Children more likely to start using pot at earlier age if mothers use drug: study
Children are more likely to start using cannabis at a younger age if their mothers consumed the drug during their childhood, according to new research. Read More
Doctors use lab-grown cartilage to heal knee injury
For the thousands of Canadians who suffer serious knee injuries each year, their only option is often surgery to replace the damaged joint with a Read More
As China builds biotech sector, cash floods U.S. startups
SAN FRANCISCO/HONG KONG (Reuters) – For three whirlwind days in June, U.S. scientist Zhi Hong went shopping at the Boston Bio Conference to find drugs Read More
What can salad dressing tell us about cancer? Think oil and vinegar
Researchers led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have identified another way the process that causes oil to form droplets in water may contribute Read More
Study of protein ‘trafficker’ provides insight into autism and other brain disorders
In the brain, as in business, connections are everything. To maintain cellular associates, the outer surface of a neuron, its membrane, must express particular proteins Read More
Withdrawal symptoms from quitting junk food similar to when quitting drugs: study
New U.S. research has found that quitting junk food can produce similar withdrawal symptoms during the first week to those experienced when quitting drugs. Carried Read More
Congo reports Ebola death close to busy Ugandan border
Saleh Mwanamilongo, The Associated PressPublished Saturday, September 22, 2018 9:02AM EDT KINSHASA, Congo — A Congolese woman who refused an Ebola vaccination and then disappeared Read More
Is psychedelic drug therapy on track to become as ubiquitous as meditation?
Welcome to Part Three of The Big Trip, a special Day 6 series all about the future of psychedelic drugs. Click here for Part One and Part Two. When Read More
Sex and the senior: They’re doing it, so get over it
This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of eclectic and under-the-radar health and medical science news emailed to subscribers every Saturday morning. Read More
Hurricane power outages may increase risk of carbon monoxide poisoning
(Reuters Health) – Homeowners in North Carolina and South Carolina who lost electricity in the wake of Hurricane Florence need to realize that backup generators Read More