Researchers studying teens and young adults have some disquieting news about those whose pot use is heavy, chronic or dependent: Life's "successes" – economic potential and educational achievement, among them – are threatened. The same goes for those who regularly consume alcohol.
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Chuck and Gena Norris are suing manufacturers and distributors of a contrast agent used in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for ill effects on Gena’s health. Here is the background and some of the foreground on this legal battle. MRIs use magnetic energy to visualize our bodies. In short, large magnets are turned on and off rapidly. When the magnetic is on, all of the protons in the water we contain (and we are mostly water) align; when the magnet is turned off, the protons return to their former position, and the energy they give off in returning is used to create images of our bodies. [1] In some cases, to improve the visualization of similar objects a contrast agent, in this case, based on gadolinium, is injected.
The three top healthcare systems in New York City where recently given a lowly “C” rating for patient safety. The grades were issued by the Leapfrog Group, which has the longest track record rating hospitals. It was formed in 1998 by business leaders seeking to control their costs by identifying best hospitals.
Stents, the bread and butter of cardiology, are put into place to keep an otherwise clogged artery open. But a new study from The Lancet questions whether those tiny wire mesh tubes are as useful as previously thought.
According to the 2017 Premature Birth Report Cards, provided by the March of Dimes, not only did Mississippi rank the worst in preterm birth rates but the state even saw an increase from last year.
For the best in hospitality services stick to The Four Seasons, not hospitals.
The United Kingdom's National Health Service will not perform elective surgery on two groups of health sinners, smokers and the obese. At least in some parts of the country.
This musical serves a surprise that compels an overdue societal conversation.
In a 1965 address, epidemiologist Austin Bradford Hill introduced nine criteria that researchers should consider before declaring that A causes B. Here's a concise summary of his presentation.
When "journalism" goes too far in tragedy.
While kids look forward to Halloween because of the candy, some people just cannot let them have fun without ruining it. Opponents of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, use this carefree event to scare parents about what their children are eating.
For 20 years, babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at the Maxine Dunitz Children’s Health Center at Cedars-Sinai have gotten a special treat: handmade Halloween costumes.
That's due to the work of Dorothy Williams, who says she was inspired by a nurse when she had her own premature twin babies nearly 40 years ago - on Valentine's Day a nurse left a tiny heart on the incubator that read, "Happy Valentine's Day. I love you Mom."