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Whooping cough resurgence in Europe. The reasons are straightforward enough yet…
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 9, 2024 Source:What is whooping cough and should Canadians be concerned as Europe declares outbreak?
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Elevator or stairs? Your choice could boost longevity, study finds… if you adopt other healthy lifestyle and exercise activities.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 30, 2024 Source:Elevator or stairs? Your choice could boost longevity, study finds
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Glucose monitors may misclassify people as being at risk of diabetes. They are not screening tools and are fraught with misinterpretation and false positives in otherwise healthy people.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 24, 2024 Source:Glucose monitors may misclassify people as being at risk of diabetes
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Cold water immersion benefits are not backed by quality science, report says.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 15, 2024 Source:Cold water immersion benefits are not backed by quality science, report says Reference:Does the Wim Hof Method have a beneficial impact on physiological and psychological outcomes in healthy and non-healthy participants? A systematic review
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Prostate cancer screening is not as clear cut as we would like it to be. In the end, a frank discussion about the risks and benefits using the available evidence will allow the patient to decide if they wish to pursue this option.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 5, 2024 Source:What you should know to reduce the risk of prostate cancer Reference:PROSTATE CANCER—CLINICIAN SUMMARY
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One hospital’s push to bring genetic cancer testing to more Black women
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 1, 2024 Source:One hospital’s push to bring genetic cancer testing to more Black women
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Causal relationship remains to be determined for a blood test may be able to predict heart attack risk within 6 months. Authors of the study recommend further evaluation.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 23, 2024 Source:A simple blood test may be able to predict heart attack risk within 6 months Reference:Markers of imminent myocardial infarction
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Study looks at organ-specific blood plasma proteins to track organ age and disease risks.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 9, 2024 Source:Scientists can now predict which of your organs will fail first Reference:Organ aging signatures in the plasma proteome track health and disease
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AI recognition of changes in sugar molecules within saliva may help detect early stage cancer within the next five years according to researchers.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 14, 2023 Source:Here’s how a ‘little saliva’ could detect Stage 1 cancer Reference:Decoding glycomics with a suite of methods for differential expression analysis