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Salt intake awareness campaign begins
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 20, 2009 Source: Give your head a shake
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Erectile dysfunction as a predictor of heart disease
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 19, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Erectile Dysfunction Predicts Heart Disease Reference: Does Erectile Dysfunction Contribute to Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction Beyond the Framingham Risk Score?
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You say concussion, I say ABI
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 18, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: ‘Concussion’ underplays severity of injury: doctors Reference: “My Child Doesn’t Have a Brain Injury, He Only Has a Concussion”
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Daunting challenges to provide aid and relief to the people of Haiti
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 15, 2010
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Catch up sleep does not stem effects of sleep deprivation
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 14, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: You Lose If You Don’t Snooze; Lost Sleep Can’t Be Recovered Reference: Uncovering Residual Effects of Chronic Sleep Loss on Human Performance
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Blood test may be able to differentiate for children who have a true peanut allergy
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for [display_podcast] Source: More accurate peanut allergy test could be on the way Reference: Component-resolved diagnostics facilitate the diagnosis of peanut allergy Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Not all peanut-sensitized children experience allergic reactions on exposure. Tests that could discriminate peanut allergy from tolerance without the need to perform oral…
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Watching TV increases heart disease and cancer risk, study suggests
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 12, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Couch time may cut life short, study suggests Reference: Television Viewing Time and Mortality. The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab)
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Do nut-free zones on airplanes make sense to you?
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 11, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Air Canada ordered to create nut-free buffer zones A CFRA web poll asked this question and I discussed this with Steve Madely. This is a continuation of our discussion from last week.
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Where is the evidence to support nut-free buffer zones on airplanes?
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 8, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Air Canada ordered to create nut-free buffer zones Comment: This is a classic illustration of poor risk evaluation. There is no information available in this article to help me answer the basic questions when examining a health claim. How many people suffer anaphylactic reactions on…