Marijuana users have higher metal levels in blood, urine
Sep 01, 2023
Cadmium and lead levels were significantly higher among exclusive marijuana users.
Even five years postapproval, many drug studies remain nonpublic
Sep 01, 2023
The authors urge greater transparency of study results for drugs approved by the FDA.
Marijuana should be moved to lower-risk drug category, US health officials say
Aug 31, 2023
The move would not legalize marijuana but could move it from its Schedule I classification to a Schedule III.
Overestimation of oxygen saturation leads to delayed COVID-19 treatment
Aug 31, 2023
Patients with unrecognized need for COVID-19 therapy appear to have higher odds of readmission, regardless of race.
AI model can respond appropriately to ophthalmology questions
Aug 25, 2023
The likelihood of chatbot answers containing incorrect or inappropriate material was comparable with human answers.
Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation cuts risk for dementia, death
Aug 25, 2023
The findings persisted across age, sex and comorbidities.
US wastewater tests spot highly mutated variant of COVID-19
Aug 24, 2023
Officials did not specify where the samples were from; most patients infected with new BA.2.86 variant have had mild symptoms.
Thickness of GCIPL, INL of retina reduced in Parkinson’s disease
Aug 24, 2023
“While we are not yet ready to predict whether an individual will develop Parkinson’s, we hope that this method could soon become a pre-screening tool for people at risk of disease,”...
Nurses report high resiliency, yet many want to leave the field
Aug 24, 2023
High resilience among nurses was associated with better quality of care and contributes to job satisfaction.
Blue-light filtering lenses seem not to be beneficial
Aug 23, 2023
The lenses do not seem to attenuate the symptoms of eye strain with digital device use and offer no meaningful difference in changes to critical flicker-fusion frequency, according to the researchers.