Last year the UK government reclassified cannabis from a class C to a class B drug, partly out of concerns that cannabis, especially the more potent varieties, may increase the risk of schizophrenia in young people.
Oct 22, 2009
Rockville, MD -- Although we assume we can see everything in our field of vision, the brain actually picks and chooses the stimuli that come into our consciousness.
Oct 21, 2009
NEW YORK (October 21, 2009) -- A 50-year-old New York woman who was diagnosed with a progressive blinding disease at age 13 was implanted with an experimental electronic eye implant that has partially restored her vision.
Oct 21, 2009
HOUSTON - (Oct. 21, 2009) -- Researchers at the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living at The University of Texas School of Public…
Oct 21, 2009
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Healthy eating, not supplements, is the best way to keep the good bacteria in your gut healthy, says a dietitian and researcher.
Oct 21, 2009
CHICAGO -- Researchers have discovered that a primitive region of the brain responsible for sensorimotor control also has an important role in regulating emotional responses to threatening situations.
Oct 21, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. (21 October 2009) -- Reversing a downward trend, immunization rates are now at their highest ever and vaccine development worldwide is booming…
Oct 21, 2009
Embryos that are most likely to result in a pregnancy are crucial to the success of in vitro fertilization (IVF) but are difficult to identify.
Oct 21, 2009
Diverting sediment-rich water from the Mississippi River below New Orleans could generate new land in the river's delta in the next century.
Oct 20, 2009
Twenty years of screening for breast and prostate cancer -- the most diagnosed cancer for women and men -- have not brought the anticipated decline in deaths…
Oct 20, 2009
PHILADELPHIA ?- Physicists, chemists and engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated a novel method for the controlled formation of patchy…
Oct 20, 2009
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- You might not know what it's called, but if you've had general anesthesia before surgery, especially after an accident, it is likely you have received Sellick's maneuver.
Oct 20, 2009
Depression in older cancer patients can be effectively treated with collaborative approach in primary-care settings
Oct 20, 2009
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Maple tree seeds (or samara fruit) and the spiraling pattern in which they glide to the ground have delighted children for ages and perplexed engineers for decades.
Oct 20, 2009
