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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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Health Canada rightly conducts safety review on off-label prescribing of breastfeeding drug, domperidone, amid psychiatric concerns as well as risk of cardiac arrhythmia. Available in US as investigational drug but banned for general use.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 1, 2023 [display_podcast] Source:Health Canada conducts safety review on breastfeeding drug amid psychiatric concerns
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The closest we have to time travel and suspended animation: Parents welcome twins from embryos frozen 30 years ago
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 22, 2022 [display_podcast] Source:Parents welcome twins from embryos frozen 30 years ago
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Sunday House Call, #828, March 20, 2022: Picking at the scab that is “inurement”
Dan Gardner (@dgardner) discusses the all-too-human response to an ongoing threat by employing “inurement”. Hence, the oft heard statement, ” I am done with COVID” when reality has other ideas. Also, the answer to why scabs itch and what you can do to mitigate it. [display_podcast]
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COVID-19 putting “unprecedented” numbers of pregnant women into the ICU. They should be prioritized for vaccines.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 23, 2021 [display_podcast] Source:COVID-19 putting “unprecedented” numbers of pregnant women into the ICU. They should be prioritized for vaccines.
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Many thanks to Jonathan Jarry @CrackedScience for an informative discussion about science miscommunication. #ScienceUpFirst #GoScience
Sunday House Call, #776, February 7, 2021 Topics today include: Jonathan Jarry is a science communicator with the McGill Office for Science and Society, dedicated to separating sense from nonsense on the scientific stage. He has been writing a recent series of articles for the McGill Office for Science and Society, “Tips for Better Thinking“,…
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Pregnant or breastfeeding women should have access to COVID vaccines. Especially if they work in a high-risk environment or have underlying health conditions that further increase their risk of complications if they become infected with the virus.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 6, 2021 [display_podcast] Source:Doctors urge high-risk pregnant, breastfeeding women to get access to COVID vaccines Should pregnant women be inoculated for COVID-19 vaccine? It depends, says doctor Vaccinating Pregnant and Lactating Patients Against COVID-19