozempic to reduce kidney deterioration in people with diabetes
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‘Especially important’ for seniors to get updated COVID vaccine, doctor says
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 26, 2025 Source:‘Especially important’ for seniors to get updated COVID vaccine, doctor says
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Study suggests that cognitive functional therapy can help people manage chronic back pain.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 25, 2025 Source:Back Pain Relief From This Therapy Can Last for Years Reference:Cognitive functional therapy with or without movement sensor biofeedback versus usual care for chronic, disabling low back pain (RESTORE): 3-year follow-up of a randomised, controlled trial
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