Medications
Researchers warn of mental health risks of high-potency cannabis
Researcher Beatriz Carlini clicks through a few local cannabis retailers' websites before finding what she's looking for.
Oct 6, 2022
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News tagged with government regulation
Health
Swiss to lift ban on medical use cannabis
The Swiss government on Wednesday decided to lift the ban on cannabis for medical use from August 1.
Jun 22, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Engineers are hoping to perfect masks before the next COVID wave or pandemic
In the coronavirus pandemic's early days, health care workers turned to bandannas and other makeshift protections because they lacked the official stuff. That gave engineers at the University of Maryland an idea.
Mar 16, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
The fertility industry is poorly regulated, and would-be parents can lose out on having children as a result
When embryologist Joseph Conaghan arrived at work at San Francisco's Pacific Fertility Center on March 4, 2018, nothing seemed awry. He did routine inspections of the facility's cryogenic tanks, which store frozen embryos ...
Aug 24, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ireland starts mandatory hotel travel quarantine
Ireland began enforcing a mandatory hotel quarantine for travellers arriving in the state from 33 "high risk" countries on Friday in a bid to quash the spread of new coronavirus variants.
Mar 26, 2021
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Medical research
Opioid script changes mean well, but have left some people in chronic pain
Chronic pain affects about 3.4 million Australians. Internationally, almost one-third of people with chronic non-cancer pain take opioids to manage their condition.
Mar 10, 2021
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Addiction
Cheaper chocolate and alcohol are a public health setback
Norway's budget settlement between the government and the Progress Party resulted in getting rid of the sugar tax for chocolate and sweets, halving the tax on soft drinks, cutting the taxes on snuff by 25 percent and on beer ...
Feb 2, 2021
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Vaccination
US vaccinations ramp up as 2nd COVID-19 shot nears
Hundreds more hospitals around the country began dispensing COVID-19 shots to their workers in a rapid expansion of the U.S. vaccination drive Tuesday, while a second vaccine moved to the cusp of government authorization.
Dec 15, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Making public transit safe next hurdle in easing lockdowns
In cities around the world, public transit systems are key to getting workers back on the job and restarting devastated economies, yet everything from trains and buses to ferries and bicycles will have to be re-imagined in ...
Apr 29, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Alcohol warning labels need to inform pregnant women of the true harms of drinking
Federal and state ministers will meet tomorrow to decide whether to compel alcohol manufacturers to include clear labels on all alcohol products that warn against the harms of drinking while pregnant.
Mar 19, 2020
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