In states where both medical and recreational marijuana are legal, fewer patients are filling prescriptions for medications used to treat anxiety. That is the key finding of my recent study, published in the journal JAMA Network Open.
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Even 1 drink a day elevates your cancer risk – an expert on how alcohol affects the body breaks down a new government report
Many people use the new year to reflect on their relationship with alcohol. Just-released government guidelines are giving Americans another reason to consider a “dry January.”
Over the past few decades, mounting scientific evidence…
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Jimmy Carter Fought To End Guinea Worm Infection
Children collect daily family water needs from new boreholes, which supply filtered water free of … [+]
This week, the world celebrated the life and…
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Hamas hostages: Stories of the people taken from Israel
Guy Gilboa-Dalal, 23, attended the festival with his brother. In June, an unnamed released hostage was reported as saying they had been held in a room with Guy after their capture.
Eitan Mor, 24, was working as a security guard at the festival. In…
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How Wildfire Smoke Affects Your Health—and How You Can Protect Yourself
As a series of massive fires continues to blaze through the Los Angeles area, blanketing neighborhoods with smoke and forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes, air quality remains unhealthy throughout many parts of the county.
Wildfire…
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Walgreens Reports $265 Million Loss And Sees Progress On Turnaround
Walgreens Boots Alliance reported a $265 million loss in its fiscal first quarter ended November … [+]
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2025 Will Be A Huge Year For The $220 Billion Dollar Cybersecurity Industry
Cyber threats are constantly evolving.
With the rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence across numerous sectors, security concerns have become top of mind for many leaders and innovators. Especially for healthcare, mitigating…
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The man who unraveled nerve communication
In the second half of the 19th century and the early 20th century, neuroscience and neurology emerged as established scientific fields. During this period, nerve cells (neurons) were identified and described, along with the anatomical structures…
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Global Warming Is Wreaking Havoc on the Planet’s Water Cycle
Record temperatures last year pushed the global water cycle to “new climatic extremes,” according to the Global Water Monitor 2024 report. The document, produced by an international consortium led by researchers at Australian National…
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What lies ahead for Syria, according to Lawrence of Arabia
Sixty-two years ago, cinemas were filled with audiences watching the epic film Lawrence of Arabia. Although today’s audiences would undoubtedly find the film, saturated with Middle Eastern stereotypes, politically incorrect, Lawrence can help us…
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