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We May Soon Have a Blood Test to Predict Postpartum Depression
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 9, 2025 Source:We May Soon Have a Blood Test to Predict Postpartum Depression
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Popular diabetes medication significantly slows down aging in monkey study. Mechanisms are fascinating.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 2, 2025 Source:Popular diabetes medication significantly slows down aging Reference:Metformin decelerates aging clock in male monkeys
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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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mRNA vaccines show promise in pancreatic cancer in early trial
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 21, 2025 Source:mRNA vaccines show promise in pancreatic cancer in early trial Reference:RNA neoantigen vaccines prime long-lived CD8+ T cells in pancreatic cancer
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Bird flu genetically combining with human flu strains is a concern and is being actively monitored by health organizations like the Public Health Agency of Canada among others.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 19, 2025 Source:The danger of bird flu mixing with human flu? A potential pandemic
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Study looks into the genetics of gout and finds that it is indeed complicated.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 14, 2025 Source:Huge Study Shows Where Gout Comes From – It’s Not What We Thought Reference:A genome-wide association analysis reveals new pathogenic pathways in gout
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Interesting study proposes that UV-mediated RNA damage seems to be the primary cause of the sunburn reaction.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 24, 2025 Source:We’ve Been Wrong About What Causes Sunburn, Scientists Discover Reference:The ribotoxic stress response drives acute inflammation, cell death, and epidermal thickening in UV-irradiated skin in vivo
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Can cytomegalovirus infection lead to the development of Alzheimer’s later in life? Study suggests that there may be a link in a subset of people.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 8, 2025 Source:Scientists Discover Common Virus Could Be Causing a Type of Alzheimer’s Reference:Alzheimer’s disease-associated CD83(+) microglia are linked with increased immunoglobulin G4 and human cytomegalovirus in the gut, vagal nerve, and brain
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The effects of high-potency cannabis on DNA expression as it pertains to several illnesses including the development of psychoses is discussed in this study.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 27, 2024 Source:High-potency cannabis use leaves a distinct mark on DNA Reference: Methylomic signature of current cannabis use in two first-episode psychosis cohorts