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Natural Selection in space. An unknown bacteria on Earth has developed in the Chinese space station: astronauts are facing a situation straight out of a science fiction movie.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 9, 2025 Source:An unknown bacteria on Earth has developed in the Chinese space station: astronauts are facing a situation straight out of a science fiction movie.
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Engineers turn toxic ancient tomb fungus into anti-cancer drug
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 8, 2025 Source:Engineers turn toxic ancient tomb fungus into anti-cancer drug Reference:A class of benzofuranoindoline-bearing heptacyclic fungal RiPPs with anticancer activities
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“What could go wrong self-injecting your face with unregulated Botox by watching social media?”, he asks with dripping sarcasm.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 4, 2025 Source:What Is Innotox? People on Social Media Are Self-Injecting ‘Korean Botox’ at Home
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Is an apple a day really good for your health? Yes if you also includes a variety of other fruits and vegetables and avoid processed foods among other factors. There is no one superfood that provides everything your body needs to function well.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 3, 2025 Source:Is an apple a day really good for your health?
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Can cheese turn your dreams into nightmares? Not likely. It seems it was an upset stomach that increased the chance of this happening.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 2, 2025 Source:Can cheese turn your dreams into nightmares? Reference:More dreams of the rarebit fiend: food sensitivity and dietary correlates of sleep and dreaming
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Spinal implant reconnects walking circuit pathway in rat. Still a ways before human device developed but it is encouraging and excellent bioengineering.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 30, 2025 Source:A tiny implant just helped paralyzed rats walk again—is human recovery next? Reference:Daily electric field treatment improves functional outcomes after thoracic contusion spinal cord injury in rats
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Rapamycin may extend lifespan as effectively as dietary restrictions if you are a mouse, rat, turquoise killifish, or rheses macaque monkey. No studies on humans and to do so, based on side effect profile of drug, is fraught with serious adverse affects
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 27, 2025 Source:Rapamycin may extend lifespan as effectively as dietary restrictions Reference:Rapamycin, Not Metformin, Mirrors Dietary Restriction-Driven Lifespan Extension in Vertebrates: A Meta-Analysis
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Study on developing a Beverage Hydration Index (BHI) is being used by CNN to validate the use of milk as the best means of rehydrating at 640 calories a pop. The fact that the study used 72 men 18-35 who were not dehydrated nor exercising was not reported by CNN.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 26, 2025 Source:Which drink is best for hydration? Hint: It isn’t water Reference:A randomized trial to assess the potential of different beverages to affect hydration status: development of a beverage hydration index1
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What are the drug interactions between the birth control pill and semaglutide (Ozempic)? Perspective is important because the interaction is no different than many other medications used with the birth control pill.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 25, 2025 Source:‘Ozempic babies’ and birth control: U.K. warning raises concerns over weight-loss drugs