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Cannabis Use Increases Need for Painkillers After Surgery, Says Study

October 14, 2020 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: October 27, 2020

Many people use cannabis for pain management, but a new study finds that people who used cannabis before surgery needed more anesthesia during surgery and experienced increased recovery pain. There is some evidence that cannabis may be beneficial for chronic… [read]

Coronavirus Vaccine May Require As Many as 500,000 Sharks for Vaccine Adjuvant

October 13, 2020 by Sage Edwards
Last updated on: October 15, 2020

More than three million sharks are killed every year for their livers. Shark squalene, an oil derived from the shark’s liver, is commonly used as an adjuvant in vaccines. In order to supply enough squalene to vaccinate everyone against COVID-19,… [read]

Health Experts Join Global Movement Against A Second Lockdown

October 11, 2020 by Sage Edwards
Last updated on: October 15, 2020

Six thousand health experts around the world have joined a new movement against another lockdown as we see a second wave of coronavirus all around the world. Many experts are calling for some return to normal for healthy members of… [read]

FDA Updates COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Guidelines

October 11, 2020 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: October 12, 2020

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released updated safety guidelines for coronavirus vaccine makers that would make it impossible for a vaccine to be ready by election day. The FDA now says that vaccine manufacturers need to follow vaccine… [read]

Air Pollution Particles Linked to Alzheimer’s Found in Young People’s Brains

October 10, 2020 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: October 12, 2020

Scientists have discovered that tiny air pollution particles associated with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s have been identified in the brain stems of young people. It is terrifying because, even in the infants, there is neuropathology in the brain stem…We can’t prove… [read]

CDC Says Covid-19 Can be Spread Via Airborne Transmission

October 9, 2020 by Sage Edwards
Last updated on: October 12, 2020

The CDC quietly added and removed information about how coronavirus was transmitted from person to person last week. Information on the CDCs website briefly said that Covid-19 was most commonly spread through people who were in close contact with each… [read]

Exposure to Common Colds Could Increase Your Immune Response to COVID

October 9, 2020 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: October 12, 2020

Who knew experiecing yearly colds could be a good thing? A new study published in the microbiology journal mBio found that memory B cells immune cells that fight common colds also react to the coronavirus. These memory B cells are… [read]