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Exposure of blood infections possible from 2 beauty salons in Ottawa
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 29, 2025 Source:Exposure of blood infections possible from 2 beauty salons in Ottawa
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Can cytomegalovirus infection lead to the development of Alzheimer’s later in life? Study suggests that there may be a link in a subset of people.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 8, 2025 Source:Scientists Discover Common Virus Could Be Causing a Type of Alzheimer’s Reference:Alzheimer’s disease-associated CD83(+) microglia are linked with increased immunoglobulin G4 and human cytomegalovirus in the gut, vagal nerve, and brain
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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