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New tool being developed by the University of Waterloo to help identify false health claims.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 29, 2024 Source:‘Life-or-death’ issue: How one tool is identifying false health claims on social media Reference:A Big Data ecosystem for evaluating health misinformation on social media
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There are limits to what you can do to avoid the short-term effects of jet lag.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 28, 2024 Source:How to avoid the worst of jet lag and make the most of your travel time
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Case-control study shows association but no causation that people who get tattoos are at increased risk of lymphoma. There are many study confounding factors that can contribute to this outcome.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 23 2024 Source:Can tattoos cause blood or skin cancer? Reference:Tattoos as a risk factor for malignant lymphoma: a population-based case–control study
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Millennials and Gen Xers face higher risk of 17 cancers than previous generations, study suggests but reasons are varied and not clearly established.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 8, 2024 Source:Millennials and Gen Xers face higher risk of 17 cancers than previous generations, study suggests Reference:Differences in cancer rates among adults born between 1920 and 1990 in the USA: an analysis of population-based cancer registry data
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Vision and hearing loss among growing list of risk factors for dementia, study says
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
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Do you really need a pregnancy-safe shampoo? Here’s what experts say – No! Moving right along to the next hyped non-issue.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 10, 2024 Source:Do you really need a pregnancy-safe shampoo? Here’s what experts say
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The byproducts produced when barbequing meat like polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and heterocyclic amine (HAs) are considered to be carcinogenic compounds. However there isn’t enough evidence to show causality in humans but there are simple approaches to reducing potential risks.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 5, 2024 Source:Firing up the BBQ this summer? Tips to minimize cancer risk from grilling Background info:It’s Time to BBQ!
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Some brain injury patients would recover if life support weren’t ended. Study needs to define what they mean by recovery as this has different connotations to many people.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 31, 2024 Source:Some brain injury patients would recover if life support weren’t ended Reference:Recovery Potential in Patients Who Died After Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment: A TRACK-TBI Propensity Score Analysis