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Scientists Develop IV Therapy That Repairs the Brain After Stroke
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
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What cannabis really does for chronic pain
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 30, 2026 Source:What cannabis really does for chronic pain Reference:Cannabis-Based Products for Chronic Pain
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Intestinal bacterial replacement pills show safety and reduced the side effects from chemotherapy agents used to treat advanced kidney cancer in Phase 1 study
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 29, 2026 Source:‘Poop pills’ developed in London show promise for cancer patients in early trial
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Scientists Uncover Potential “Two-in-One” Treatment for Diabetes and Heart Disease in mouse model. Human trial still need to be developed.
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
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The Autism–Tylenol Pregnancy Question Finally Has a Clear Scientific Answer
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
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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?
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
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Mouse-model study shows Alzheimer’s may be reversible in advanced stages. Human trials required to determine if this is transferable to people.
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
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Scientists develop low calorie sugar, Tagatose. Cost and whether this is scalable for mass market food production remains unanswered.
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
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Scientists Unveil New Method to Mass-Produce Cancer-Fighting Natural Killer Cells
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