Friday, 9 August 2019

Raising Legal Smoking Age to 21 Works

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Compared to other regions, those with tobacco-21 laws had a 39% decline in regular smoking among 18- to 20-year-olds who had previously experimented with cigarettes, a new study found.



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Pure CBD Won't Make You Fail a Drug Test, But…

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Researchers found that CBD, or cannabidiol, did not react with either of two commercially available tests used to screen for marijuana use. However, another cannabis compound -- cannabinol (CBN) -- did.



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Giving Up Meat Could Help Your Health

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If Americans traded in their hamburgers for tofu, buckwheat and asparagus, it could make a big difference in the health of the planet -- without shortchanging anyone on nutrients.



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Thursday, 8 August 2019

Medicare to Cover Breakthrough Cancer Gene Therapy

DNA strand

Studies have shown that CAR-T is effective against certain types of cancers, but can cause severe side effects.



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Blood Test May Help Guide Breast Cancer Treatment

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The test is individualized using DNA from a piece of the tumor taken when the breast cancer is first diagnosed.



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