New research from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation suggests that legalization and greater retail availability of recreational marijuana is positively associated with marijuana use among adolescents. The researchers investigated whether legalization of recreational marijuana sales in 2015 and retail availability of marijuana in Oregon counties were associated with […]
Almost completely paralyzed by a terminal illness, 42-year-old Peruvian Ana Estrada says she is a “prisoner in her own body” and yearns to be legally allowed to end her own life. But Peru doesn’t permit medically assisted suicide, so Estrada is campaigning for a change in the law from the electric wheelchair in her Lima […]
Dear Mayo Clinic: Why does my doctor want to know what supplements I’m taking, even if I don’t have any health problems and don’t take more than the recommended amounts? A: It’s important to tell your health care provider about any dietary supplements you take. Although you don’t need a prescription for most supplements, that […]
Offering HIV screening to new patients in general practice on a routine basis increases testing rates and improves detection and earlier diagnosis, research co-led by Queen Mary University of London and UCL suggests. HIV testing rates in general practice are low, despite testing being recommended in UK and international guidelines. Lack of testing leads to […]
Mother’s £6,000 breast implants ‘fall out of her chest’ after botched surgery at a cut-price Turkish clinic ‘promoted by celebrities’ Angelica Isaksen, 27, from Stockholm, Sweden, had second boob job last June Within days her right breast ballooned, turned red and began throbbing in pain After two weeks the scar was bursting open and implant […]
Michelangelo’s David is perhaps the world’s most famous statue, gazed upon by millions over centuries. And yet it’s only this year that an American doctor has spotted an anatomical insight made by the artist—one that’s passed without notice on David for more than 500 years. In the vast majority of sculptures, and in the everyday […]
Women who spend longer periods of their early lives in less affluent neighbourhoods are at greater risk of experiencing violence during their early adulthoods at the hands of their intimate partners, finds a new study published in Epidemiology. Intimate partner violence—physical, psychological, or sexual violence committed by a current or former partner—is the most common […]
