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Sunday House Call, #858, November 13, 2022: The Trifecta no one wants to win
Hope may soon become reality as RSV vaccine development continues apace. This can’t come soon ebnough given that RSV responsible for 1 in 50 child deaths under age 5, based on study estimates Sperm blocking implants might become a new male contraception option. Your calls:
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Orexin-blocking medications to be investigated as potential treatment for drug addiction
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 11, 2022 Source:To Fight Addiction, Insomnia Drugs Could Block Orexin Reference:Orexin Reserve: A Mechanistic Framework for the Role of Orexins (Hypocretins) in Addiction
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New one-stop 83-item guideline to managing heart disease in Canadians needs to be automated and incorporated into EMRs to maximize use by primary care physicians.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 10, 2022 Source:New one-stop guideline takes a 360-degree approach to managing heart disease in Canadians Reference:Canadian Cardiovascular Harmonized National Guideline Endeavour (C-CHANGE) guideline for the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease in primary care: 2022 update
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Researchers seek to understand why vaccine responses vary from person to person
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 9, 2022 Source:Researchers seek to understand why vaccine responses vary from person to person Reference:Pan-vaccine analysis reveals innate immune endotypes predictive of antibody responses to vaccination
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Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) presented new data, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showing that catheter ablation may be better than antiarrhythmic drugs at halting disease progression.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 8, 2022 Source:National study suggests it’s time to rethink how we treat atrial fibrillation Reference:Progression of Atrial Fibrillation after Cryoablation or Drug Therapy
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The unintended consequences of using a ventilator. UC Riverside researchers demonstrate major differences between how we naturally breathe versus how ventilators make us breathe.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 7, 2022 Source:The unintended consequences of using a ventilator Reference:Positive- and Negative-Pressure Ventilation Characterized by Local and Global Pulmonary Mechanics
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Sunday House Call, #857, November 6, 2022: The Truth, the Media, the Communicators, and being crabby (but not in the way you think)
Medical science is not an exact art. It is rife with inconsistencies and changing recommendation because that is the nature of the beast. But we can get lost in the forest if we only look at the next tree instead of the path that leads us out to safety. Information and understanding progresses apace and…
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Pfizer RSV vaccine data submitted to FDA for evaluation. Large international study found vaccinating during pregnancy was nearly 82% effective at preventing severe RSV cases in their babies’ first 90 days of life, 69% at 6 months.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 2, 2022 Source:Strong RSV vaccine data lifts hopes after years of futility
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As RSV continues to spread, who is most susceptible and why?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 1, 2022 Source:Can adults get RSV too? What to know about the children’s virus surging in Canada
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