In from the Lancet via BBC: But The Lancet research suggests it does not increase the risk of new brain bleeds, and may even lower it. Experts say the "strong indication" needs confirming with more research. Only take daily aspirin if your doctor recommends it, they advise. Interestingly there are two different types of strokes; …
Day: May 22, 2019
The “gateway drug” opens a new gate?
From the American Journal of Psychiatry via Gizmodo: A new study out Tuesday is the latest to suggest that cannabis—or at least a key ingredient of it—might help people struggling with addiction. It found that people with opioid use disorder experienced less symptoms of craving when given cannabidiol, or CBD, over a placebo. CBD …
Surprise of all Surprises…
Or maybe I should say, "this in from Captain Obvious" NPR published an article (surprisingly because that's their job), When LA's Air Got Better, Kids' Asthma Cases Dropped Children who live in areas with bad air pollution are more likely to develop asthma, which is the most common chronic illness among young people. …
Upping the Ante (vaxx)…
See what I did there? In an article in the Washington Post here The anti-vaxx movement has upped the ante in there campaign of misleading and out-right horribly inaccurate information: In a suburban shopping center an hour north of New York City, hundreds of mostly ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered in a sex-partitioned ballroom to hear leaders …