Researchers from the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria have found patients prefer cannabis over opioid medication to treat chronic pain and mental health issues.
"This study is one of the first to track medical cannabis use under the new system of licensed producers, meaning that all participants had physician authorization to access cannabis in addition to their...
Researchers at Northwestern University have found a molecule that can kill an aggressive pediatric brainstem tumor called diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG.
Approximately 300 children under the age of 10 are diagnosed with DIPG each year, and it is always fatal.
"This tumor kills every single kid who gets DIPG within one year," Andrea Plunti, a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern...
Higher testosterone levels can boost the male sex drive, and exercise has been shown to raise testosterone levels. But new research suggests too much working out can have a negative effect on the male libido.
When scientists at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill surveyed men about their workout routines and sex lives, they found men who engaged in frequent and strenuous exercise...
A study from the University of Virginia has found the pathway multidrug-resistant bacteria use to go from drainpipes in hospital sinks to infecting patients.
Several recent reports have found multidrug-resistant bacteria in hospital sink drainpipes, which puts the dangerous bacteria in close proximity to patients, but it was unclear exactly how the bacteria traveled from the drainpipes to...
Do you see saliva dripping from your mouth when you get up? Here's why it happens.
Drooling while in a deep sleep is very common but have you ever wondered why it happens? It might seem harmless, but it could also indicate a deeper problem. But before getting to that, let’s understand the connection between drooling and sleeping.
Medically, drooling is termed as sialorrhea (excessive...
Chronic pain is much more common among poor, less educated older Americans than their wealthier, more educated peers, a new study suggests.
"I found that people with lower levels of education and wealth don't just have more pain, they also have more severe pain," said study author Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk. She's an assistant professor of sociology from the University at Buffalo in Buffalo,...
Researchers at Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany have found the roots of hand preference may come from the spinal cord in utero and not from the brain.
Previous studies had concluded that left- or right-handedness is tied to hemispheric asymmetries in the brain. The hand preference develops in utero at about eight weeks gestation and is visible in the fetus on ultrasound at around the 13th...
Researchers at the University of Southern California Leonard Davis School of Gerontology showed a periodic fasting diet can reduce cardiovascular risk factors, among other health benefits.
The study consisted of 100 adults ages 20 to 70 who were placed on three cycles of a low-calorie, fasting-mimicking diet from April 2013 to July 2015.
Participants were separated into two groups, a...
Fluid-filled balloons placed in the stomach to treat obesity have been linked to serious complications, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reports.
The balloons treat obesity by taking up space in a patient's stomach, and are used in conjunction with diet and exercise. Two types of fluid-filled balloon systems -- the ReShape Integrated Dual Balloon System and the Orbera Intragastric Balloon...
A new study from the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, used a drug found in a zebrafish model of epilepsy that is showing promising results.
"This is the first time that scientists have taken a potential therapy discovered in a fish model directly into people in a clinical trial," Vicky Whittemore, Ph.D., program director at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, or...
