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Can this nasal spray slow down Alzheimer’s? There is no answer when your study includes only one person.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 23, 2025 Source:Can this nasal spray slow down Alzheimer’s? One couple is helping scientists find out Reference:Dampening of Microglial Activation With Nasal Foralumab Administration in Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia
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House Calls, #976, June 22, 2025: New support program for adolescents and young adults with cancer at the Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre
The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre is now offering a new program to offer support to adolescents and young adults who are being treated for cancer. You can get more information by sending an email to AYAProgram@toh.ca Your Calls and Comments: Playlist 1st segment Intro: Bones – Imagine Dragons Outro: Theme from Superman – John Williams 2nd segment…
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Increasing numbers of younger adults are being diagnosed with skin cancer.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 20, 2025 Source:You likely aren’t using enough sunscreen, doctors warn amid increase in skin cancer
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Advocates call for lowering colorectal cancer screening age to 45.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 19, 2025 Source:Not ‘an old person’s disease’: Advocates call for lowering colorectal cancer screening age
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Why more Canadians are landing in emergency departments with cannabis-induced vomiting
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 18, 2025 Source:Why more Canadians are landing in emergency departments with cannabis-induced vomiting Reference:Changes in Emergency Department Visits for Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome Following Recreational Cannabis Legalization and Subsequent Commercialization in Ontario, Canada
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New treatment approach for head and neck cancers significantly increases five-year survival rates.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 17, 2025 Source:‘Gift of life’: experts hail neck and head cancer breakthrough
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Chronic fatigue may persist for a year for some after a transient ischemic attack.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 16, 2025 Source:Chronic fatigue can persist for 1 year after a ministroke Reference:Long-Term Fatigue Following Transient Ischemic Attack
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House Calls, #975, June 15, 2025: Wait! There’s More!
Wait times in Canada remain a problem Ontario seems to be doing better than most with the introduction of private surgical centers for cataract surgery and hip and knee replacements. It is covered by the public system. Randall Denley: Ontario’s private eye-surgery experiment can give sight to the ideologically blindCanadians still waiting longer for surgeries…
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The Manchester Metropolitan University study into the long-term effects of vaping comes as a government ban on single-use vapes comes into force
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 13, 2025 Source:Vaping’s sickening side effects as study shows it’s ‘even worse than smoking’
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