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Obama Expands Medical Marijuana Research

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has decided marijuana will remain on the list of most dangerous drugs, fully rebuffing growing support across the country for broad legalization, but said it will allow more research into its medical uses. The decision to expand research into marijuana’s medical potential could pave the way for the drug to […]

Not a fish tale: Eating fatty fish is good for your health, doc says

There’s no question that we Americans don’t have enough fish in our diets. As little fish as we eat, we consume even less fatty fish, which is a bigger tragedy. Fatty fish — herring, sardines, salmon, tuna, trout and others — are our only source of fish oil (outside of supplementation). Doctors are particularly concerned […]

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Latinos Face Digital Divide In Health Care

When considering Latinos, educators often struggle with how to close the achievement gap. That gap is often defined as a disparity in academic success between native English speakers and those for whom Spanish was their first language. Health communicators have gaps of their own to address: digital divides. These exist both between English- and Spanish-speaking […]

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Skin cancer is deadlier for black patients

Black people are more likely to die from the most deadly type of skin cancer, scientists claim. Although white people have a higher chance of developing skin cancer, patients with skin of colour are less likely to survive. Patients of African-American descent were more likely to be diagnosed with melanoma once it had spread – […]

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Local nurses played role in improving standards

Nursing was once considered an unseemly career for a woman in 19th-century Texas. Back then, nursing duties were frequently performed by untrained male attendants. When the Texas Medical Association convened in Waco in 1878, the physicians quickly dismissed the proposal for a professional nursing school for men. The TMA president remarked that “male nurses were […]

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Lab Workers Sue to Keep Names Private

SEATTLE — Researchers and employees for a University of Washington lab that uses tissues obtained from abortions and other procedures have filed a lawsuit to prevent their names from being released to anti-abortion activists. The Seattle Times reports employees at the Birth Defects Research Center say they fear harassment and violence if their names are […]

Group Complains about EMT Live-Animal Use

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A doctors group has filed a complaint against the emergency medicine training program at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, saying the program violates federal law by using live animals. The complaint, filed by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, says the program […]

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Vaccination rates still too low among African-American seniors

More African-American seniors are getting vaccinated as access to health care improves and myths fade, but greater awareness is needed, Dr. Regina Benjamin said last week. In particular, seniors need protection against pneumococcal pneumonia, flu, shingles and tetanus. Benjamin, who practices in Alabama, was the eighteenth United States Surgeon General under President Obama. Read More

Solar Energy Will Produce Savings for Hospital

ALBANY, N.Y. — A hospital in Westchester County has finished work on a solar power array that state officials say will save $96,000 a year in energy costs. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office announced the completion of the project on August 4. The state contributed $358,000 toward the work at the Montrose VA Medical Center. […]

Puyallup Tribe Wants Medical Pot Facility

TACOMA, Wash. —The Puyallup Tribe is taking steps to grow medical marijuana on its land. The News Tribune reports that tribal leaders have amended a compact with the Washington Liquor and Cannabis Board and Gov. Jay Inslee to allow production and sales of marijuana. Earlier this year, the tribe opened a marijuana testing laboratory as […]

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Fighting HIV in Miami

MIAMI — The doctor on a mission met the homeless heroin addict who lived under a tree last year at Jackson Health System’s special immunology clinic when both men were struggling to overcome the odds. Jose De Lemos, infected with HIV and hepatitis C from a shared needle, had gone without treatment for almost a […]

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Mind games – The psychology of Olympic competition

For Olympic athletes, the pressure of the Games can be immense. Often, years of training and preparation culminate in one shot to make that work pay off, all in a setting where expectations are high and the whole world is watching. We speak with sports psychologist David Fletcher, a researcher and consultant for professional and […]

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