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California Firm Looks Forward to Selling Marijuana in Vending Machines in Colorado and Washington by Lena Butler Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine A Hollywood-based public company that specializes in patented dispensing machine is hoping that Colorado and Washington residents will one day be able to legally purchase th ... Read on »

California Governor Signs Driveless Cars Bill at Google Headquarters by Lena Butler Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine State Gov. Jerry Brown visited the Google headquarters on Sept. 25 to sign a bill that would bring driveless cars to roads in California. “Today we’re looking at science fic ... Read on »

California Researchers Name Two Drugs that Make a Good ‘First Treatment Option’ for... by Lena Butler Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine A group of researchers from California found acamprosate (marketed as Campral) and naltrexone (ReVia) as good first option for treating people with alcohol problems. The two ... Read on »

California Schoolboy Expelled Due to his Genetic Makeup by Lena Butler Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine An 11-year-old boy carrying the genetic mutation for cystic fibrosis was ordered to transfer to another school despite neither having the disease nor showing any typical sym ... Read on »

California Survey Shows More Drivers Test Positive for Drug Use by Lena Butler Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The result of a statewide survey of alcohol and drug use by drivers released on Monday by the California Office of Traffic Safety showed more drivers tested positive for dru ... Read on »

California Voters Express Strong Support for Legalizing Recreational Marijuana by Lena Butler Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine A new survey completed earlier this month shows California voters strongly back legalizing recreational marijuana, support the state’s existing medical marijuana law, and fa ... Read on »

Canada Raises Pot Sentences While Washington & Colorado States Voted to Legalize Marijuana by Lena Butler Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine While the states of Washington and Colorado voted to legalize marijuana, Canada introduced harsher sentences for people caught with the drug. According to the Canadian Press ... Read on »

Canada’s Health Minister Won’t Block Regulatory Approval for Generic OxyContin by Lena Butler Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Canada’s Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq tells her provincial and territorial counterparts in a letter that she won’t interfere in the approval process for generic OxyContin. ... Read on »

CDC Issues Warning Over ‘Nightmare Bacteria’ Spreading in U.S. Hospitals by Lena Butler Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says drug-resistant bacteria is on the rise and causing more hospitalized patients to get untreatable infectio ... Read on »

CDC Provides Status of Flu Activity in the U.S. by Lena Butler Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared in the latest FluView report that while flu activity remains high across the United States, it is decreasing in ... Read on »

CDC Report Highlights Binge Drinking in Women and High School Girls by Lena Butler Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The latest Vital Signs report, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), showed that 1 in 8 women and 1 in 5 high school girls report binge drinking, an ac ... Read on »

CDC Report Shows an Increased Diabetes Rates in the U.S. by Lena Butler Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine A new federal report manifested a staggering increase in diabetes prevalence rates across the United States over fifteen years. According to a HealthDay article, the U.S. Ce ... Read on »

CDC Report: Synthetic Marijuana Use Led to Serious Kidney Damage in 16 People by Lena Butler Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified 16 cases of acute kidney injury associated with synthetic marijuana use in 6 states las ... Read on »

CDC Study Shows 1 in 5 Adult Cigarette Smokers in the U.S. Have Tried E-Cigarettes by Lena Butler Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Electronic cigarettes, commonly known as e-cigarettes, are quickly gaining a crowd of supporters on American soil. In fact, one-fifth of American adults who smoke cigarettes ... Read on »

Chemical-free Swimming Pools Making a Trend by Lena Butler Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Chlorine is a widely-known chemical used in swimming pools to keep the water clean and clear. But as consumers demand for more natural alternatives, new technologies are eme ... Read on »

Children of Deployed U.S. Troops More Likely to Drink Alcohol and Use Drugs by Lena Butler Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Previous studies have highlighted the physical and mental consequences of deployment to military troops, which include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), combat injuries ... Read on »

Chris Brown’s Drug Test Shows Positive for Marijuana by Lena Butler Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine R&B singer Chris Brown is all over the news again after his drug test reveals a positive result for marijuana. According to the ABC News report, Brown tested positive for ma ... Read on »

Civil Rights Group Challenges California’s Law on DNA Collection from Arrestees by Lena Butler Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is seeking to invalidate California’s Proposition 69 which requires arrested individuals to submit DNA samples even before a convic ... Read on »

Cliffside Malibu Doctor Explains in an Exclusive Interview Why There’s No Such Thing as... by Lena Butler Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine What better way to understand substance abuse and treatment than to get first-hand account from professionals who deal with drug addicts. They know the symptoms and they can ... Read on »

Coca-Cola Blamed for New Zealand Woman’s Death by Lena Butler Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine A 31-year-old mother from New Zealand succumbed to a heart attack as a result of an addiction to Coca-Cola. According to a coroner’s report released this week, Natasha Harri ... Read on »

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