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Millions of Women Take This Daily Medication. It’s Now ‘Confirmed’ to Increase Breast Cancer Risk by about 1/7500 women per year and fails to mention the 20-40% risk reduction for uterine and ovarian cancer when used for years.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 27, 2025 Source:Millions of Women Take This Daily Medication. It’s Now ‘Confirmed’ to Increase Breast Cancer Risk
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If you vote, you will live longer according to this study. Another fun with stats endeavour.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 11, 2025 Source:Voting behavior in elections strongly linked to future risk of death Reference:Voting is a stronger determinant of mortality than education: a full-electorate survival analysis with 21-year follow-up
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Huge Study Links 99% of Heart Attacks And Strokes With Four Risk Factors
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 9, 2025 Source:Huge Study Links 99% of Heart Attacks And Strokes With Four Risk Factors Reference:Very High Prevalence of Nonoptimally Controlled Traditional Risk Factors at the Onset of Cardiovascular Disease
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Sulphur Dioxide pollutant in fossil fuels has been estimated through mathematical models to be linked but not causally-related with ALS.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 8, 2025 Source:One Major Pollutant in Fossil Fuels Has Been Linked With ALS Reference:Associations between long-term air pollution exposure and the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A matched case-control study
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More women get Alzheimer’s than men. It may not just be because they live longer
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 11, 2025 Source:More women get Alzheimer’s than men. It may not just be because they live longer
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Northward spread of Aspergillus species poses increased health risks for susceptible individuals for which we are woefully unprepared.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 26, 2025 Source:A fungus that can ‘eat you from the inside out’ could spread as the world heats up
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Study flags Canada’s growing burden of chronic gut disease
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 14, 2025 Source:Study flags Canada’s growing burden of chronic gut disease Reference:Global evolution of inflammatory bowel disease across epidemiologic stages
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The Ontario Government is not responsible for your personal decisions that have led to an increase in measles infections. It is responsible for providing the means to access the vaccine should you decide to use it and it has done so.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 8, 2025 Source:Ford and Jones defend Ontario measles response, despite 1,243 cases since October
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Study explores Long Covid prevalence and uncertainty in England
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 20, 2025 Source:Study explores Long Covid prevalence and uncertainty in England Reference:Exploring Long Covid Prevalence and Patient Uncertainty by Sociodemographic Characteristics Using GP Patient Survey Data