People are advocating for medical marijuana for ‘less than pure reasons,’ says Edward Bednarczyk When medical marijuana dispensaries in Oregon opened their doors to sell to anyone who is 21 years or older last month, the lines between recreation and medicine were officially blurred, said…

Final results from the landmark SPRINT study, published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine, confirm that treating adults 50 years and older with high blood pressure — but without diabetes or prior stroke — to a systolic blood pressure of 120 reduces…

Patients who develop ovarian cancer appear to have better outcomes if they have a history of oral contraceptive use, according to a study by Mayo Clinic researchers published in the current issue of the journal BMC Cancer.“Multiple studies from a variety of sources have indicated…

In a recent, University of Georgia researchers found that produce that contained bacteria would contaminate other produce items through the continued use of knives or graters—the bacteria would latch on to the utensils commonly found in consumers’ homes and spread to the next item.Unfortunately, many…

 Landmark study provides strongest evidence yet of a meaningful link between breakfast quality and educational attainment -New study of 5000 9-11 year-olds demonstrates significant positive associations between breakfast consumption and educational outcomes -The research found that the odds of an above average Teacher Assessment score…

Drug also lowers a marker of heart, kidney disease risk in individuals with prediabetes The medication sildenafil improves insulin sensitivity in individuals with prediabetes and also reduces a biological marker that signals heightened risk of kidney and heart disease, according to a new study published…

Is Testosterone Therapy Safe? Two experts to present opposing data at the APS Physiology and Gender conference The increasing use of testosterone replacement therapy to treat reduced testosterone level in older men has been accompanied by growing concerns over its long-term safety. Two studies examining…

Among young children with histories of recurrent severe lower respiratory tract illness (LRTI), the use of azithromycin early during an apparent RTI compared with placebo significantly reduced the risk of experiencing progression to severe LRTI, according to a study in the November 17 issue of…

Manchester researchers have shown that the introduction of the HPV vaccination programme for girls has increased uptake for cervical cancer screening by their mothers.The HPV vaccine offers protection against high risk virus strains that are known to cause cervical cancer, and was introduced to the…

An estrogen-like drug, raloxifene, has no demonstrated benefit on memory and thinking skills for women with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published in the November 4, 2015, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.“Drugs that…

A study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers suggests that awakening several times throughout the night is more detrimental to people’s positive moods than getting the same shortened amount of sleep without interruption.As they report in the November 1 issue of the journal Sleep, researchers…

Research conducted at the University of Warwick indicates that chronic pain sufferers could benefit from therapy to help them sleep better. The University of Warwick academics found that cognitive behavioural therapies (CBT) were either moderately or strongly effective in tackling insomnia in patients with long-term…