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Arthritis drug may help regrow up to 80% of hair for people with widespread alopecia areata. However there are other same-class drugs that are already approved for this condition.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 26, 2026 Source:Arthritis drug may help regrow up to 80% of hair in alopecia areata Reference:Upadacitinib for Severe Alopecia Areata…
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Small study with many limitations cannot show that there is a causative relationship between Vitamin D supplementation and improved cognitive scores for people with mild cognitive impairment
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 25, 2026 Source:This common vitamin was linked to 13% better cognitive scores Reference:Vitamin D supplement intake is associated with better…
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Newer understanding of new blood vessel growth after heart attack may lead to treatments to promote better bypass circulation.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 24, 2026 Source:Your Heart Can Actually Build Its Own Bypass After a Heart Attack Reference:Tracing the origins of de novo…
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House Calls, #1026, August 23, 2026: Lifestyle and food choices still matter towards preventing disease but alas not necessarily for the treatment of cancer.
Categories: Sunday House Call ShowsThe concept of prevention and treatment regarding cancer management. Food may play a role more so in prevention rather than treatment. Your Calls and Comments:…
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AI-calculated brain age predicts dementia risk years before doctors can see it
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 21, 2026 Source:AI-calculated brain age predicts dementia risk years before doctors can see it Reference:Comparison of Brain Age With Standard…
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Second-hand human-interest retelling of a family’s account of a ten year delay of Lyme disease diagnosis with other suspect claims creates doubt of its overall veracity.
Categories: Infectious DiseaseMedical Mythbusting Commentary for August 20, 2026 Source:Four siblings battled the same symptoms for a decade. The family dog had already been diagnosed with what…
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Daily sugary drinks linked to 250 per cent higher stomach-cancer relative risk, but this translates into an absolute risk difference of 0.01 per cent because of the rarity of these cancers.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 19, 2026 Source:Sugary drinks may increase risk of gastric cancer: study Reference:Association between sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened beverage intake and…
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Study in Nature Communications reports that dietary feeding of phosphatidylcholine or its precursor choline restored more youthful mitochondrial structure and function in worm and human cell culture models restoring more youthful function.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 18, 2026 Source:Scientists Uncovered a Hidden Switch Inside Our Cells That Could Slow—or Even Reverse—Aging Reference:Aging-associated decline of phosphatidylcholine synthesis…
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Phase 1 targeted gene editing study demonstrates safety and reduction in LDL cholesterol levels through specific protein pathway
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 17, 2026 Source:‘An extremely exciting milestone!’: landmark treatment slashes cholesterol by 62% with a single dose Reference:In Vivo Base Editing…