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Article outlining the regrowth of tonsils after their removal 40 years ago is a rare phenomenon and not the usual outcome of the procedure.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 3, 2025 Source:More Popsicles, please: Your tonsils can grow back
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Pioneering gene therapy restores UK girl’s hearing. A truly wonderful outcome.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 23, 2024 Source:Pioneering gene therapy restores UK girl’s hearing
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Gene therapies that let deaf children hear bring hope—and many questions
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 1, 2024 Source:Gene therapies that let deaf children hear bring hope—and many questions
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Researchers faced with trying to explain findings that showed wearing hearing aids may help increase longevity
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 8, 2024 Source:Wearing Hearing Aids May Help You Live Longer Reference:Association between hearing aid use and mortality in adults with hearing loss in the USA: a mortality follow-up study of a cross-sectional cohort
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Clinical trial with controls required before any headline can state “Neck injection could improve smell issues in some long Covid patients”
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 22, 2023 Source:Neck injection could improve smell issues in some long Covid patients Reference:Stellate Ganglion Block for the Treatment of COVID-19-Induced Olfactory Dysfunction: A Prospective Pilot Study
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Study published in BMJ Global Health estimates that one billion people ages 12-34 who use ear buds are at risk of hearing loss because of prolonged exposure to ~80 dB volume levels.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 17, 2022 Source:Half of World’s Young People at Risk for Hearing Loss: Study Reference:Prevalence and global estimates of unsafe listening practices in adolescents and young adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis What Noises Cause Hearing Loss?
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What TV show host Wendy Williams should have known about cleft lip/palate before allowing her offensive gesture to epitomize her ignorance of the condition
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 17, 2020 Source:Wendy Williams apologizes to Blue Bombers’ Adam Bighill for cleft lip gesture
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Keep that cotton swab out of your ears!
Health Headlines Commentary for March 15, 2019 Source: Man Gets Brain Infection After Cleaning Ear With Cotton Swab
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Law of unintended negative health consequences rears its head in tonsillectomy study.
Health Headlines Commentary for June 12, 2018 Source: Tonsil and adenoid removal associated with respiratory, allergic and infectious disease Reference: Association of Long-Term Risk of Respiratory, Allergic, and Infectious Diseases With Removal of Adenoids and Tonsils in Childhood. JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, 2018; DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2018.0614