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Recent reporting shows conflicting signals: large retrospective cohort studies from South Korea and Italy report short-term associations between COVID-19 vaccination and higher diagnosis rates for sev...
Recent observational and preclinical studies report that cancer patients receiving an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine within 100 days of starting immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy had substantially bett...
Large, multi-year surveillance and reviews continue to find no unexpected, widespread long-term harms from mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, though rare adverse events (notably myocarditis in young males) remai...
Major, peer-reviewed and public-health sources in the provided set report that COVID-19 vaccines reduce severe illness, hospitalization and death and that researchers continue to study longer-term out...
Yes — multiple case series and clinical reports show that metastatic prostate cancer can occur despite an undetectable PSA after prostatectomy, although it is uncommon and often linked to specific tum...
Clinical guidance for choosing nicotine gum strength (2 mg vs 4 mg) uses two related measures of dependence—time‑to‑first‑cigarette (TTFC) and cigarettes per day (CPD)—and both approaches are widely e...
Pressure cooking and traditional wet heat cooking (boiling, stewing) reliably reduce or inactivate lectins in many high-lectin plant foods—most notably hard beans and many legumes, plus nightshade veg...
Recent reviews and clinical studies do not support the simple claim that seed oils universally cause inflammation; many large analyses find no increase in inflammatory markers and some show reductions...
The dominant scientific reviews and major cancer centers say there is no credible evidence that eating currently marketed GM foods increases cancer risk or has caused overt human health harms, though ...
Repeated detox diets are not supported by strong evidence to improve liver or kidney function and can cause harm in some people; clinical reports and expert reviews show risks including electrolyte im...
Anal cancer often begins with subtle, easily missed signs — most commonly minor rectal bleeding — and early symptoms frequently mimic benign conditions such as hemorrhoids or fissures, which can delay...
Metastatic prostate cancer can, rarely but convincingly, manifest despite an undetectable PSA after prostatectomy because PSA is an imperfect surrogate: tiny amounts of residual prostatic tissue, micr...
Available monitoring and large studies to date have not identified widespread, long-term changes in routine labs (like persistent liver enzyme elevations or chronic cytopenias) caused by COVID-19 vacc...
Dr. Sanjay Gupta is widely known as CNN’s chief medical correspondent and a practicing neurosurgeon who has bridged clinical work, public-facing books and long-form journalism; his recent projects inc...
Public records in the supplied reporting identify multiple physicians named “Sanjay Gupta,” creating confusion; the widely known CNN neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta is repeatedly described as a board‑certif...
Veterinary ivermectin products are made in higher concentrations and in different formulations (injectable, topical “pour‑ons,” pastes, drench, chewables) intended for large animals; human ivermectin ...
You likely heard a viral claim about vaccines; recent reporting shows competing narratives: some studies suggest mRNA COVID-19 vaccines may help cancer patients while others and watchdogs flag flawed ...
mRNA COVID-19 vaccines differ from many traditional vaccines by delivering instructions (mRNA) that tell cells to make a viral protein and thereby stimulate both innate and adaptive immunity; recent s...
Available sources identify multiple physicians named “Sanjay Gupta” with different specialties and board certifications; they are not all the same person, and the reporting does not present a single u...
Available reporting shows multiple physicians named “Sanjay Gupta” with differing specialties and board certifications; the best-documented, widely known Sanjay Gupta (the CNN correspondent and neuros...