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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • China experience a surge of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infections. It is not a new virus and for most healthy people it is a mild illness. It does not pose a pandemic risk.

    January 7, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 7, 2025 Source:Hospitals in China overwhelmed by surge in HMPV patients raising concerns about a new epidemic

  • Bird flu a concern in California

    December 20, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 20, 2024 Source:How do people catch bird flu?

  • ‘Very low risk’ of hepatitis A spread to customers at Hunt Club Tim Hortons

    December 19, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 19, 2024 Source:‘Very low risk’ of hepatitis A spread to customers at Hunt Club Tim Hortons

  • Is Organic Produce Really Safer to Eat? Short answer; not really according to this article

    December 2, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 1, 2024 Source:Is Organic Produce Really Safer to Eat?

  • Bill wants to know about strep throat infections and if rates are greater this year in Ottawa.

    November 5, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 5, 2024

  • Can Emergen-C Actually Prevent a Cold? In short, evidence states no.

    October 24, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 24, 2024 Source:Can Emergen-C Actually Prevent a Cold?

  • Long Covid: study shows damage to brain’s ‘control centre’

    October 17, 2024

    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

  • Drinking shots of alcohol will not prevent food poisoning. @billcarrolltalk and I discuss why it does not work.

    October 3, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 3, 2024 Source:Wait—Can Alcohol Really Prevent Food Poisoning?

  • It is unlikely that cats cause schizophrenia due to their propensity to harbour Toxoplasma gondii.

    August 21, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 21, 2024 Source:Do Cats Cause Schizophrenia?

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