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How to prepare for tick season.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 23, 2026 Source:‘You have to be careful’: Experts warn tick season has started early in Canada Tick bite prevention strategies for eastern and central North America, including Ottawa, Ontario: Before venturing outside: During and after exposure to tick habitats: If an attached tick is detected: Additional considerations:
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Researchers are working on blood tests that may provide early detection of potential Alzheimer’s disease later in life.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 22, 2026 Source:Blood Tests Could Reveal Alzheimer’s Risk Years Before Symptoms Appear Reference:Plasma phosphorylated tau 217 and longitudinal trajectories of Aβ, tau, and cognition in cognitively unimpaired older adults
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Large observational study finds correlation between prenatal cholesterol-disrupting meds and higher autism rates; causation not proven.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 21, 2026 Source:Millions of US birth records uncover an autism risk surge tied to common drugs taken during pregnancy Reference:Sterol pathway disruption in pregnancy: a link to autism
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In Vitro Lab Study on Sucralose Impurity Shows DNA Damage at Unrealistically High Doses; No Evidence of Human Toxicity at Normal Splenda Use
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 20, 2026 Source:Popular Sweetener Linked to DNA Damage – “It’s Something You Should Not Be Eating” Reference:Toxicological and pharmacokinetic properties of sucralose-6-acetate and its parent sucralose: in vitro screening assays The SciTechDaily article from April 16, 2026 summarizes a May 2023 lab study on sucralose-6-acetate.This is a manufacturing impurity in…
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New way to lower high cholesterol by stopping its production demonstrated in mice. It is also designed for a subset of people with a genetically inherited condition that causes significant elevated levels.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 17, 2026 Source:Scientists Discover Game-Changing New Way To Treat High Cholesterol Reference: A human iPSC-derived hepatocyte screen identifies compounds that inhibit production of Apolipoprotein B
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Scientists finally crack mystery of rare COVID adenovirus vaccine blood clots
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 15, 2026 Source:Scientists finally crack mystery of rare COVID vaccine blood clots Reference:Adenoviral Inciting Antigen and Somatic Hypermutation in VITT
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Metformin shown to increase a biological effect of exercise in men with prostate cancer reducing insulin resistance, easing metabolic stress and weight gain. What this isn’t is exercise in a pill.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 14, 2026 Source:Exercise in a Pill? Metformin Shows Surprising Effects in Cancer Patients Reference:The anti-obesogenic metabolite, Lac-Phe, is elevated by metformin treatment in prostate cancer patients
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Naturally Occurring Bacteria Completely Eradicate Tumors in Mice With a Single Dose
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 13, 2026 Source:Naturally Occurring Bacteria Completely Eradicate Tumors in Mice With a Single Dose Reference:Discovery and characterization of antitumor gut microbiota from amphibians and reptiles: Ewingella americana as a novel therapeutic agent with dual cytotoxic and immunomodulatory properties