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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • Lilly claims drug slows Alzheimer’s progression by 35 per cent in trial. However there are significant side effects that require our attention respecting the risk vs benefit and long-term outcomes.

    May 5, 2023

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 5, 2023 Source:Lilly drug slows Alzheimer’s progression by 35 per cent in trial

  • Michael J. Fox opens up about Parkinson’s progression: ‘I won’t be 80’

    May 2, 2023

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 2, 2023 Source:Michael J. Fox opens up about Parkinson’s progression: ‘I won’t be 80’

  • Previous COVID infection linked to lower brain oxygen levels, cognitive problems: study

    March 8, 2023

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 8, 2023 Source:Previous COVID infection linked to lower brain oxygen levels, cognitive problems: study Reference:Neurocognitive and psychiatric symptoms following infection with COVID-19: Evidence from laboratory and population studies

  • University of Calgary researchers to look at aging brain as study provides association but not causal link between vitamin D intake and prevention of dementia. Observational nature of study did not have the power to account for confounding variables.

    March 2, 2023

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 2, 2023 Source:University of Calgary researchers to look at aging brain as study says vitamin D prevents dementia Reference:Vitamin D supplementation and incident dementia: Effects of sex, APOE, and baseline cognitive status

  • Epidural stimulation of the cervical spinal cord for post-stroke upper-limb paresis restores partial arm and hand function in small proof-of-concept study

    February 22, 2023

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 22, 2023 Source:In test, zaps to spine help 2 stroke survivors move arms Reference:Epidural stimulation of the cervical spinal cord for post-stroke upper-limb paresis

  • Harry Forestell, host of CBC News New Brunswick at Six provides his first person account of his brain surgery for Parkinson’s.

    February 21, 2023

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 21, 2023 Source:I was wide awake during my brain surgery for Parkinson’s. Here’s how it changed my life

  • Bruce Willis diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, family says

    February 17, 2023

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 17, 2023 Source:Bruce Willis diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, family says

  • Discovery could explain why women are more likely to get Alzheimer’s

    December 16, 2022

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 16, 2022 Source:Discovery could explain why women are more likely to get Alzheimer’s Reference:Mechanistic insight into female predominance in Alzheimer’s disease based on aberrant protein S-nitrosylation of C3

  • Case report from 2012 of a man with stiff person syndrome showing improvement after using THC-CBD spray now referenced in the media in refence to Celine Dion. Nothing conclusive in this N=1 report.

    December 13, 2022

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 13, 2022 Source:Man with stiff person syndrome shows improvement after using THC-CBD spray Reference:Successful cannabis derivatives oromucosal spray therapy for a seronegative stiff-person syndrome: a case report.

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