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How sunscreen became controversial when studies to date have not shown any conclusive evidence for harm versus the real risk reduction for skin damage and cancer. Time Magazine reviews the issue
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 298, 2023 [display_podcast] Source:How Sunscreen Became Controversial
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Study suggests that forest fire smoke exposure is associated with increased risk of tumours. More evaluation required to determine how frequency, dosing, and duration of exposure relates to this outcome amongst other confounding factors.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 27, 2023 [display_podcast] Source:Long-term smoke exposure may be associated with dying from a tumour: study Reference:Association between long-term exposure to wildfire-related PM2.5 and mortality: A longitudinal analysis of the UK Biobank
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This simple surgery could slash ovarian cancer rates in Canada, specialists say
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 20, 2023 [display_podcast] Source:This simple surgery could slash ovarian cancer rates in Canada, specialists say
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Experimental vaccine shows promise in delaying the return of aggressive brain tumor, glioblastoma.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 16, 2023 [display_podcast] Source:Experimental vaccine shows promise in delaying the return of aggressive brain tumor
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Risk of dying of breast cancer within 5 years has dropped from 15 per cent in the 1990s to five per cent: study
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 15, 2023 [display_podcast] Source:Risk of dying of breast cancer within 5 years has dropped from 15 per cent in the 1990s to five per cent: study Reference:Breast cancer mortality in 500 000 women with early invasive breast cancer in England, 1993-2015: population based observational cohort study
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To sugar or to not sugar, that is the 50,000 soda-pop-can question. An excellent review from @GidMK that debunks a study’s claim using simple math that sucralose (Splenda) is genotoxic, that is, it can cause cancer.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 12, 2023 [display_podcast] Source:Chemical found in Splenda damages DNA: ‘Genotoxic’ discoverySplenda (Sucralose) Isn’t Giving You Cancer
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Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Trial
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 11, 2023 [display_podcast] Source:Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in Small Trial Reference:Personalized RNA neoantigen vaccines stimulate T cells in pancreatic cancer
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Artificial intelligence can be trained to spot pancreatic cancer risk three years before diagnosis: study
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 10, 2023 [display_podcast] Source:Artificial intelligence can be trained to spot pancreatic cancer risk three years before diagnosis: study Reference:A deep learning algorithm to predict risk of pancreatic cancer from disease trajectories
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For the first time in years, researchers have identified a new susceptibility gene for breast cancer: study
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 29, 2023 [display_podcast] Source:For the first time in years, researchers have identified a new susceptibility gene for breast cancer: study Reference:Variants in ATRIP are associated with breast cancer susceptibility in the Polish population and UK Biobank