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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • How does the extreme heat affect your body?

    June 24, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 24, 2025 Source:How to prevent heatstroke and other heat-related emergencies

  • Can this nasal spray slow down Alzheimer’s? There is no answer when your study includes only one person.

    June 23, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 23, 2025 Source:Can this nasal spray slow down Alzheimer’s? One couple is helping scientists find out Reference:Dampening of Microglial Activation With Nasal Foralumab Administration in Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia

  • House Calls, #976, June 22, 2025: New support program for adolescents and young adults with cancer at the Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre

    June 22, 2025

    The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre is now offering a new program to offer support to adolescents and young adults who are being treated for cancer. You can get more information by sending an email to AYAProgram@toh.ca Your Calls and Comments: Playlist 1st segment Intro:   Bones – Imagine Dragons  Outro: Theme from Superman – John Williams 2nd segment…

  • Increasing numbers of younger adults are being diagnosed with skin cancer.

    June 20, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 20, 2025 Source:You likely aren’t using enough sunscreen, doctors warn amid increase in skin cancer

  • Advocates call for lowering colorectal cancer screening age to 45.

    June 19, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 19, 2025 Source:Not ‘an old person’s disease’: Advocates call for lowering colorectal cancer screening age

  • Why more Canadians are landing in emergency departments with cannabis-induced vomiting

    June 18, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 18, 2025 Source:Why more Canadians are landing in emergency departments with cannabis-induced vomiting Reference:Changes in Emergency Department Visits for Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome Following Recreational Cannabis Legalization and Subsequent Commercialization in Ontario, Canada

  • New treatment approach for head and neck cancers significantly increases five-year survival rates.

    June 17, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 17, 2025 Source:‘Gift of life’: experts hail neck and head cancer breakthrough

  • Chronic fatigue may persist for a year for some after a transient ischemic attack.

    June 16, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 16, 2025 Source:Chronic fatigue can persist for 1 year after a ministroke Reference:Long-Term Fatigue Following Transient Ischemic Attack

  • The Manchester Metropolitan University study into the long-term effects of vaping comes as a government ban on single-use vapes comes into force

    June 13, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 13, 2025 Source:Vaping’s sickening side effects as study shows it’s ‘even worse than smoking’

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