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The ideal home temperature setting for older folks for optimal brain health according to this 47-person study is…wait for it…. your usual setting of between 68–75°F (20–24°C).
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 28, 2025 Source:Study reveals optimal home temperature for elderly brain health
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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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Biden says the debate was a bad night. Here’s how doctors would evaluate if it was something more
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 8, 2024 Source:Biden says the debate was a bad night. Here’s how doctors would evaluate if it was something more
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Cannabis legalization coincided with uptick in ER visits from seniors in Ontario: study. Is anyone surprised?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 21, 2024 Source:Cannabis legalization coincided with uptick in ER visits from seniors: study Reference:Edible Cannabis Legalization and Cannabis Poisonings in Older Adults
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Alzheimer’s prevention Phase 1 trial will look at safety of nasal vaccine. Much to happen before any conclusions can be drawn from this study. Also, @billcarrolltalk and I also discuss the approval of COVID vaccine for 5-11 year-old children.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 22, 2021 Source:Nasal vaccine to treat Alzheimer’s disease to be tested in U.S. clinical trial COVID-19 vaccines for children
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Small Italian report indicates that what others have noted; the majority of deaths from COVID seen in vaccinated people occur in the very old and sick. Not so if unvaccinated; More deaths seen in younger people. #VaccinesWork
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 21, 2021 Source:Only very old and sick die of COVID if vaccinated, Italian study shows
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NACI to recommend AZ vaccine for Canadians over age 65 based on positive real-world results after millions of doses. It has a comparable reduction in the risk of symptomatic disease and hospitalization compared to 18-64 year-olds.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 16, 2021 Source:Canada will recommend AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine for those over 65, documents show
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Does Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine increase risk of blood clots? To conclude this would require evidence that incidence exceeds what is normally expected in the general population. To date, this is not the case according to reports from health authorities.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 12, 2021 Source:No sign Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine causes blood clots: Canadian health authorities
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Vaccine shortage has led to Ontario’s plan to delay health care provider’s second dose for some and redirect them to long-term care residents so that by Feb. 5 all will have had at least one dose.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 26, 2021 Source:Province to delay second vaccine doses, focus on long-term care residents