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No, it is unlikely you will be infected by your own toothbrush
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 22, 2025 Source:Your toothbrush is bristling with bacteria – is it time to change it?
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The relationship between music and pain management: Music could help ease pain from surgery or illness.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 21, 2025 Source:Music could help ease pain from surgery or illness. Scientists are listening Reference:The impact of different music genres on pain tolerance: emphasizing the significance of individual music genre preferences
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Study reviews the relationship between losing your teeth and future health problems.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 20, 2025 Source:Losing Your Teeth Could Be a Deadly Warning, Study Finds Reference:Tooth loss progression and mortality among older adults: results from the Chinese longitudinal healthy longevity survey
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House Calls, #986, October 19, 2025: To Tell the Truth
The weasel words that are used in science and health reporting and how you can cut through all this to figure out what deserves your attention and what can be chucked by the wayside. An anticancer nanoparticle vaccine in development. Your Calls and Comments: Playlist 1st segment Intro: Stand Back – Peter Gabriel Outro: Bad…
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Scientists Begin $14.2 Million Project To Decode the Body’s Interoceptive pathways considered to be a “sixth sense”
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 17, 2025 Source:Scientists Begin $14.2 Million Project To Decode the Body’s “Hidden Sixth Sense”
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Observational conference-presented study on sugar and artificial sweeteners states that they are linked to the development of fatty liver disease. However, cannot show causality or biological mechanism for artificial sweeteners.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 16, 2025 Source:That “Diet” Drink Isn’t As Safe As You Think: New Study Links It to Severe Liver Disease
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Selfish sperm see older fathers pass on more disease-causing mutations
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 15, 2025 Source:Selfish sperm see older fathers pass on more disease-causing mutations Reference:Sperm sequencing reveals extensive positive selection in the male germline
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Climate pollution from inhalers has the impact of half a million cars per year, or 0.03% of global CO2 equivalent emissions, study finds. The latter number provides some perspective.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 14, 2025 Source:Climate pollution from inhalers has the impact of half a million cars per year, study finds Reference:Inhaler-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the US; A Serial Cross-Sectional Analysis Question: The study showed that In one year alone, planet-warming pollution from inhalers were the equivalent of driving more than half…
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House Calls, #985, October 12, 2025: The wait is not over.
Wait times continue to rise in Canada. The system is broken and the same tired responses and approaches will not produce a different outcome. Look to Europe, Oceania, and Japan for solutions. A new mRNA vaccine against tuberculosis is being conducted in animal studies with indications of efficacy. Your Calls and Comments: Playlist 1st segment…
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