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Free prescription drugs could reduce overall health-care costs in Canada: study
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 30, 2023 [display_podcast] Source:Free prescription drugs could reduce overall health-care costs in Canada: study Reference:Effect of Free Medicine Distribution on Health Care Costs in Canada Over 3 Years
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Hormone therapy should be offered to more women with severe menopause: review
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 17, 2023 [display_podcast] Source:Hormone therapy should be offered to more women with severe menopause: review Reference:A pragmatic approach to the management of menopause
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FDA approves new pill developed to reduce the risk of re-infections by repopulating microbiome after patients complete antibiotic treatment for C. difficile
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 28, 2023 [display_podcast] Source:FDA Approves First Pill for the Microbiome
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Health Canada approves new antibody drug to help prevent serious RSV in babies
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 24, 2023 [display_podcast] Source:Health Canada approves new antibody drug to help prevent serious RSV in babies
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University of Calgary researchers to look at aging brain as study provides association but not causal link between vitamin D intake and prevention of dementia. Observational nature of study did not have the power to account for confounding variables.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 2, 2023 [display_podcast] Source:University of Calgary researchers to look at aging brain as study says vitamin D prevents dementia Reference:Vitamin D supplementation and incident dementia: Effects of sex, APOE, and baseline cognitive status
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Ottawa Public Health concerned about measles as March break approaches.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 1, 2023 [display_podcast] Source: Measles a growing concern as March Break approaches
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Prostate Cancer screening blood test uses a combination PSA and epigenetic markers to improve accuracy and reduce false positive results. Further evaluation in larger population cohorts recommended by study authors.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 14, 2023 [display_podcast] Source:New blood test may be 94 per cent effective at spotting signs of prostate cancer Reference:Circulating Chromosome Conformation Signatures Significantly Enhance PSA Positive Predicting Value and Overall Accuracy for Prostate Cancer Detection
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Study prompts doctors to renew recommendations for fallopian tube removal to prevent ovarian cancer
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 6, 2023 [display_podcast] Source:Study prompts doctors to renew recommendations for fallopian tube removal to prevent ovarian cancer Reference:Ovarian cancer population screening and mortality after long-term follow-up in the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS): a randomised controlled trialOvarian Cancer Screening and Symptom Awareness Consensus Statement
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Alzheimer’s Research UK has developed an online brain check-up tool that aims to cut risk of dementia at any age
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 23, 2023 [display_podcast] Source:Dementia: Brain check-up tool aims to cut risk at any age