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Vaping: Emerging harms health systems can’t ignore, How vaping product producers are preying upon your children with enticing marketing strategies.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 16, 2026 Source:Vaping: Emerging harms health systems can’t ignore
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Do I give the study that claims in just 7 minutes each day you could extend your life buy a year any credence? Absolutely not.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 12, 2026 Source:In Just 7 Minutes Each Day, You Could Extend Your Life by a Year—Scientists Reveal How Reference:Minimum combined sleep, physical activity, and nutrition variations associated with lifeSPAN and healthSPAN improvements: a population cohort study Study Background: Cohort study from UK Biobank with 59,078 adults aged 40-69. Measured sleep…
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Canada is among countries with an ‘ultra-low fertility’ rate. What is behind the drop?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 27, 2026 Source:Canada is among countries with an ‘ultra-low fertility’ rate. What is behind the drop?
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The ‘Super Flu’ Is Hitting Kids Hard—and Some Aren’t Surviving
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 5, 2026 Source:The ‘Super Flu’ Is Hitting Kids Hard—and Some Aren’t Surviving Reference:Weekly US Influenza Surveillance Report: Key Updates for Week 51, ending December 20, 2025
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Personality trait study on how they affect health outcomes cannot be generalized due to narrow spectrum of people involved.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 17, 2025 Source:Personality traits are powerful predictors of risk of death Reference:Personality and Mortality Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Data
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3 children die from influenza A-related complications in Ottawa and eastern Ontario region
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 16, 2025 Source:3 children die from influenza A-related complications in Ottawa and eastern Ontario region Reference:Canadian respiratory virus surveillance report
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Likely many factors behind increase in ADHD medications in Ontario.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 12, 2025 Source:Dramatic rise in number of people going on ADHD medications in Ontario, with one group leading the sudden increase Reference:Population-Level Trends in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Medication Prescribing
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Millions of Women Take This Daily Medication. It’s Now ‘Confirmed’ to Increase Breast Cancer Risk by about 1/7500 women per year and fails to mention the 20-40% risk reduction for uterine and ovarian cancer when used for years.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 27, 2025 Source:Millions of Women Take This Daily Medication. It’s Now ‘Confirmed’ to Increase Breast Cancer Risk