Ending a contentious, year-long argument over what constitutes a 60-day supply of medical marijuana, the Washington state Department of Health last week issued new regulations setting the limit at 24 ounces of smokeable marijuana and 15 plants, no matter what
The Czech lower house of parliament Tuesday approved changes in the country's penal code that distinguish between hard and soft drugs and make possession of small amounts of marijuana only a low-level offense. The reform must now pass the upper
Background:Experimental studies indicate that gamma linolenic acid (GLA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) may inhibit glioma cells growth but effects of oral consumption of these fatty acids on brain tumor fatty acid composition have not been determined in vivo.Methods:GLA oil (GLAO;
Background:Taffic-related air pollution has been related to adverse respiratory outcomes; however, there is still uncertainty concerning the type of vehicle emission causing most deleterious effects. Methods: A panel study was conducted among 147 asthmatic and 50 healthy children, who were
Background:The hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) has emerged as an attractive target for cancer therapy. The few publications addressing the prognostic significance of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1a (HIF-1a) cellular expression in ovarian cancer produced contradictory findings which are not permissible to widely acceptable
Background:Non-attendance rates in psychiatric outpatient clinics have been a topic of considerable interest. It is measured as an indicator of quality of service provision. Failed attendances add to the cost of care as well as having an adverse impact on
Multiparametric echocardiographic imaging of the failing heart is now increasingly used and useful in decision making in heart failure. The reasons for this, relies on the need of different strategies of handling these patients, as differentiation of systolic or diastolic
Previous research showed that people who ate diets rich in vitamins E and C had a lower risk of cancer, suggesting that supplements of these vitamins might help ward off cancer, the researchers said.
Labeling someone a perfectionist is a judgment call, with one person's "high standards" another person's "perfectionism." But at high levels, "you know it when you see it," said Martin Antony, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at Ryerson University in Toronto,
Like an annual physical for our health, an annual "marriage checkup" can keep relationships healthy, according to James Cordova, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at Clark University in Worcester, Ma. He presented preliminary findings on his Marriage Checkup Project Saturday
The Ventriloscope is a hand-held transmitter activated by the instructor or standardized patient that sends any one of 12 possible sounds to the students receiving stethoscope.
Common rheumatic problems in diabetic patients include the limited joint mobility syndrome, cheiro-arthropathy (up to half the patients), aching and stiffness in joints, carpal tunnel syndrome (up to a third of patients), rotator cuff problems, adhesive capsulitis of the shoulders,
In her inaugural lecture on Wednesday 12th November, Dr Clare Gillies of the Department of Health Sciences will reveal the results of her simulation study investigating the clinical and cost implications of screening people 'at risk' for impaired glucose intolerance
Obesity is the most common answer I am hearing to my questions about the state of poor health in the United States, especially in our young kids. It is critical for us to better educate families on how to eat
This report concerns 12 challenging patients who had failed primary therapy: 4 following HIFU, 6 after ERBT and 2 after brachytherapy. The mean age was 63 years, the mean preoperative PSA was 12.7g/ml and all patients underwent metastatic staging prior
Bonneau's work falls within a new scientific field, systems biology, which examines how genes influence each other via extremely large networks of interaction and how these networks respond to stimuli, adapting over time to new environments and cell states. The
The oldest large series of 38 such cases in the urinary bladder divided most of them into 17 pseudotumors and 13 sarcomas 3. The 17 patients in the pseudotumor group
Survival can vary enormously among patients whose prostate cancer returns after curative treatments (such as surgery or radiotherapy). Some men can live for many years without the need for treatment however others will have very limited survival in spite of
Cortisol, the primary stress hormone in humans, tends to be at its highest levels in the early morning and gradually declines over the course of the day. But recent research has found that many preschoolers in full-day child care have
