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Some Early Forms of Low-Risk Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) Breast Cancer May Not Need Treatment, Study Says
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 13, 2024 Source:Some Early Forms of Breast Cancer May Not Need Treatment, Study Says Reference:Active Monitoring With or Without Endocrine Therapy for Low-Risk Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
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Certain foods may disrupt your body’s fight against cancer cells, study says, There are likely other concomitant factors at play.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 12 2024 Source:Certain foods may disrupt your body’s fight against cancer cells, study says Reference:Integration of lipidomics with targeted, single cell, and spatial transcriptomics defines an unresolved pro-inflammatory state in colon cancer
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A challenge to the hypothesis explaining the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 11, 2024 Source:Neuroscientists just turned a major Alzheimer’s theory on its head Reference:Increases in amyloid-β42 slow cognitive and clinical decline in Alzheimer’s disease trials
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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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