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Bird flu a concern in California
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 20, 2024 Source:How do people catch bird flu?
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‘Very low risk’ of hepatitis A spread to customers at Hunt Club Tim Hortons
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 19, 2024 Source:‘Very low risk’ of hepatitis A spread to customers at Hunt Club Tim Hortons
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Is Organic Produce Really Safer to Eat? Short answer; not really according to this article
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 1, 2024 Source:Is Organic Produce Really Safer to Eat?
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Bill wants to know about strep throat infections and if rates are greater this year in Ottawa.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 5, 2024
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Can Emergen-C Actually Prevent a Cold? In short, evidence states no.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 24, 2024 Source:Can Emergen-C Actually Prevent a Cold?
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Long Covid: study shows damage to brain’s ‘control centre’
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 17, 2024 Source:Long Covid: study shows damage to brain’s ‘control centre’ Reference: Quantitative susceptibility mapping at 7 T in COVID-19: brainstem effects and outcome associations
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Drinking shots of alcohol will not prevent food poisoning. @billcarrolltalk and I discuss why it does not work.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 3, 2024 Source:Wait—Can Alcohol Really Prevent Food Poisoning?
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It is unlikely that cats cause schizophrenia due to their propensity to harbour Toxoplasma gondii.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 21, 2024 Source:Do Cats Cause Schizophrenia?
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Olympian Noah Lyles COVID run. Little risk to others while running the heat but it is the close exposure thereafter when he hugged others and was treated by medical staff when he collapsed thereafter. Let people decide but he should have disclosed his status prior to the event.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 9, 2024 Source: https://x.com/devin_heroux/status/1821632583127404565?s=42