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Adults over 60 in U.S. advised to skip Chikungunya vaccine. What about Canada?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 15, 2025 Source:Older adults in U.S. urged to skip this travel vaccine. What about Canada? Reference:FDA and CDC Recommend Pause in Use of Ixchiq (Chikungunya Vaccine, Live) in Individuals 60 Years of Age and Older While Postmarketing Safety Reports are Investigated
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How The Ottawa Hospital uses AI ambient voice capture to reduce physician burnout by 70%, achieve 97% patient satisfaction
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 12, 2025 Source:How The Ottawa Hospital uses AI ambient voice capture to reduce physician burnout by 70%, achieve 97% patient satisfaction
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Negative News Can Take Its Toll On Your Health
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 28, 2025 Source:Negative News Can Take Its Toll On Your Health – Here’s How A “Detox” Could Help
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Taking large doses of fat-soluble vitamins like A and E can lead to significant toxicity.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 8, 2025 Source:How these two vitamin supplements could do more harm than good Reference:
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Tackle these 17 health factors to lower your risk for dementia, stroke and depression, study says
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 7, 2025 Source:Tackle these 17 health factors to lower your risk for dementia, stroke and depression, study says Reference:Modifiable risk factors for stroke, dementia and late-life depression: a systematic review and DALY-weighted risk factors for a composite outcome
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Pouring a Double-Double into your colon from the southside end is only helpful for the coffee brewer selling it to you.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 31, 2025 Source:Pouring Coffee Into Your Rectum Isn’t Worth The Risk, Says Expert
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Vitamin A can’t prevent measles. But there is something that does.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 28, 2025 Source:Vitamin A can’t prevent measles. What this supplement actually does
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Tanning beds rebranded and touted as a boon for health and wellness belie the physical reality that UV exposure is cumulative increasing the risk of skin cancers with each successive use.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 26, 2025 Source:Sunbed use on the rise as salons sell ‘wellness’ benefits
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Many hypotheses surround the question and observation about why you can’t remember being a baby, new study finds
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 21, 2025 Source:You can’t remember being a baby for a reason, new study finds Reference:Hippocampal encoding of memories in human infants