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Study: Marijuana Helps Multiple Sclerosis Patients

14 hours ago ago from The Art of Calm

Researchers at the Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation have found that marijuana may help to reduce spasticity, or involuntary muscle contractions, in patients suffering from multiple sclerosis. The study, appearing in the journal Neurology, reviewed six randomized, controlled trials that used marijuana to treat MS patients. Researchers Shaheen Lakhan and Marie Rowland of the Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation in Los ...

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Medical marijuana: State should move beyond drugs stereotype | The 4th of July Hemp Coalition Presents the 41st Annual Smoke In in Washington DC

8 hours ago ago from The 4th of July Hemp Coalition Presents the 41st Annual Smoke In in Washington DC |

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One in Five Kidney Dialysis Patients Given Wrong Blood Clotting Drug, Study Finds Attorney At Law

3 hours ago ago from Attorney At Law

More than 20 percent of kidney dialysis patients who have surgery to open a clogged artery are given the wrong kind of blood clotting medicine , increasing the chances of life-threatening bleeding, according to a new study. Researchers from the Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center said the results of their study indicate doctors may be ignoring warning labels on blood clotting drugs and putting patients at risk of death or serious ...

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Medical Mariujana Laws: Alaska

14 hours ago ago from Medical Marijuana Blog

Cannabis for medical use was approved in Alaska by 58% of voters on November 3, 1998.  Medical use of cannabis became legal April, 1999. Patients in possession of written documentation from their physician, stating that they might benefit from the medical use of marijuana are exempt for state-level criminal penalties governing the use, possession and cultivation of marijuana. Conditions Approved for Medical Marijuana in Alaska ...

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Coloradans did not vote for Dr. Reefer

4 hours ago ago from Post-Ed Notes

What if I told you about a business model that, with minimal upfront investment and a minimal amount of daily work, would gross a few thousand dollars a month? Any takers? If so, please tell state Sen. Chris Romer, who, poor man, has taken on the task of making sense of Colorado’s medical marijuana situation through new legislation. He needs to hear from you. (Oh, yes, Dude, this means you.) Romer is in the process of ...

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Chris Romer: Medical Marijuana: A Common Sense Policy for Colorado

9 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

Marijuana. Most people see it as a recreational drug and are skeptical of its tangible, medical benefits for patients with chronic pain, including those whose use of prescribed narcotics often leaves them vulnerable to addiction. Take, for instance, the story of Janice Beecher. A Colorado resident since 1968, she suffers from osteoarthritis and chronic back pains. Until recently she had to take up to four oxycodone just to be able to make ...

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Many Dialysis Patients Get Wrong Blood Thinners for Angioplasty

15 hours ago ago from Forbes.com

TUESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- More than one-fifth of patients on dialysis who undergo angioplasty are given blood thinners they should not be given, new research shows. As a result, these patients are subject to a higher rate of bleeding during their hospital stay and may even be at a higher risk of dying, according to a report in the Dec. 9 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association . The drugs in question are ...

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Sunesis shares soar on leukemia drug trial results

13 hours ago ago from FanHouse

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Inc. said late Monday its drug candidate voreloxin improved survival for patients with treatment-resistant leukemia in clinical testing. The company's stock soared 17 cents, or 39 percent, to 61 cents ahead of Tuesday's market open. The stock has ranged from 5 cents to 90 cents over the past year. Late Monday, Sunesis reported results from two mid-stage trials of voreloxin as a treatment ...

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Supreme Court won't block 1st US 1-drug execution

12 hours ago ago from Good News Now

LUCASVILLE, Ohio -The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block the execution of an Ohio condemned killer who would become the first person in the U.S. to die by lethal injection with a single drug rather than a three-drug method. In a brief statement Tuesday, the court said it was denying Kenneth Biros' request for a stay of execution. Biros had argued the state's new method would be painful. The state's switch to one drug was meant to end a ...

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Daniel Vasella Novartis rose to prominence thanks to the success of the blockbuster leukemia drug Gleevec. Now comes the hard part: finding an encore. Gleevec reaps sales of $3.5 billion a year and is still growing at double-digit rates. But its patent expires in 2015 and Novartis ( NVS - news - people ) cannot depend on it forever. Chief Executive Daniel Vasella hopes six newer cancer drugs--two already on the market and four more in ...

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