 Medical marijuana patients face transplant hurdles April 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Timothy Garon's face and arms are hauntingly skeletal, but the fluid building up in his abdomen makes the 56-year-old musician look eight months pregnant. His liver, ravaged by hepatitis C, is failing. ... | |
 Scientists Explore Brain's Reaction to Potent Hallucinogen April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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Brain-imaging studies performed in animals at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory provide researchers with clues about why an increasingly popular recreational drug that causes hallucinations ... | |
Who should MDs let die in a pandemic? Report offers answers May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Doctors know some patients needing lifesaving care won't get it in a flu pandemic or other disaster. The gut-wrenching dilemma will be deciding who to let die. | |
Scientists discover way to increase metabolism for weight loss April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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Scientists from Melbourne’s Howard Florey Institute have discovered a way to aid weight loss and reduce the likelihood of developing diabetes by manipulating fat cells to increase the body’s metabolism. | |
Brain reacts to fairness as it does to money and chocolate April 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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The human brain responds to being treated fairly the same way it responds to winning money and eating chocolate, UCLA scientists report. Being treated fairly turns on the brain's reward circuitry. | |
Too many choices -- good or bad -- can be mentally exhausting April 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 46 vote(s)
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Each day, we are bombarded with options -- at the local coffee shop, at work, in stores or on the TV at home. Do you want a double-shot soy latte, a caramel macchiato or simply a tall house coffee for your morning pick-me-up" ... | |
Intelligence and rhythmic accuracy go hand in hand April 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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People who score high on intelligence tests are also good at keeping time, new Swedish research shows. The team that carried out the study also suspect that accuracy in timing is important to the brain processes responsible ... | |
 Researchers look at cannabinoids, genes, medicines and brain scans to find better anxiety treatments April 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Right now, about half of all people who take medicine for an anxiety disorder don’t get much help from it. And doctors have no definitive way to predict who will, and who won’t, benefit from each anti-anxiety ... | |
'Untouchable' woman dies after Indian medics refuse treatment April 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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An "untouchable" woman who gave birth outside an Indian hospital because doctors would not treat her died Thursday, a day after her baby, officials admitted. | |
Medical marijuana user who was denied liver transplant dies May 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 5
(AP) -- A man who was denied a liver transplant largely because he used marijuana with medical approval to ease the symptoms of hepatitis C has died. | |
Secondhand smoke exposure can cause cell damage in 30 minutes May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Exposure to secondhand smoke even for a brief period is injurious to health, a new study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has found. | |
Australian scientists report weight loss breakthrough April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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Australian scientists may have discovered how to help people lose weight without cutting back on food, a breakthrough that could pave the way for fat-burning drugs. | |
 Why criminals cannot say 'no' May 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A study integrating theories from criminology and psychology has provided an in-depth explanation for the link between self-control and why people get into crime. | |
High self-esteem is not always what it's cracked up to be, says UGA psychologist April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Oscar Levant, a mid-century pianist, film star and wit, once watched noted keyboardist and composer George Gershwin spend an evening playing his own music at a party and clearly having a great time. “Tell me, George,” Levant ... | |
Too much, too little sleep tied to ill health in CDC study May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(AP) -- People who sleep fewer than six hours a night - or more than nine - are more likely to be obese, according to a new government study that is one of the largest to show a link between irregular sleep and big bellies. ... | |
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