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Early lab tests suggest new COVID-19 variant BA.2.86 may be less contagious and less immune-evasive than feared
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 4, 2023 Source:Early lab tests suggest new COVID-19 variant BA.2.86 may be less contagious and less immune-evasive than feared
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Aspirin can help reduce risk of second heart attack, but study finds less than half of eligible adults take it
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 23, 2023 Source:Aspirin can help reduce risk of second heart attack, but study finds less than half of eligible adults take it Reference:Aspirin for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in 51 Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries
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Levering the processing power of AI models may help predict the next pandemic
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 15, 2023 Source:Could AI help predict the next pandemic?
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Canada will likely see rise in COVID cases by late August: infectious disease expert.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 9, 2023 Source:Canada will likely see rise in COVID cases by late August: infectious disease expert
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Flu season in Australia may be a harbinger of what we see in our region come the fall and winter in Canada
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 17, 2023 Source:Why healthy young people are dying from the flu: Brutal reality check for Australians after string of deaths – and what you can do to protect yourself
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Study suggests that forest fire smoke exposure is associated with increased risk of tumours. More evaluation required to determine how frequency, dosing, and duration of exposure relates to this outcome amongst other confounding factors.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 27, 2023 Source:Long-term smoke exposure may be associated with dying from a tumour: study Reference:Association between long-term exposure to wildfire-related PM2.5 and mortality: A longitudinal analysis of the UK Biobank
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Global diabetes cases could soar to 1.3 billion by 2050, new study says.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 26, 2023 Source:Global diabetes cases could soar to 1.3 billion by 2050, new study says Reference:Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
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Risk of dying of breast cancer within 5 years has dropped from 15 per cent in the 1990s to five per cent: study
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 15, 2023 Source:Risk of dying of breast cancer within 5 years has dropped from 15 per cent in the 1990s to five per cent: study Reference:Breast cancer mortality in 500 000 women with early invasive breast cancer in England, 1993-2015: population based observational cohort study