Stoners have toxic metals in their blood: Marijuana smokers have dangerous levels of lead and cadmium linked to cancer and kidney disease, study shows
Researchers from Columbia University in New York City found that cannabis smokers who don't use nicotine had 27 and 21 percent more lead in their blood and urine than non-users. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FBI and European partners seize major malware network in blow to global cybercrime
U.S. officials say the FBI and its partners in Europe infiltrated and seized control of a major malware network that was used for more than 15 years to commit a gamut of online crimes including crippling ransomware attacks.#fbi (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa: Brics, Africa CDC Commit to Work With Business On Future Pandemics
[SAnews.gov.za] The Ministry of Health, the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Africa Health Business and the South African chapter of the BRICS Business Council co-hosted a successful dialogue to deliberate on future pandemics. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 29, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Source Type: news
Hot weight loss drugs tested as addiction treatments
When the diabetes treatments known as GLP-1 analogs reached the market in 2005, doctors advised patients taking the drugs that they might lose a small amount of weight. Talk about an understatement. Obese people can drop more than 15% of their body weight, studies have found, and two of the medications are now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for weight reduction. A surge in demand for the drugs as slimming treatments has led to shortages. “This class of drugs is exploding in popularity,” says clinical psychologist Joseph Schacht of the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
But patient...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 28, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Hot weight loss drugs tested as addiction treatments
When the diabetes treatments known as GLP-1 analogs reached the market in 2005, doctors advised patients taking the drugs that they might lose a small amount of weight. Talk about an understatement. Obese people can drop more than 15% of their body weight, studies have found, and two of the medications are now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for weight reduction. A surge in demand for the drugs as slimming treatments has led to shortages. “This class of drugs is exploding in popularity,” says clinical psychologist Joseph Schacht of the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
But patient...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 28, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Survey of U.S. residents and their usage of electronic cigarettes with drugs other than nicotine - Holt AK, Rudy AK, Sawyer AN, Poklis JL, Breland AB, Peace MR.
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigs), originally intended to be used as cigarette substitutes, have evolved into discreet devices for consuming drugs other than nicotine (DOTNs). Presented are the results of an exploratory survey in which information regarding d... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Sam Bankman-Fried ’s life in jail, Tornado Cash’s turmoil, and a $3B BTC whale: Hodler’s Digest, Aug. 20-26
United States officials pressed charges against the co-founders of crypto mixer Tornado Cash on Aug. 23. Roman Storm and Roman Semenov were both charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to commit sanctions violations and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting…#tornadocash #romanstorm #romansemenov #semenov #alexeypertsev #netherlands #lazarusgroup #northkorean #sambankmanfried #ftx (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
White House requests extension of agreement with China on joint research
President Joe Biden’s administration has given itself 6 months to reach a deal with China to preserve a 44-year-old agreement governing scientific cooperation between the two superpowers. But the rising tensions between the two countries and calls by congressional Republicans for the United States to end cooperation with China will require the White House to walk a political tightrope in renewing what has traditionally been a garden-variety diplomatic pact.
U.S. academics welcome the administration’s decision, first
reported by NBC News
, not to abandon an agreement that has been renewed in 5-year incre...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 24, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
One Man ’ s Quest to Heal the Oceans —And Maybe Save the World
Enric Sala—marine ecologist, conservationist, and ocean advocate—is standing under a life-size replica of a Northern Atlantic Right Whale at the natural history museum in Washington, D.C., and the air outside is smudged with wildfire smoke drifting down from Canada. It’s not surprising that Sala wants to talk about the smoke, or about whales. Their poop, however, is an unexpected twist. According to Sala, whale excrement, or, more precisely, the lack of it, has a role to play in the choking miasma that has forced my interview with one of the world’s foremost ocean explorers indoors instead of out on...
Source: TIME: Science - August 24, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Aryn Baker Tags: Uncategorized climate change healthscienceclimate TIME 2030 Source Type: news
Two founders behind Russian crypto mixer Tornado Cash charged by U.S. federal courts
The two founders behind Tornado Cash, a Russian cryptocurrency mixing service, have been charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, according to a statement on Wednesday. Roman Storm and Roman Semenov were officially charged with conspiracy to commit money…#tornadocash #russian #romanstorm #storm #semenov #sdny #alexeypertsev #amsterdam #mixers #coindesk (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Marijuana, Hallucinogen Use, Binge Drinking at All-Time High Marijuana, Hallucinogen Use, Binge Drinking at All-Time High
The Monitoring the Future survey data also show big increases in vaping of marijuana and nicotine.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - August 22, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Teachers and parents are told to be on lookout for Chinese vapes that are disguised as HIGHLIGHTER pens and contain as much nicotine as 50 cigarettes
The Chinese vapes are packaged in bright neon colors to look like a typical pencil case item and come in 20 kid-friendly flavors like blueberry ice, mango and strawberry banana. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
State awards $141M in student loan repayment to 3,000 healthcare workers
Student loan repayment awards range from $12,500 to $300,000, and in exchange, providers must commit to four or five years of healthcare service. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - August 21, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Cassie McGrath Source Type: news
Netherlands, Denmark commit to delivering F-16s to Ukraine
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands/COPENHAGEN, Aug 20 (Reuters) - The Netherlands and Denmark will supply F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine with first deliveries due around New Year, the prime ministers of the two NATO countries announced on Sunday during visits by Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy. The…#eindhoven #netherlands #denmark #f16 #ukraine #newyear #nato #volodomyrzelenskiy #zelenskiy #danish (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why Attack On Titan Is Rated TV-MA: A Parent's Guide
Why Attack On Titan Is Rated TV-MA: A Parent's Guide In a sea of popular anime series, what makes "Attack on Titan" stand out is its genuine reckoning with violence and how horrific it can often be both for those who commit it and those who have it afflicted upon them. Like with "Game of Thrones,"…#attackontitan #gameofthrones #commonsensemedia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
