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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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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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McGill researchers identify blood markers linked to teen depression and brain changes
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 10, 2025 Source:McGill researchers identify blood markers linked to teen depression and brain changes
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It is well known that unhealthy lifestyles, certain chronic conditions may make the heart age faster. Using a cardiac MRI does not move the needle on what we need to offer patients to prevent disease progression.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 30, 2025 Source:Unhealthy lifestyles, certain chronic conditions may make the heart age faster Reference:Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging markers of ageing: a multi-centre, cross-sectional cohort study
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Is in-depth and expensive blood work worth it? Spending $600 on blood tests marketed as screening tests is not what it seems to be. More tests does not necessarily equal better health outcomes. Clinical context and history are important factors.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 13, 2025 Source:Is in-depth and expensive blood work worth it?
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We May Soon Have a Blood Test to Predict Postpartum Depression
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 9, 2025 Source:We May Soon Have a Blood Test to Predict Postpartum Depression
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The Ontario Government is not responsible for your personal decisions that have led to an increase in measles infections. It is responsible for providing the means to access the vaccine should you decide to use it and it has done so.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 8, 2025 Source:Ford and Jones defend Ontario measles response, despite 1,243 cases since October
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How adult individuals grasp an object may offer simpler diagnosis for autism spectrum disorder
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 7, 2025 Source:How individuals grasp an object may offer simpler diagnosis for autism spectrum disorder Reference:Effective Autism Classification Through Grasping Kinematics