Credit: RDNE Stock project from Pexels The use of marijuana and new weight loss pharmaceuticals can have an impact on gastric emptying scans commonly used to evaluate patients with gastrointestinal complaints. With the increased usage of these drugs, physicians need …
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Researchers develop rapid test for detecting fentanyl
UT Dallas bioengineering researchers Ivneet Banga Ph.D.’23 and Dr. Anirban Paul demonstrate how a sensor their team developed can detect fentanyl. The researchers drop liquid directly on the sensor platform, which is connected to a laptop and provides results within …
Read More »Schools are using surveillance tech to catch students vaping, snaring some with harsh punishments
In this April 10, 2018 file photo, a high school principal displays vaping devices that were confiscated from students in such places as restrooms or hallways at the school in Massachusetts. Schools around the country are installing sensors and cameras …
Read More »Sexting found to be associated with negative mental heath
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study has shown that sexting was associated with depression, anxiety, sleep problems, and compulsive sexual behaviors. The study is published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. Sexting is defined as sending a sexually explicit …
Read More »College-age kids are drinking less alcohol – but smoking more marijuana
Young adults aren’t drinking as much as they used to. In fact, more than a quarter don’t drink alcohol at all, recent surveys show. It’s good news for health. But there is also a downside in the data: While alcohol …
Read More »More young adults are abstaining from alcohol
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Fewer college-age Americans drink alcohol, compared to nearly 20 years ago, according to a new study. Between 2002 and 2018, the number of adults aged 18-22 in the U.S. who abstained from alcohol increased from 20% …
Read More »Lower rates of opioid prescriptions in states that implemented medical cannabis use laws
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Using data from privately-insured adults, new findings from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston revealed that there is a lower level of opioids prescribed in states that have allowed the use of medical marijuana. …
Read More »Combining opioids and marijuana may be advantageous for pain sufferers
Researchers report combining cannabinoids with morphine did not significantly increase impulsivity or memory impairment in a study conducted in rhesus monkeys. The findings suggest using opioids and marijuana together could offer a safe way to cut opioid dosage among patients …
Read More »SXSW 2019 Launches Inaugural Cannabis Centric Conference Track
SXSW (South by Southwest), the world’s largest gathering of creative professionals conference and festivals in Austin, Texas, has come out of the green closet and added an entire cannabis centric track to the programming for the 2019 Conference portion in …
Read More »Former Chewing Gum Mogul Brings Branding Know-How to Florida Medical Marijuana Business
William Wrigley Jr. II, whose great-grandfather made chewing gum a cornerstone of American confectionery history, has made a major investment in a company to make medical marijuana someday as mainstream as his family’s famous Wrigley’s Spearmint gum. Wrigley, who retired …
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