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It is unlikely that cats cause schizophrenia due to their propensity to harbour Toxoplasma gondii.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 21, 2024 Source:Do Cats Cause Schizophrenia?
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There are relatively straightforward ways to determine the normal development of your child from weight to height to meeting their milestones.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 20, 2024 Source:Are you worried about your child’s size? Here’s why it may not be an issue
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House Calls, #937, August 18, 2024: When the sound drills down to let the earworms settle in for the ride.
A short audio track has been developed to help remove the tune that keeps playing over and over in your head; the dreaded earworm. I selected eight songs that are highly likely to cause this phenomenon the audio track that can help stop it. Today music playlist: 1st segment Intro: I Gotta a Feeling –…
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House Calls, #936, August 11, 2024: How sweet it is!
A review of the media’s latest headlines on how “artificial sweeteners” can lead to heart attack and stroke without including the name of the compound in the headline. Given that many people will scan headlines, this gives the false impression that all zero-calorie or calorie-reduced products pose this risk when it was only Erythritol that…
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Olympian Noah Lyles COVID run. Little risk to others while running the heat but it is the close exposure thereafter when he hugged others and was treated by medical staff when he collapsed thereafter. Let people decide but he should have disclosed his status prior to the event.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 9, 2024 Source: https://x.com/devin_heroux/status/1821632583127404565?s=42
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Millennials and Gen Xers face higher risk of 17 cancers than previous generations, study suggests but reasons are varied and not clearly established.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 8, 2024 Source:Millennials and Gen Xers face higher risk of 17 cancers than previous generations, study suggests Reference:Differences in cancer rates among adults born between 1920 and 1990 in the USA: an analysis of population-based cancer registry data
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Vision and hearing loss among growing list of risk factors for dementia, study says
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 7, 2024 Source:Time to get your eyes checked: Vision loss among growing list of risk factors for dementia, study says Reference:Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2024 report of the Lancet standing Commission
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Bill and I review (sun)burn management
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 6, 2024 Source:The Do’s and Don’ts of Burn First Aid
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House Calls, #935, August 4, 2024: Helpful Beasties
A review of the benefits of chronic wound infections and ulcers using maggots. As repulsive as it seems, there is ample evidence that they are more efficacious in some situations than debridement and antibiotics. Your Calls and Comments:
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