Happy Birthday, Carl Linnaeus
May 23, 2017 Carl Linnaeus was born on this date in Uppsala, north of Stockholm, in 1707. Last...
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Author: Fred Gardner
NSAIDS and Heart Attacks
“All traditional NSAIDs, including naproxen, appear to be associated with an increased risk of acute myocardial infarction,” according to an underpublicized study in BMJ. Researchers led by Michele Baily, an...
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Remembering Tod Mikuriya, MD
Tod Mikuriya, MD, who organized the group now known as the Society of Cannabis Clinicians, died 10...
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Drinking Beer Linked to Arrhythmias, Diet Soda to Stroke
Tachycardia —a temporarily accelerated heart rate— is a well-publicized adverse effect of smoking...
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Russian Election Meddling Documented!
For months we have all been force-fed a story few of us can digest about the hacking of the...
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Before Marijuana Became an ‘Issue’ Unto Itself
By Fred Gardner Just arrived in the mailbox is a book called Dangerous Grounds,...
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‘Entourage Effect’ debated in Scientific American
On April 20 Scientific American ran a piece by Angus Chen asking, “Is Marijuana’s...
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A Warning to Epilepsy Patients
Benedict Carey is a longtime shill for the drug companies and medical device manufacturers. His...
Read MoreUCSF Joins War on Drugs
From a memo to the student editors of Synapse May 1998 UCSF launched its new “Center for the Neurobiology of Addiction” —an accounting entity described by its founders, poetically, as “a building without walls”— with a symposium...
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