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How does the extreme heat affect your body?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 24, 2025 Source:How to prevent heatstroke and other heat-related emergencies
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Can this nasal spray slow down Alzheimer’s? There is no answer when your study includes only one person.
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
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House Calls, #976, June 22, 2025: New support program for adolescents and young adults with cancer at the Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre
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…
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Increasing numbers of younger adults are being diagnosed with skin cancer.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 20, 2025 Source:You likely aren’t using enough sunscreen, doctors warn amid increase in skin cancer
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Advocates call for lowering colorectal cancer screening age to 45.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 19, 2025 Source:Not ‘an old person’s disease’: Advocates call for lowering colorectal cancer screening age
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Why more Canadians are landing in emergency departments with cannabis-induced vomiting
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
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New treatment approach for head and neck cancers significantly increases five-year survival rates.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 17, 2025 Source:‘Gift of life’: experts hail neck and head cancer breakthrough
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Chronic fatigue may persist for a year for some after a transient ischemic attack.
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
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The Manchester Metropolitan University study into the long-term effects of vaping comes as a government ban on single-use vapes comes into force
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 13, 2025 Source:Vaping’s sickening side effects as study shows it’s ‘even worse than smoking’