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Podcast: Closer Look
Episode: Trump’s Tylenol advice giving Canadian doctors quite the headache
Description: “Doctor” Trump is at it again.This week, the U.S. president warned pregnant women to limit their use of acetaminophen — the active ingredient in Tylenol — because of unsubstantiated links to autism. “Fight like hell not to take it,” was the president’s message.Experts around the world were quick to counter Trump’s medical advice, insisting there is no evidence linking autism in children to the use of Tylenol by pregnant women.Health Canada issued a public advisory reiterating that the over-the-counter drug has “been used safely by millions of Cana...