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Hype/marketing and celebs are convincing people who do not have celiac disease or gluten sensitivity that gluten-free diets are healthier for you. More misinformation for your scrapbook.
Health Headlines Commentary for September 6, 2019 Source:There’s no point in going gluten-free unless you have celiac disease, study suggests Reference:Gluten Does Not Induce Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Healthy Volunteers: A Double-Blind Randomized Placebo Trial Editorial:Will Science Sway Beliefs About Gluten? And Seth Rogan’s take on Gluten
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Many people are unaware of a common diarrhea-causing parasite linked to water contamination
Health Headlines Commentary for July 3, 2019 Source: CDC reports rise in diarrhea-causing parasite that can survive in chlorinated pools Reference: Cryptosporidiosis Outbreaks — United States, 2009–2017
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Two studies in the NEJM conclude that probiotic use to mitigate symptoms of acute gastroenteritis in children did not ameliorate symptoms and was no better than placebo.
Health Headlines Commentary for November 22, 2018 Source: Probiotics make no difference to intestinal infections in kids: studies Reference: Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG versus Placebo for Acute Gastroenteritis in Children Multicenter Trial of a Combination Probiotic for Children with Gastroenteritis
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Alcohol-related liver disease increasing in younger U.S. adults according to observational study
Health Headlines Commentary for July 20, 2018 Source: Deaths by alcohol-related liver disease skyrocket among young adults, U.S. study shows Reference: Mortality due to cirrhosis and liver cancer in the United States, 1999-2016: observational study
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Many not getting colon cancer screening when they should. Half of all colorectal cancer diagnosed in Canada are too late for effective treatment. Screening starts at 50 for those with no family history.
Health Headlines Commentary for June 13, 2018 Source: Half of colorectal cancers diagnosed too late for effective treatment: study Reference: Canadian Cancer Statistics, 2018
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Guidelines expand age range for Hepatitis C screening tests
Health Headlines Commentary for June 5, 2018 Source: Hepatitis C testing recommended for Canadians born between 1945 and 1975 Reference: The management of chronic hepatitis C: 2018 guideline update from the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver
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Keep your colon happy and make sure you completely cook those frozen chicken nuggets
Health Headlines Commentary for March 16, 2018 Source: Canadians aren’t cooking frozen breaded chicken properly — and it’s causing illnesses
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Coffee is supposed to enter only one orifice and it is not the one being touted by Paltrow’s company
Health Headlines Commentary for January 10, 2018 Source: Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Promotes A $135 Coffee Enema Kit
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Liver transplant criteria not discriminatory toward people suffering with alcoholism but based on risk assessment of health outcomes.
Health Headlines Commentary for December 14, 2017 Source: Woman in critical condition from liver failure can’t get transplant due to protocols