Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • Researchers are working on blood tests that may provide early detection of potential Alzheimer’s disease later in life.

    April 22, 2026

    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

  • Large observational study finds correlation between prenatal cholesterol-disrupting meds and higher autism rates; causation not proven.

    April 21, 2026

    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

  • New monoclonal antibodies designed to stop Epstein Barr virus from attaching to and entering human immune cells

    April 16, 2026

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 16, 2026 Source:95% of people carry this virus and scientists may have just found how to stop it Reference:Transgenic mouse-derived human monoclonal antibodies targeting EBV gp350 and gp42 provide basis for therapeutic development.

  • Scientists finally crack mystery of rare COVID adenovirus vaccine blood clots

    April 15, 2026

    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

  • Naturally Occurring Bacteria Completely Eradicate Tumors in Mice With a Single Dose

    April 13, 2026

    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

  • New Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Wipes Out Tumors and Blocks Drug Resistance in Mouse Model. Human Trials Pending

    March 20, 2026

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 20, 2026 Source:New Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Wipes Out Tumors and Blocks Drug Resistance Reference:A targeted combination therapy achieves effective pancreatic cancer regression and prevents tumor resistance

  • Cats Genetic Datasets May Hold the Key to Treating Human Breast Cancer Due to Similar Gene Mutation

    March 19, 2026

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 19, 2026 Source:Cats May Hold the Key to Treating Human Cancer Reference:The oncogenome of the domestic cat

  • A new mouse model approach to treating osteoarthritis by encouraging cartilage regeneration.

    March 17, 2026

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 17, 2026 Source:A hopeful future for Arthritis Treatment

  • New rapid five-day protocol application of transcranial magnetic stimulation brain for the treatment of treatment-resistant depression seems to be of equal efficacy of the standard six- week treatment cycle.

    February 26, 2026

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 26, 2026 Source:New brain stimulation approach could treat depression in just 5 days Reference:Efficacy of 5 × 5 accelerated versus conventional repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for treatment-resistant depression. 

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