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New insights into the pathophysiology of inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn’s using mouse model and lab-grown organoids.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 28, 2026 Source:Crohn’s breakthrough? Your gut may never forget inflammation, Israeli scientists find
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Still too early to determine severity of seasonal (fall and winter) respiratory viruses
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 27, 2026 Source:Why respiratory viruses could surge across Ontario this fall
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Arthritis drug may help regrow up to 80% of hair for people with widespread alopecia areata. However there are other same-class drugs that are already approved for this condition.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 26, 2026 Source:Arthritis drug may help regrow up to 80% of hair in alopecia areata Reference:Upadacitinib for Severe Alopecia Areata in Adults and Adolescents
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Small study with many limitations cannot show that there is a causative relationship between Vitamin D supplementation and improved cognitive scores for people with mild cognitive impairment
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 25, 2026 Source:This common vitamin was linked to 13% better cognitive scores Reference:Vitamin D supplement intake is associated with better cognition in persons with sleep disturbance and mild cognitive impairment.
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Newer understanding of new blood vessel growth after heart attack may lead to treatments to promote better bypass circulation.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 24, 2026 Source:Your Heart Can Actually Build Its Own Bypass After a Heart Attack Reference:Tracing the origins of de novo coronary collateral formation in cardiac repair
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House Calls, #1026, August 23, 2026: Lifestyle and food choices still matter towards preventing disease but alas not necessarily for the treatment of cancer.
The concept of prevention and treatment regarding cancer management. Food may play a role more so in prevention rather than treatment. Your Calls and Comments: Playlist Intro: Snake Oil – Steve Earle (00:30) Outro: Food Glorious Food (from Oliver!)- Oliver Original London Cast and Chorus 2nd segment Intro: Suspicious Minds – Fine Young Cannibals Outro:…
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AI-calculated brain age predicts dementia risk years before doctors can see it
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 21, 2026 Source:AI-calculated brain age predicts dementia risk years before doctors can see it Reference:Comparison of Brain Age With Standard MRI Assessment for Dementia Risk Stratification in Subjective and Mild Cognitive Impairment
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Second-hand human-interest retelling of a family’s account of a ten year delay of Lyme disease diagnosis with other suspect claims creates doubt of its overall veracity.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 20, 2026 Source:Four siblings battled the same symptoms for a decade. The family dog had already been diagnosed with what they had. WARNING: Link is here but be warned it has been scanned and has been determined to be a malicious website) Reference:Here is a review of the details to…
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Daily sugary drinks linked to 250 per cent higher stomach-cancer relative risk, but this translates into an absolute risk difference of 0.01 per cent because of the rarity of these cancers.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 19, 2026 Source:Sugary drinks may increase risk of gastric cancer: study Reference:Association between sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened beverage intake and gastric cancer incidence
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