Cannabis 'Does More Harm to Teenage Users'

Cannabis 'does more harm to teenage users'
And the younger they take up the habit the more susceptible they are to addiction and mental health problems later in life, a review of 120 studies into the class-B drug found. The drug interacts with chemical receptors in areas of the brain governing …
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Seminar stresses proper response to violence in health care setting
Increasingly people who become irrational and violent because of designer drug use are showing up in emergency departments, he said. "This is an issue in society," he said. "There's the lack of accountability component that comes into health care …
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Reconsidering the end of the homosexual
Depression, drug abuse and suicide remain more common among homosexuals than heterosexuals. Outright homophobia is in retreat, but heterosexuality still enjoys subtle privileges within everyday Australian life. Altman is not a “graphs and stats” kind …
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Carilion data analytics project uses Epic, IBM tech to predict heart risk
In considering physiological data, prescription drug use, obesity, previous diagnoses, lifestyle and environmental factors, the program detected patients at risk of developing heart disease within a year so that early and less costly interventions …
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