A joint analysis of 83 studies, involving 3,000 people, concluded that there is scarce evidence to say that the use of medicinal cannabinoids chemical compounds in the cannabis plant is able to improve mental health conditions. Continue reading →

When you have delayed onset of Alzheimers by three decades, you say wow, said Dr. Bu, chairman of the neuroscience department at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., who was not involved in the study. He said the research suggests that instead of drugs attacking amyloid or tau, which have failed in many clinical trials, a medication or gene therapy targeting APOE could be promising Continue reading →

The Feminist Know-It-All: You know her. Continue reading →

The case of John J. Continue reading →

CHICAGO The gunman was wearing the menacing hockey mask of Jason, the killer from the 1980s horror movies. The 7-year-old girl was a bumblebee. Their paths violently intersected on Thursday afternoon. Continue reading →

Posted November 07, 2019 12:15:23 Almost two decades after she first sought help for an eating disorder, single mother Amanda Baldi says she feels no closer to recovery. Ms Baldi lives in Mandurah, 70 kilometres south of Perth, and has been left feeling hopeless and frustrated by the lack of services for adults with eating disorders in Western Australia particularly those who live regionally. Continue reading →

Image caption Any visitors "causing disturbance or behaving in an unacceptable manner" would get one verbal warning before being removed Patients who racially abuse hospital staff could have their treatment withdrawn, an NHS trust said. North Bristol Trust (NBT) launched its Red Card to Racism campaign after staff reported an increase of abuse from patients and visitors at the city's Southmead Hospital. The abusive behaviour covers racist or sexist language, gestures or behaviour Continue reading →

PARIS President Emmanuel Macron of France tried to seize control of the issue of immigration on Wednesday, as his government announced steps to make the country less attractive to migrants while cracking open the door to skilled foreign workers. The combined moves were a bid by Mr. Macron to wrest the issue from his main political challengers, the far-right National Rally of Marine Le Pen, which for years has skillfully used immigration in its political ascent. Continue reading →