Cannabis reduces short-term motivation to work for money: study
Smoking the equivalent of a single 'spliff' of cannabis makes people less willing to work for money while 'high', finds a new UCL study.
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Longer survival of cancer patients given methylnaltrexone suggests role for mu opiate receptor in cancer progression
A study of advanced cancer patients published in the journal Annals of Oncology and presented at this year's World Congress of Anaesthesiologists in Hong Kong suggests that opioid painkillers and their receptor in cells - ...
Sep 1, 2016
Decision-making tool may help doctors cut unnecessary antibiotic prescribing
Respiratory tract infections (RTI) with cough are the most common reason children are prescribed antibiotics by their doctors, but up to a third of prescriptions may be unnecessary. A new study of over 8000 children has identified ...
Sep 1, 2016
Intensified treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes and known vascular damage extends life by around 8 years
A long-term Danish follow-up study published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) now shows that intensified and multifaceted treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes and a ...
Sep 1, 2016
EUS-FNA can help doctors manage certain pancreatic lesions more effectively
An endoscopic procedure can improve the outlook for patients with a fairly common type of pancreatic lesion that is challenging to manage and that, if left untreated, can progress to cancer, according to a study in the September ...
Sep 1, 2016
Are promises made to living donors being upheld?
A new study finds some shortcomings by the transplant community in providing prompt access to transplantation for living kidney donors who later develop kidney disease and need a transplant. Donors are told that they will ...
Sep 1, 2016
Growing research finds psychedelics effective in treating disease
Gordon McGlothlin, who took his first puff at age 12 behind his family's garage, tried to quit smoking for years, but no cessation technique worked until he used a psychedelic drug.
Sep 1, 2016
