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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • Scientists examining the process of organ-regenerating functions in various fish species to determine the potential for human application.

    November 22, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 22, 2024 Source:‘Maybe we can regenerate our own teeth’: Manitoba scientists exploring abilities in tropical fish

  • “Exercise-in-a-pill” headlines are somewhat premature. Might be good for the mice in the study but earliest of the early days to muse if there are potential benefits down the road for people.

    November 19, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 19, 2024 Source:“Exercise-In-A-Pill” Could Bring Dementia-Fighting Benefits To People Who Can’t Work Out Reference:Activation of the muscle-to-brain axis ameliorates neurocognitive deficits in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model via enhancing neurotrophic and synaptic signaling

  • Long Covid: study shows damage to brain’s ‘control centre’

    October 17, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 17, 2024 Source:Long Covid: study shows damage to brain’s ‘control centre’ Reference: Quantitative susceptibility mapping at 7 T in COVID-19: brainstem effects and outcome associations

  • How psilocybin, the psychedelic in mushrooms, may rewire the brain to ease depression, anxiety and more

    October 15, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 15, 2024 Source:How psilocybin, the psychedelic in mushrooms, may rewire the brain to ease depression, anxiety and more

  • Vision and hearing loss among growing list of risk factors for dementia, study says

    August 7, 2024

    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

  • Faces made of living skin make robots smile. Wider implications to treat people with skin damage from disease and trauma if the technique is perfected.

    July 2, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 2, 2024 Source:Faces made of living skin make robots smile

  • More corroborating evidence that introducing peanut butter during infancy can help protect against a peanut allergy later on

    May 30, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 30, 2024 Source:Introducing peanut butter during infancy can help protect against a peanut allergy later on, new study finds Reference:Follow-up to Adolescence after Early Peanut Introduction for Allergy Prevention

  • Study just about to start looking at a means of assessing brain injury due to CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy)

    May 10, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May , 2024 Source:New Canadian study could be a lifesaver for thousands suffering from CTE

  • The World’s Most Powerful MRI Machine Just Took Some Stunning Images

    April 12, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 12, 2024 Source:The World’s Most Powerful MRI Machine Just Took Some Stunning Images Reference:A world premiere: the living brain imaged with unrivaled clarity thanks to the world’s most powerful MRI machine

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