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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • Pfizer ends development of weight-loss pill danuglipron

    April 16, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 16, 2025 Source:Pfizer ends development of weight-loss pill danuglipron

  • Can antidepressants increase sudden cardiac death risk? It remains a rare event and reverse causality may be partially at play.

    April 9, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 9, 2025 Source:Can antidepressants increase sudden cardiac death risk?

  • Taking large doses of fat-soluble vitamins like A and E can lead to significant toxicity.

    April 8, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 8, 2025 Source:How these two vitamin supplements could do more harm than good Reference:

  • There may be an additional reason to vaccinate against Shingles; it may reduce the risk of dementia.

    April 3, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 3, 2025 Source:Shingles is awful, but there may be another reason to get vaccinated. It may fight dementia Reference:Does shingles vaccination cut dementia risk? Large study hints at a linkA natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia

  • Popular diabetes medication significantly slows down aging in monkey study. Mechanisms are fascinating.

    April 2, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 2, 2025 Source:Popular diabetes medication significantly slows down aging Reference:Metformin decelerates aging clock in male monkeys

  • Media rehashing a four year-old study with little followup that claims acetaminophen may increase risk-taking behaviour. There is no evidence to suggest that this is even remotely true.

    April 1, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 1, 2025 Source:Common pain reliever drug may influence risk-taking behaviour, study suggests Reference:

  • Vitamin A can’t prevent measles. But there is something that does.

    March 28, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 28, 2025 Source:Vitamin A can’t prevent measles. What this supplement actually does

  • Canadian scientists discover new class of antibiotics that seem to work well against multidrug resistant bacteria

    March 27, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 27, 2025 Source:How antibiotics could fight superbugs: Canadian scientists make key discovery Reference:A broad-spectrum lasso peptide antibiotic targeting the bacterial ribosome

  • A preprint, non-peer-reviewed study states that weight-loss drugs such as Wegovy are more likely to cause temporary hair loss compared to Contrave. The latter is not overly efficacious hence less weight loss therefore less hair loss.

    March 18, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 18, 2025 Source:Weight-Loss Drugs Like Wegovy Are Linked to Hair Loss Reference:Risk of Hair Loss with Semaglutide for Weight Loss

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