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Children with drug-resistant epilepsy may find relief with the help of medical cannabis oil...
Medicinal cannabis oil containing both cannabidiol (CBD) and a small amount of THC can reduce or end seizures in children with severe, drug-resistant epilepsy,...
Teens who use Spice – K2 or other synthetic marijuana products may risk medical...
Teens who use Spice, K2 or other synthetic marijuana products may risk medical harm, including coma and seizures, researchers report.
A review of emergency department...
Teens abusing prescription opioids are more likely to start using heroin
It's an unforeseen side effect of the nation's opioid epidemic: Adolescent heroin users.
A USC study in the July 8 issue of JAMA Pediatrics shows...
Scientists have identified new biomarkers for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) in urine
Scientists at McMaster University have identified new biomarkers for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) in urine, which could lead to better treatments and reduce the...
Gabapentin : Pharmaceutical companies’ payments to doctors may be influencing them to prescribe the...
Pharmaceutical companies' payments to doctors may be influencing them to prescribe more expensive, brand-name versions of the pain drug gabapentin, a team of researchers...
Researchers have uncovered an immune mechanism by which host cells combat bacterial infection
Researchers at the University of Toronto have uncovered an immune mechanism by which host cells combat bacterial infection, and at the same time found...
The psychological effects of marijuana can differ between individuals
For some people, marijuana causes a rewarding high.
For others, it produces serious psychiatric side effects.
Whether a person enjoys the experience or adverse effects...
A new type of computer memory to solve the digital technology energy crisis has...
A new type of computer memory which could solve the digital technology energy crisis has been invented and patented by scientists from Lancaster University...
Sensory processing difficulties associated with ASD – ADHD – PTSD often result in meltdown...
If you’re a parent, you know the looks.
The looks you get when your child is acting out in public — causing a scene...
A newly developed mathematical framework describes the ecology of the microbiome coupled to its...
How do the communities of microbes living in our gastrointestinal systems affect our health?
Carnegie’s Will Ludington was part of a team that helped...
Combining exercise with sedentary activities could help improve mood and combat obesity
A program with clear rules, routines and activities, attentive adults and a chance to interact with peers appears to work as well at improving...
WHO declared vaccine hesitancy one of the top ten international public health problems
Search engines and social media organizations must do more to prevent the spread of inaccurate information on childhood vaccination, and governments must better support...
Researchers have demonstrated a method to increase dramatically the solar cell output
In any conventional silicon-based solar cell, there is an absolute limit on overall efficiency, based partly on the fact that each photon of light...
High-efficiency solar cells improve electric cars independency
What's not to like about this concept: high-efficiency solar cells gifting electric cars with mileage.
Bertel Schmitt, The Drive, said, "The solar roof could morph from mostly a...
Post surgery fast recovery : Protamine binds to heparin so clotting and healing can...
Researchers at the University of York have developed a new way to safely remove a blood-thinning drug used during surgery that can lead to...
