Dec 16 Heavy marijuana use may cause poor memory and abnormal brain structure, study says By News Desk Daily marijuana use has a measurable effect on the brain, a new study finds. Photo by Dean J. Koepfler/Tacoma News Tribune/MCT via Getty Images. Teenagers who smoked marijuana daily for three years performed poorly on memory tasks and showed… Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch Sabrina Tavernise on new FDA proposals on drugs for farm animals Proposals by the FDA may put a halt to the use of growth-promoting drugs in farm animals. Continue watching
Dec 14 The wide and varied world of drones By News Desk Probably the first thing that a drone aficionado will tell you is to not call them drones - call them UAS -- for Unmanned Aircraft Systems. After Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' announcement that he hopes to begin home delivery by… Continue reading
Dec 13 Prisoners poison themselves with jailhouse wine Pruno, or "prison wine" is an alcoholic liquid made by prisoners from assorted food items. Photo by Flickr user Puddin n Tang When an inmate at a Utah Prison altered his pruno "wine" recipe by adding an old… Continue reading
Dec 11 What a concussion looks like inside your brain By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy An MRI of a patient's brain 19 hours after a fall shows bleeding and damage to the meninges, the lining between the skull and the brain. Photo by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Concussions and traumatic… Continue reading
Dec 11 HealthCare.gov improves with varying success across states Navigator Nini Hadwen, right, speaks with consumers shopping for health insurance in Miami. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images Mary Hualde, a navigator in Utah helping people sign up for coverage under the Affordable Care Act, says HealthCare.gov is… Continue reading
Dec 10 Health insurers reduce coverage for 'poorly understood' genetic tests Lack of regulation and debate over the merits of genetic testing for diseases has lead some insurance companies to avoid funding the technology. Illustration by Getty Images The day when a simple blood test or saliva sample can identify your… Continue reading
Dec 09 HIV reappears in two Boston patients thought to be cured After discontinuing the use of antiretroviral drugs and seeing no signs of HIV for months, two men who were thought to be cured of the virus have seen their infections reappear, The Boston Globe reports. Continue reading
Dec 05 Malnutrition, infection rife in Central African Republic as violence escalates By Larisa Epatko An escalation of violence in the Central African Republic is causing thousands to flee their homes into the wilderness, posing a humanitarian challenge in a country that has suffered from destabilization for years. Continue reading
Dec 03 Why eliminating 'hospital purgatories' would save billions of dollars By Sarah Corapi Making observation services in U.S. hospitals more effective and efficient could save the system billions each year, according to a new study in the journal Health Affairs. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure… Continue reading