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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 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
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Study leaves many questions about health outcomes for pregnant women with coronavirus. It did not mention if socioeconomic disparities play a role. Focused on U.S. population where access to care is not equal.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 25, 2020 Source: Study Raises Concerns for Pregnant Women With the Coronavirus
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Sunday House Call, #737, May 3, 2020: The “#Infodemic”. A conversation with @CaulfieldTim about the explosion of #COVID19 pandemic misinformation.
Sunday House Call, #737, May 3, 2020: : The “Infodemic”. A conversation with Tim Caulfield about the explosion of COVID19 pandemic misinformation. Although snakeoil, the peddlers of scientific misinformation, and conspiracy theorists have been aplenty prior to the pandemic, it seems to have entered hyperdrive now. Many who promote evidenced-based principles are working overtime to…
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Rodent model that shares the same human enzymatic glucose transport pathways to transfer glucose from the placenta to the fetal circulation demonstrates that cannabis exposure during gestation blocks this pathway and negatively impacts fetal growth.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 20, 2020 Source:Cannabis use during pregnancy impacts fetus growth: study Reference:9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure during rat pregnancy leads to symmetrical fetal growth restriction and labyrinth-specific vascular defects in the placenta
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If you are going to claim from an observational study that the HPV vaccine reduces fertility rates in women, then provide the plausible biological mechanism to explain it.
Health Headlines Commentary for October 29, 2019 Source:A lowered probability of pregnancy in females in the USA aged 25-29 who received a human papillomavirus vaccine injection. – PubMed – NCBI