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Metformin shown to increase a biological effect of exercise in men with prostate cancer reducing insulin resistance, easing metabolic stress and weight gain. What this isn’t is exercise in a pill.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 14, 2026 Source:Exercise in a Pill? Metformin Shows Surprising Effects in Cancer Patients Reference:The anti-obesogenic metabolite, Lac-Phe, is elevated by metformin treatment in prostate cancer patients
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After a heart attack, beta-blockers are often a lifelong medicine. Maybe they shouldn’t be for stable low-risk post-MI patients
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 31, 2026 Source:After a heart attack, beta-blockers are often a lifelong medicine. Maybe they shouldn’t be
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The reason Vitamin K1 is given to newborns and why it has been a standard of care for over 65 years.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 26, 2026 Source:It’s not just vaccines: Parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newborns
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Limited power study with negligible clinical significant reports low doses of lithium may slow verbal memory decline from Alzheimer’s
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 10, 2026 Source:Low doses of lithium may slow verbal memory decline from Alzheimer’s Reference:Low-Dose Lithium for Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial
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What cannabis really does for chronic pain
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 30, 2026 Source:What cannabis really does for chronic pain Reference:Cannabis-Based Products for Chronic Pain
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The Autism–Tylenol Pregnancy Question Finally Has a Clear Scientific Answer
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 23, 2026 Source:The Autism–Tylenol Pregnancy Question Finally Has a Clear Scientific Answer Reference:Prenatal paracetamol exposure and child neurodevelopment: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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These 7 Aspirin Myths Still Won’t Die
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 16, 2026 Source: It’s 2026, and These 7 Aspirin Myths Still Won’t Die
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Sulfonylurea medications seem to exhaust pancreatic beta cell production of insulin and may worsen the effects of type 2 diabetes study warns.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 6, 2026 Source:One of the Most Common Diabetes Treatments May Be Making the Disease Worse, Study Warns Reference:Loss of β-cell identity in human islets treated with glibenclamide
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Likely many factors behind increase in ADHD medications in Ontario.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 12, 2025 Source:Dramatic rise in number of people going on ADHD medications in Ontario, with one group leading the sudden increase Reference:Population-Level Trends in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Medication Prescribing