Medical pot allowed on California highways
"Individuals are to be released and the marijuana is not to be seized if the person qualifies under state law to possess marijuana for medicinal purposes. It is also said that officers shall not conduct traffic enforcement stops for the primary purpose of drug interdiction involving the authorized...
Jane232591
Fix for broken vertebrae in demand, and unproven
The only possible solution for those people with broken vertebra was wearing a back brace and waiting to heal. In order to relieve pain, narcotics were used. In the past couple of years a new approach to this problem was created, an approach that was not proven and with success guaranties. A new...
Mick
Another Coffee Perk: Antioxidants
More than half of Americans drink coffee every day, making it the most popular beverage in the country. For a very long time, it was thought that the coffee was bad news because of its links with cardiovascular disease and high blood pressure. A new study shows differently. It shows that coffee...
Mick
Warning Labels on Fries
It may happen that potato chips and french fries will soon come with a warning label. A lawsuit was filed against nine fast food chains and snack-food makers. The main request is made for McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Frito Lay and other companies to warn consumers that their fries and chips...
Lori2592
Medical Management Now Available For Miscarriage
Miscarriage occurs in at least 10 percent of pregnancies, often between seven and 12 weeks of gestation. After each miscarriage a surgery was needed in order to remove the remaining of the fetal tissue. Now, women have an opportunity to choose between a surgery and a new medication called...
Homeopathy 'nothing more than a placebo'
Even though millions people are turning to homeopathical remedies in treating their problems and illnesses, some researchers report that homeopathy is nothing more than a placebo effect. The research covered a range of illnesses and treatments from respiratory infections to surgery and...
If You Think You'll Feel Better, You Will
For the study, a medical team induced pain by injecting concentrated salt water solution into the jaws of 14 healthy young men who agreed to the experiment. The injections were given while the men underwent positron emission tomography (PET) scans. The men were told they would receive pain medicine....
Danny
General Anesthesia For Heroin Detoxification Is No Good
Research studies were trying to determine whether use of general anesthesia for heroin detoxification is better then other methods of detoxification. It turned out it wasn’t better but only more expensive and could, however, lead to adverse life threatening events. Anesthesia-assisted opioid...
Danny
Potential Brain Cancer Treatment Found
Researchers from ST. Louis University did an animal study on fighting the cancer and managed to develop a company, named JV-1-36, that can penetrate the blood brain barrier, and reach cancer cells that way. There have been many drugs found that can kill the cancer but none of them could have sneaked...
Lori2592
Babies recognize unfamiliar musical rhythms far more readily
It seems that babies have better ability to pick up languages, distinguish faces from foreign cultures and recognize unfamiliar musical rhythms far more readily than adults can. The researchers were monitoring how long the babies stared at a cartoon; they paired the same cartoon with two different...