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Majority of cannabis use in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside for therapeutic purposes

May 26, 2020 cannabis, Downtown, Eastside, for, in, majority, of, purposes, therapeutic, Use, Vancouver's

Most people at high risk of overdose in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside who use cannabis do so for pain relief and

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Research advances understanding of differences in effects of cannabis use

May 19, 2020 advances, cannabis, differences, effects, in, of, research, understanding, Use

Researchers at Center for BrainHealth, part of The University of Texas at Dallas, recently published findings underscoring differences between men

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Researchers to track impact of lockdown on alcohol, gambling and pornography use

May 12, 2020 Alcohol, and, gambling?, impact, lockdown, of, on, pornography, Researchers, to, track, Use

Is the lockdown leading us to drink more alcohol or spend more time gambling online or watching pornography? Researchers today

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Ultraviolet light exposes contagion spread from improper PPE use

May 6, 2020 contagion, exposes, From, improper, light, PPE, Spread, Ultraviolet, Use

Despite the use of personal protective equipment (PPE), reports show that many health care workers contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19),

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Alcohol use disorder strongly linked to suicide risk, study finds

March 17, 2020 Alcohol, disorder, finds, Linked, risk, strongly, study, suicide, to, Use

Alcohol use disorder is strongly associated with suicide risk, according to a Virginia Commonwealth University-led study published March 12 in

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Survey of Canadians’ condom use reveals demographic, social trends in protective practices

February 20, 2020 Canadians', condom, demographic, in, of, Practices, protective, reveals, social, survey, trends, Use

Researchers at McMaster University have peered into the most intimate moments of sexually active women and men across Canada to

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Diabetes sufferers may no longer need to use finger-prick tests

January 15, 2020 Diabetes, finger-prick, longer, may, Need, NO, sufferers, tests, to, Use

The end of daily finger-prick tests for diabetics? AI heart monitor ‘can detect dangerously low blood sugar levels’ Scientists used

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Health Problems

Getting to the heart of epinephrine use in pediatric cardiac arrest patients

January 14, 2020 arrest, cardiac, epinephrine, Getting, heart, in, of, patients, pediatric, the, to, Use

An international team of researchers led by Osaka University find that prehospital administration of epinephrine could result in a more

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NHS hospital in Derby becomes the UK's first to use disposable hijabs

December 18, 2019 becomes, Derby, disposable, First, hijabs, hospital, in, NHS, the, to, UK's, Use

NHS hospital in Derby ‘becomes the UK’s first’ to use disposable hijabs for Muslim doctors in surgery to reduce the

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Personal Health

Scientists use gene editing to disrupt both latent and active herpes virus in human cells

December 12, 2019 active, and, both, cells, disrupt, gene editing, herpes, Human, in, latent, Scientists, to, Use, virus

The herpes simplex virus, commonly known as the cold sore virus, is a devious microbe. It enters the body through

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