Category: 4. Health

How can cannabis oil improve wound healing compared to medications like antibiotics? This is what a recent study published in Narra J hopes to address as a team of researchers from Indonesia investigated the effects of hemp seed oil on wound healing compared to medications. This study has the potential to help researchers, medical professionals, legislators, and the public better understand the health benefits of cannabis oil compared to…

America’s generic drug market is one of our greatest health policy successes. Today, 91% of all prescriptions in the U.S. are filled with generics. That dominance saves patients and taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars every year—and it also drives innovation. Drugmakers know their monopoly on a new treatment will be temporary—typically only enjoying about 12-14 years of effective…

For decades, continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) were designed primarily for people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. These small, wearable devices offered these individuals round-the-clock tracking of blood sugar levels, helping them avoid dangerous highs and lows while reducing reliance on frequent, painful fingerstick tests.

But today’s CGMs have moved beyond diabetes care. Tech-forward companies now…

New research published in the European Heart Journal has shown that contracting COVID-19 is associated with accelerated blood vessel aging, especially in women.

The research was a prospective cohort study that included nearly 2,400 participants. Participants fit into one of four groups: individuals who got COVID-19 but were not hospitalized, individuals who were hospitalized in general wards with COVID-19, individuals who were hospitalized in intensive…

At least 600 Center for Disease Control and Prevention employees are receiving final termination notices this week, with at least 100 of those working in violence prevention, according to reports from NBC News. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sent layoff notices to thousands of health…

Tumors adapt to their environment to avoid detection. As different cancer treatments progress, tumors mutate and become resistant. Various markers are expressed on tumors that can be used to target in cancer therapy. However, a lot of these markers can also be expressed on healthy tissues. Treatments that target markers on both tumors and healthy cells result in off-target affects. Some therapies have been developed to target markers specifically on tumor…

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects the joints. Specifically, the immune system is attacking the body’s own tissues thinking they are pathogenic or deleterious. It is characterized by swelling of the synovium, which lines the joints and can cause pain and stiffness. Not only does it generate inflammation at the joints but can damage other parts of the body including the skin, eyes, lungs, blood vessels, and heart…

Acetaminophen (often…

Queuosine – pronounced “cue-o-scene” – is a vitamin-like micronutrient that we can’t make ourselves but can only get from food and our gut bacteria. It’s vital to our health, yet its importance went unnoticed for…

A friend offhandedly told me recently, “It’s so easy to get my daughter to behave after her birthday – there are so many new toys to take away when she’s bad!”

While there is certainly an appeal to such a powerful parenting hack, the truth is that there’s a pretty big downside to parenting with punishments.

For about the past two decades, scientists have been discovering more and more about the growing brain. This exploration of neurobiology has led to new types of trauma…