Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • Scientists Develop IV Therapy That Repairs the Brain After Stroke

    February 3, 2026

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 3, 2026 Source:Scientists Develop IV Therapy That Repairs the Brain After Stroke Reference:Toward development of a dynamic supramolecular peptide therapy for acute ischemic stroke

  • What cannabis really does for chronic pain

    January 30, 2026

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 30, 2026 Source:What cannabis really does for chronic pain Reference:Cannabis-Based Products for Chronic Pain

  • Intestinal bacterial replacement pills show safety and reduced the side effects from chemotherapy agents used to treat advanced kidney cancer in Phase 1 study

    January 29, 2026

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 29, 2026 Source:‘Poop pills’ developed in London show promise for cancer patients in early trial

  • Scientists Uncover Potential “Two-in-One” Treatment for Diabetes and Heart Disease in mouse model. Human trial still need to be developed.

    January 26, 2026

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 26, 2026 Source:Scientists Uncover Potential “Two-in-One” Treatment for Diabetes and Heart Disease Reference:The designer cytokine IC7Fc attenuates atherosclerosis development by targeting hyperlipidemia in mice

  • The Autism–Tylenol Pregnancy Question Finally Has a Clear Scientific Answer

    January 23, 2026

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 23, 2026 Source:The Autism–Tylenol Pregnancy Question Finally Has a Clear Scientific Answer Reference:Prenatal paracetamol exposure and child neurodevelopment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  • Early results indicate that treatment with this sleep apnea drug reduces the breathing pauses and can improve sleep quality but will it stop the need for for using a CPAP machine?

    January 22, 2026

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 22, 2026 Source:New Pill Could Finally Treat Sleep Apnea Without a Mask Reference:Sultiame once per day in obstructive sleep apnoea (FLOW): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-finding, phase 2 trial

  • Mouse-model study shows Alzheimer’s may be reversible in advanced stages. Human trials required to determine if this is transferable to people.

    January 21, 2026

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 21, 2026 Source:Groundbreaking study shows Alzheimer’s may be reversible in advanced stages Reference:Pharmacologic reversal of advanced Alzheimer’s disease in mice and identification of potential therapeutic nodes in human brain

  • Scientists develop low calorie sugar, Tagatose. Cost and whether this is scalable for mass market food production remains unanswered.

    January 19, 2026

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 19, 2026 Source:Scientists Found a Sugar That’s Sweet, Low-Calorie, And Doesn’t Spike Insulin Reference:Reversal of the Leloir pathway to promote galactose and tagatose synthesis from glucose

  • Scientists Unveil New Method to Mass-Produce Cancer-Fighting Natural Killer Cells

    January 7, 2026

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 7, 2026 Source:Scientists Unveil Breakthrough Method to Mass-Produce Cancer-Fighting Natural Killer Cells Reference:Large-scale generation of iNK and CAR-iNK cells from CD34+ haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells for adoptive immunotherapy

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