Fox News |
Untreatable 'super gonorrhea' case could be 'tip of the iceberg'
Fox News The medical community is sounding the alarm after a man in the U.K. has become the first patient with a type of gonorrhea infection that is not responding to the antibiotics commonly used to cure it. Doctors are calling it the “worst-ever” case of the ... |
CNN |
Marijuana legalization could help offset opioid epidemic, studies find
CNN (CNN) Experts have proposed using medical marijuana to help Americans struggling with opioid addiction. Now, two studies suggest that there is merit to that strategy. The studies, published Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, compared opioid ... Legalizing Marijuana Could Have This Unexpected Benefit Studies examine relationship between legal cannabis use, opioid prescriptions Where marijuana is legal, opioid prescriptions fall, studies find |
Live Science |
Legalizing Marijuana Could Have This Unexpected Benefit
Live Science The success of medical marijuana at alleviating chronic pain could make it a strong contender for chipping away at the American opioid epidemic. Credit: Shutterstock. Rates of opioid prescriptions went down in states that implemented laws allowing ... |
Economic Times |
New Studies Say Coffee May Lower Risk Of Colon Cancer, But This Oncologist Is Skeptical
KERA News Recent studies suggest even moderate consumption of coffee – one to four cups a day – may reduce the odds of colon cancer developing or recurring. The data showed one to two servings of coffee a day associated with a 26 percent reduction in the odds of ... Red Meat Associated With Risk Of Distal Colon Cancer In Women: Study Recent HudsonAlpha discovery could help to develop a noninvasive screening for colon cancer Links between eating red meat and distal colon cancer in women |
Medical Xpress |
CRISPR enhances gene therapy to fight inherited diseases
Medical Xpress Shown is a transmission electron microscope image of adenovirus particles. A new study, in mice, combined molecular tools — adenovirus and CRISPR — to improve gene therapy. Credit: CDC/G. William Gary Jr. Gene therapy has shown promise in treating ... Solution to 50-year-old mystery could lead to gene therapy for common blood disorders What's stopping us from using CRISPR to gene edit humans to fight disease? A Flawed Study Shows How Little We Understand Crispr's Effects |