Republican Gov. Kelly Armstrong has signed legislation into law regulating the manufacturing and dispensing of cannabis-infused edible products to state-qualified patients. House Bill 1203 legalizes patients’ access to…
Read more ND Gov Signs Bill Allowing Medical Cannabis EdiblesNebraska’s Attorney General and former Governor are urging state lawmakers to halt efforts to adopt a pair of citizen-initiated measures regulating the possession, use, and production of medical cannabis.…
Read more Nebraska AG & US Senator Urge Lawmakers To Ignore Medical Marijuana Legalization VoteIf you have stained or chipped teeth, you might be considering veneers, customized teeth coverings that can restore a photogenic smile without more extensive dental work.But dentists warn…
Read more Don’t fall for fake dentists offering veneers and other dental work on social mediaNebraska voters will decide this Election Day on a pair of citizen-initiated ballot measures regulating medical cannabis access to authorized patients. State regulators last week affirmed that advocates…
Read more Nebraska Voters To Decide on Medical Cannabis AccessKaiser Permanente is notifying 13.4 million patients their data may have been sent to Google, X and other third-party vendors. Anna Buchmann The Sacramento Bee A data breach…
Read more Data breach may have involved millions of patients, Kaiser says. What was leaked?This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. They call it the Purge. You have experienced, in a modest…
Read more The Cystic-Fibrosis Breakthrough That Changed EverythingGoFundMe started as a crowdfunding site for underwriting “ideas and dreams,” and, as GoFundMe’s co-founders, Andrew Ballester and Brad Damphousse, once put it, “for life’s important moments.” In…
Read more GoFundMe Is a Health-Care Utility NowThe newest and much-hyped obesity drugs are, at their core, powerful appetite suppressants. When you eat fewer calories than you burn, the body starts scavenging itself, breaking down…
Read more Ozempic Makes You Lose More Than FatNearly 17,000 people may have died after taking hydroxycholoroquine during the first wave of COVID, according to a study by French researchers. The anti-malaria drug was prescribed to…
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Read more Are You Sure You Want an Ozempic Pill?The change in Zack Rogers was sudden. In the middle of his 12th birthday party, his stomach started hurting. He went to bed early that night, missing much…
Read more Hypnosis Could Work Wonders on IBSThe last time I stepped on a plane for vacation, for fun, was more than three years ago. I haven’t been able to visit California, whose coast I…
Read more Hospitals Have Gotten Too NiceAfter years of delay, Columbia University has agreed to let thousands of ex-gynecologist Robert Hadden’s patients know about the serial sex abuse he committed — but their announcement…
Read more Columbia University agrees to notify Robert Hadden’s patients about sex abuse ahead of looming lawsuit deadlineThe World Health Organization described Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital as a “death zone,” after a U.N. team visited the largest medical complex in the Palestinian enclave on Saturday. “The…
Read more ‘Death zone:’ WHO slams situation at Gaza’s al-Shifa hospitalAt the busy county hospital where I did my medical residency, we cared for patients with every imaginable problem. But one part of treatment was always the same:…
Read more A Modest Proposal to Save Mothers’ LivesThe Israeli army bombed a convoy of ambulances near the largest hospital in Gaza on Friday, an attack that “horrified” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The facility —…
Read more Israel bombs ambulance convoy near Gaza’s largest hospitalIsrael expanded its military operations in northern Gaza, including bombardments that cut off communications and internet connections, as military officials suggested an anticipated ground offensive against the Hamas…
Read more Gaza offensive in ‘next stage,’ Israel says, as bombing causes blackoutJapan is home to an untold number of conveniences and delights that American consumers regularly go without: Faster public transit! Better sunscreen! Lychee KitKats! But as we head…
Read more America May Be Missing Out on a Better COVID TreatmentRAMLA, Israel — “The smell goes straight to my heart,” Rabbi Israel Weiss said, standing in front of dozens of refrigerated shipping containers, each containing 50 bodies. Those…
Read more ‘I only knew that from the Nazis’: Israeli forensic experts identify tortured and burned bodiesThis article originally appeared in Undark Magazine. When Kevin E. Taylor became a pastor 22 years ago, he didn’t expect how often he’d have to help families make…
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