Medical cannabis is finally being put under the microscope, in a first-of-its-kind real world evidence study led by Dr. Hance Clarke, Director of Pain Services,…
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Iodine exposure in the NICU may lead to decrease in thyroid function, study suggests
Exposure to iodine used for medical procedures in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) may increase an infant’s risk for congenital hypothyroidism (loss of thyroid…
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Popular chemotherapy drug may be less effective in overweight and obese women
Breast cancer patients who are overweight or obese might benefit less from treatment with docetaxel, a common chemotherapy drug, than lean patients. An international team…
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Early-onset colorectal cancer study in young adult men reveals ‘hotspots’ of death in US
Over the last three decades, colorectal cancer survival in the United States has improved significantly. But in young people—particularly men diagnosed with colorectal cancer before…
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Hot and cold zones: Life and death in a Montréal COVID-19 hospital
Julian Menezes dons a gown, gloves and face shield and steps into a patient’s room. Then he sits. His job is, simply, to be there—to…
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Researchers stimulate improvements in Parkinson’s treatment
New research led by QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute has identified ways to make the most widely-used advanced treatment for Parkinson’s disease—deep brain stimulation therapy—more…
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Study in Philadelphia links growth in tree canopy to decrease in human mortality
The first city-wide health impact assessment of the estimated effects of a tree canopy initiative on premature mortality in Philadelphia suggests that increased tree canopy…
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Cheap steroid reduces death in severe COVID-19, researchers say. But they haven’t released the data.
A steroid called dexamethasone reduced the death rate among hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 infections in a large clinical trial, U.K. researchers announced today (June…
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Poll: Americans are the unhappiest they’ve been in 50 years
Spoiler alert: 2020 has been rough on the American psyche. Folks in the U.S. are more unhappy today than they’ve been in nearly 50 years….
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One in four Britons have medical care postponed because of coronavirus
The new Covid timebomb: ‘Knock-on’ health fears as one in four Britons have medical care postponed because of the virus A Daily Mail poll has…
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