There could be a link between marijuana use and heart health

New research found that 2.3% of reported marijuana users also have some form of cardiovascular disease. The study appeared in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The paper also looked at the possible interactions marijuana may have with drugs typically prescribed for cardiovascular issues, and the way marijuana chemicals may affect the heart at a molecular level. According […]

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Here's What Happened When I Tried A Naked Yoga Class

It may seem like a rather odd way to start such a spiritual practice, but not at Naked in Motion, where we’re all stark bollocks-and-breasts-hanging-out naked. Believe me – I’m no extrovert, dying to be the centre of attention. But I am hungry for trying new things; whether that’s jumping out of a plane, moving to a new country on a whim, or […]

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Medication errors prevented with optimized lighting

Western societies currently face the challenge of maintaining the high standard of health care (both affordable and available), with a growing shortage of care professionals. A well-designed hospital environment can positively contribute to the performance of care professionals. Healthy and engaged nurses are key in maintaining good health care. Mariëlle Aarts found that optimizing the lighting is a simple, non-invasive […]

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Thai taxi driver is kingdom’s first human-to-human transmission of virus

A Thai taxi driver has been diagnosed with the coronavirus, health officials said Friday, in the kingdom’s first case of human-to-human transmission of the deadly sickness which has sparked a global health alert. The finding makes Thailand only the sixth country alongside China, Germany, Japan, France and the US with confirmed domestic infections. It also comes as the Chinese death […]

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Promoting mixed chimerism promising in kidney transplants

(HealthDay)—For patients undergoing living kidney transplants, persistent mixed chimerism can be achieved to allow complete or partial withdrawal of immunosuppressive drugs, according to a study published in the Jan. 29 issue of Science Translational Medicine. Stephan Busque, M.D., from the Stanford University School of Medicine in California, and colleagues infused allograft recipients with donor T cells and hematopoietic progenitors after […]

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Study: To slow an epidemic, focus on handwashing

A new study estimates that improving the rates of handwashing by travelers passing through just 10 of the world’s leading airports could significantly reduce the spread of many infectious diseases. And the greater the improvement in people’s handwashing habits at airports, the more dramatic the effect on slowing the disease, the researchers found. The findings, which deal with infectious diseases […]

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