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Study shows heavy drinking raises the risk of undesired pregnancy; cannabis use does not
A new study has found that, among women with a high desire to avoid becoming pregnant, those who drank heavily had a 50% ...
Study shows young adults who use high strength cannabis do not 'titrate' to less risky levels of use
A new study published in Addiction has found that young adults in the US do not "titrate" when using strong cannabis. In other words, they do not use less cannabis to compensate for the stronger ...
Efforts underway to end race-based assessments of lung function
A multi-institutional team, including physicians and researchers who successfully proposed updates to national guidelines, ...
Research confirms role of DJ-1 gene in Parkinson's disease
A mutant DJ-1 gene causes recessive Parkinson's disease, but the molecular mechanism of this process has not been well ...
Study finds infant anesthesia exposure accelerates visual brain activity patterns
New research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) finds that prolonged and/or repeated ...
Why dating can be tough for autistic people—and what may make it easier
Modern dating is stressful enough, and that's even before you throw in premium subscriptions, ghosting and the unwritten ...
Multiple sclerosis medication gap: Study finds women less likely than men to receive drugs
Women are less likely than men to receive drugs for multiple sclerosis (MS) between the ages of 18 to 40, during women's ...
A single artificially sweetened soft drink daily may increase diabetes risk by more than a third
An Australian study has found that drinking just one can of artificially-sweetened soft drink a day may increase the risk of ...
Zinc from needle shields linked to rare clogging in pre-filled syringes
Employees of the technology transfer center ANAXAM and researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI used the unique ...
AI-based breast cancer risk technology receives FDA breakthrough device designation
A new technology that harnesses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze mammograms and improve the accuracy of predicting a ...
Curbing roadway fatalities hinges on shared responsibility and rethinking safety
Drivers are not the only ones to blame for roadway fatalities. That's the crux of a review article in the New England Journal ...
Study identifies genes that can predict response to immunotherapy in melanoma patients
Brazilian researchers have taken an important step toward precision medicine by identifying four genes that can predict which ...