The U.S. Federal Trade Commission issued a policy statement this week confirming that connected devices and health apps that use or collect consumers’ health information must notify users and others when that data is breached. Failure to comply, the…
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In Brazil, an NGO grows medical cannabis to help patients
Surrounded by barbed wire and an electric fence, marijuana plants flourish under the bright sun on a farm in a mountainous area outside Rio de Janeiro. But this farm has nothing to do with drug trafficking. It belongs, in fact,…
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High screen-time may exacerbate cognitive, behavioral problems in children born extremely preterm
Among 6- and 7-year-olds who were born extremely preterm–before the 28th week of pregnancy–those who had more than two hours of screen time a day were more likely to have deficits in overall IQ, executive functioning (problem solving skills), impulse…
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