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Pain: is felt when special nerves that detect tissue damage send signals to transmit data about the damage along the spinal cord to the brain. These nerves are known as nociceptors. Pain can be chronic or acute and take a variety of forms and severities.
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SEP 08, 2020Immunology
Opioids are painkillers such as oxycodone (OxyContin and Percocet) and hydrocodone (Vicodin) that are synthesized to mim ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 27, 2020Health & Medicine
People who use cannabis every day for six months are a quarter (25 percent) more likely to stop injecting opioids than t ...Written By: Angela DowdenAUG 24, 2020Cannabis Sciences
As cannabis products have grown in popularity, the stigma around them is falling, while knowledge is increasing. CBD, th ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 24, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) causes what's popularly known as cold sores, and is transmitted mostly through oral-t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 24, 2020Neuroscience
In a historic feat, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) has raised $30 million to complete ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 22, 2020Cardiology
If you go to the gym, you will usually see people with headphones jamming out to their favorite music while exercising. ...Written By: Jasper CantrellAUG 22, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have found obeying orders reduces brain activity related to ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 21, 2020Chemistry & Physics
A study published recently in Biomaterials showcases a new development in biomaterials that could forever change th ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 19, 2020Cancer
Drug targets often focus on one thing, inhibiting or activating some critical function in a cell. Cancer drugs are no di ...Written By: Jasper CantrellAUG 18, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Researchers from the University of Vermont have found that less than 20% of patients think their doctors are a 'good ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 17, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
In the future, detecting the early signs of diabetes could be as simple as picking up your smartphone. A new study, rece ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 16, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Despite the growing popularity of cannabis products, information is currently limited on how they may interact with othe ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 13, 2020Immunology
Taking a course of antibiotics as a baby has been linked to a spiked risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease in ad ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 12, 2020Health & Medicine
A survey by marijuana dispensary chain Verilife has found that older and younger cannabis consumers have very different ...Written By: Angela DowdenAUG 11, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from the University of California, Davis, have found that common gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms like diarrhe ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 11, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration has announced the approval of Olinvyk (oliceridine), a new opioid that can help mana ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 10, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Researchers at Utah State University grew cannabis to study until the Controlled Substances Act came into force in 1970. ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 06, 2020Immunology
The human body has a sophisticated danger-sensing mechanism that alerts the immune system when something is not right. T ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 06, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have created a point-of-care device that can provide diagnostic results for breast cancer in under an hour. ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 05, 2020Cannabis Sciences
The American Heart Association (AHA) has produced a new statement about medical marijuana and recreational cannabis. The ...Written By: Angela DowdenAUG 05, 2020Neuroscience
A new study from University College London (UCL) confirms that the brain steadily uses 20% of the body’s metabolic ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaAUG 04, 2020Cannabis Sciences
It seems that cannabis can treat everything- from chronic pain to acne and maybe even cancer. But as cannabinoids are kn ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 02, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
We're often exposed to irritants as mild as garlic or horseradish and as serious as smoke, which trigger a protective re ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2020Health & Medicine
Real world use of medical cannabis is going to be put to the test in a first-of-its-kind study that should add a lo ...Written By: Angela Dowden
SEP 08, 2020
Immunology
Opioids are painkillers such as oxycodone (OxyContin and Percocet) and hydrocodone (Vicodin) that are synthesized to mim
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 27, 2020
Health & Medicine
People who use cannabis every day for six months are a quarter (25 percent) more likely to stop injecting opioids than t
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
AUG 24, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
As cannabis products have grown in popularity, the stigma around them is falling, while knowledge is increasing. CBD, th
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 24, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) causes what's popularly known as cold sores, and is transmitted mostly through oral-t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2020
Neuroscience
In a historic feat, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) has raised $30 million to complete
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 22, 2020
Cardiology
If you go to the gym, you will usually see people with headphones jamming out to their favorite music while exercising.
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
AUG 22, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have found obeying orders reduces brain activity related to
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 21, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
A study published recently in Biomaterials showcases a new development in biomaterials that could forever change th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 19, 2020
Cancer
Drug targets often focus on one thing, inhibiting or activating some critical function in a cell. Cancer drugs are no di
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
AUG 18, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers from the University of Vermont have found that less than 20% of patients think their doctors are a 'good
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 17, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the future, detecting the early signs of diabetes could be as simple as picking up your smartphone. A new study, rece
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 16, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Despite the growing popularity of cannabis products, information is currently limited on how they may interact with othe
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 13, 2020
Immunology
Taking a course of antibiotics as a baby has been linked to a spiked risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease in ad
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 12, 2020
Health & Medicine
A survey by marijuana dispensary chain Verilife has found that older and younger cannabis consumers have very different
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
AUG 11, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from the University of California, Davis, have found that common gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms like diarrhe
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 11, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration has announced the approval of Olinvyk (oliceridine), a new opioid that can help mana
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 10, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers at Utah State University grew cannabis to study until the Controlled Substances Act came into force in 1970.
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 06, 2020
Immunology
The human body has a sophisticated danger-sensing mechanism that alerts the immune system when something is not right. T
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 06, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have created a point-of-care device that can provide diagnostic results for breast cancer in under an hour.
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 05, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
The American Heart Association (AHA) has produced a new statement about medical marijuana and recreational cannabis. The
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
AUG 05, 2020
Neuroscience
A new study from University College London (UCL) confirms that the brain steadily uses 20% of the body’s metabolic
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
AUG 04, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
It seems that cannabis can treat everything- from chronic pain to acne and maybe even cancer. But as cannabinoids are kn
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 02, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
We're often exposed to irritants as mild as garlic or horseradish and as serious as smoke, which trigger a protective re
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2020
Health & Medicine
Real world use of medical cannabis is going to be put to the test in a first-of-its-kind study that should add a lo
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden