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Researchers study effects of cannabis on sedation, cancer treatment symptoms
As more patients report using cannabis in a state where medical marijuana is legal, researchers across several disciplines at ...
Surveillance study spots long-term rise in invasive group A strep infections among children
A 32-year-long surveillance study led by Sinai Health in Toronto has found that serious infections caused by group A ...
Study links executive function to language skills in young children
A young child's ability to regulate behavior—a component of executive functioning, the cognitive processes that help with ...
Eating only during the daytime could protect people from heart risks of shift work, study suggests
A study led by researchers at Mass General Brigham suggests that, when it comes to cardiovascular health, food timing could ...
How glycoprotein GP38 from Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus could advance monoclonal antibody therapies
A recent study published in Science Translational Medicine involving scientists from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute ...
Baby girl first born in UK from womb transplant
A baby girl has become the first in the UK to be born from a womb transplant, after her aunt donated her uterus to her mother ...
Post-trauma drug blocks fear response in female mice, study shows
A new report published in Brain Medicine reveals that a single dose of the drug Osanetant, administered shortly after a ...
People who are easily distracted by smartphones are more physiologically reactive, less attuned to their bodies: Study
Over the past few decades, some studies have raised important questions about the psychological implications of the excessive use of smartphones and other portable devices. Findings suggest that ...
Public housing smoking ban can reduce heart attacks and strokes
A paper, "Evaluation of Federally Mandated Smoke-Free Housing Policy and Health Outcomes Among Adults Over the Age of 50 in ...
One in 3,000 people at risk of punctured lung from faulty gene—almost 100 times higher than previous estimate
As many as one in 3,000 people could be carrying a faulty gene that significantly increases their risk of a punctured lung, ...
Test predicts which patients with prostate cancer most likely to develop long-term side effects from radiation therapy
Investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have validated a test that can accurately predict which ...
Coding differences in Medicare Advantage plans led to $33 billion in excess revenue to insurers, study finds
An analysis of differential coding patterns between Medicare Advantage (MA) and Traditional Medicare (TM) plans estimated how ...