Cannabis intoxication and rates of accidental ingestion in young children rise after legalization, new study finds
Significantly higher rates of child intensive care admissions for unintentional cannabis poisonings have been seen following legalization of the drug in Canada. Researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), based in Toronto, found a four-fold increase in unintentional poisonings…
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How New Zealand has managed to dodge the COVID-19 bullet again
New Zealand has avoided community transmission, even though an Australian visitor tested positive for the delta variant which dominates Australia’s latest COVID-19 outbreaks. New Zealand health authorities were quick to react, isolating and testing contacts and suspending travel. Of the…
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Desperate for home care, seniors often wait months with workers in short supply
For years, Louise Shackett has had trouble walking or standing for long periods, making it difficult for her to clean her house in southeastern Maine or do laundry. Shackett, 80, no longer drives, which makes it hard to get to…
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Virus infections surging in Africas vulnerable rural areas
For Pelagia Bvukura, who lives in a rural part of north-central Zimbabwe, COVID-19 had always been a “city disease,” affecting those in the capital, Harare, or other, distant big towns. “There was no virus for us. We only used to…
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Experts Reveal the Secret to Being Happy and Contented
No matter what our situation is, we all dream to become happy. We dream of living a life full of positivity and vigor. We want to wake up every day with peace of mind and accomplish our tasks and goals…
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Dae Haircare Raises $2.6 Million Seed Round
Amber Fillerup Clark’s hair care line Dae has raised a $2.6 million seed round. This is the brand’s first capital raise and will be used to expand the team, build out inventory and for sampling and marketing, according to Clark….
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Doxycycline Trumps Azithromycin for Asymptomatic Rectal Chlamydia
A 1-week course of doxycycline is more effective than single-dose azithromycin to treat rectal chlamydia in men who have sex with men (MSM), according to newly published results in the New England Journal of Medicine. Chlamydia is the most commonly…
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A promising two-punch therapy for Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare cancer involving dendritic cells, a type of white blood cell that usually helps defend against infections. The current standard of care for LCH, chemotherapy, cures fewer than half of patients. “Our research team…
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Researchers discover promising new way to prevent and treat kidney infections
Ten IU School of Medicine researchers, out of a team of 11 scientists, are responsible for the findings of a new study they conducted to investigate alternative ways to treat kidney infections. Their work, which is published in the research…
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US drug firms face jury over opioid addiction epidemic
US pharmaceutical firms accused of stoking a two-decade epidemic of opioid addiction that has seen 500,000 die from overdoses stood trial before a jury for the first time Tuesday. The suit launched by two counties in New York state charges…
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