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Not much evidence based on study design to suggest that catching up on sleep on weekends may help lower heart disease risk.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 30, 2024 Source:Sleeping longer on the weekend may help lower heart disease risk
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Sugar substitute xylitol linked to higher risk of heart attack, stroke. Once again, no causal link and most people don’t chew wads of gum everyday.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 10, 2024 Source:Sugar substitute xylitol linked to higher risk of heart attack, stroke
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Elevator or stairs? Your choice could boost longevity, study finds… if you adopt other healthy lifestyle and exercise activities.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 30, 2024 Source:Elevator or stairs? Your choice could boost longevity, study finds
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Observational study looked at the relationship between the vasomotor symptoms (hot flushes) of menopause symptoms and migraine history and how it may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease for certain groups
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 17, 2024 Source:How menopause symptoms may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease
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New centre of excellence established at the Ottawa Heart Institute for rare cardiac diseases.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 24, 2024 Source:Heart Institute establishes world’s first centre of excellence for rare cardiac conditions
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Aspirin can help reduce risk of second heart attack, but study finds less than half of eligible adults take it
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 23, 2023 Source:Aspirin can help reduce risk of second heart attack, but study finds less than half of eligible adults take it Reference:Aspirin for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in 51 Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries
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Zero-calorie sweetener, Erythritol, associated with increased cardiovascular disease and stroke risk but it is rife with methodological flaws elegantly outlined and debunked by @Dr_Guess.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February , 2023 Source:Zero-calorie sweetener linked to heart attack and stroke, study finds Reference:The artificial sweetener erythritol and cardiovascular event risk