More than two dozen countries have relaxed their marijuana or other drug laws, and a number could consider legalizing in the not-too-distant future. The South American nation of Uruguay was first to legalize marijuana in 2013. Canada became the second on Wednesday and its size and global standing likely will […]
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“If you are going to have cancer, then this is the best kind of cancer to have.” I had heard some iteration of this phrase no less than half a dozen times in the past two months. Doctors, nurses, cancer survivors, all seemed to dance to the beat of this […]
Madelyn Linsenmeir was a mother, sister and friend, who was “hilarious, and warm, and fearless, and resilient.” She was also an opioid addict. Linsenmeir was a junkie for 12 years and, at what her sister said were some of her darkest points, she would sometimes panhandle for money. She lost […]
Transcript for Is this the ultimate cure for hiccups? Dr. Ian Smith breaks down old-school remedies We’ll start with whether or not sugar can help cure hiccups. I’ve never heard that. You never heard that? No. What do you guys think? True or false? About 50/50. The answer is true. […]
The World Health Organization has announced that Congo’s latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus is not yet considered a global health emergency. Some aid groups expressed alarm when the rate of new cases more than doubled this month. With the area compared to a war zone, resistance to health […]
GENEVA (Reuters) – The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is likely to worsen significantly unless the response to it is stepped up, a World Health Organization committee said on Wednesday. However, it does not yet constitute a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), the emergency committee said. […]
This is a Kaiser Health News story. When Katherine Frega was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma eight years ago at age 17, she was so sick that all she could focus on was starting chemotherapy to treat her aggressive blood cancer. It was her dad who thought to ask the oncologist, […]
The Latest on Canada‘s legalization of recreational marijuana (all times local): 1:40 p.m. U.S. officials say the legalization of recreational marijuana in Canada has not prompted any changes in the flow of traffic at U.S.-Canada border crossings. Christopher Perry with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency told reporters in […]