Study finds older adults using cannabis to treat common health conditions

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With growing interest in its potential health benefits and new legislation favoring legalization in more states, cannabis use is becoming more common among older adults. University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers report that older adults use cannabis primarily for medical purposes to treat a variety of common health conditions, including pain, sleep disturbances and psychiatric conditions like […]

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Women Can Conceive After Surgery for Borderline Ovarian Tumors

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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 7, 2020 — Natural fertility is maintained after fertility-sparing surgery (FSS) for women with borderline ovarian tumors (BOTs), with no difference in survival, according to a study published online Sept. 22 in Fertility and Sterility. Gry Johansen, M.D., from the Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, and colleagues assessed the efficacy of FSS on reproductive outcomes (natural conception, use […]

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Common cardiovascular disease drug could help hearts of at-risk new mums

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A drug has shown potential to improve heart function in women diagnosed with preeclampsia during their pregnancy, research carried out by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and The University of Manchester (UoM) has found. The results of the ‘Postnatal enalapril to Improve Cardiovascular fUnction following preterm Preeclampsia’ (PICk-UP) feasibility trial were published in the peer-reviewed journal Hypertension today. Enalapril […]

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The price hack all Costco shoppers should know about

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Heading out for a trip to Costco can only mean good things. Your wallet might be a little lighter than when you walked in, but you’ll take home a 4-pound pumpkin pie that’s bigger than your head, and enough toilet paper to last well into next year! While the deals at the warehouse giant are already amazing, industry insiders say […]

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Many non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma patients can skip radiation, collaborative study finds

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Skipping radiation and receiving less chemotherapy may become the new standard of care for some lymphoma patients, according to a recent collaborative study led by a Daniel Persky, MD, associate director for clinical investigations at the UArizona Cancer Center, principal investigator of its Lymphoma Clinical Research Team, and professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the […]

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Research identifies new information to accelerate structure-based drug design against COVID-19

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A new paper in Nature Communications outlines how an international research team has identified potential ways forward to rapidly design improved and more potent compounds in the fight against COVID-19.  The work is the result of a massive fragment screening effort to develop an antiviral targeting the SARS-CoV-2 main protease. The project was led by Martin Walsh, Deputy Life Sciences […]

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