Canadian Province Decriminalizes Small Amounts of Hard Drugs
TUESDAY, Jan. 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — To fight an urgent opioid overdose crisis, a Canadian province took an unusual step on Tuesday. British Columbia decriminalized small amounts of several hard drugs.This includes up to 2.5 g of cocaine, heroin…
Learn MoreUtah se convierte en el primer estado que prohíbe la atención de salud transgénero a los menores
LUNES, 30 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Los jóvenes transgénero en Utah ya no pueden recibir una cirugía o terapia hormonal de afirmación de género, después de que el gobernador Spencer Cox firmara el sábado una ley que prohíbe la mayor parte d…
Learn MoreUtah Becomes First State to Ban Transgender Health Care for Minors
MONDAY, Jan. 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Transgender youth in Utah are now blocked from receiving gender-affirming surgery and hormone therapy after Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill Saturday that largely bans such care for youth. Cox said that the ban …
Learn MoreUtah Becomes First State to Ban Transgender Health Care for Minors
MONDAY, Jan. 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Transgender youth in Utah are now blocked from receiving gender-affirming surgery and hormone therapy after Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill Saturday that largely bans such care for youth.Cox said that the ban w…
Learn MoreEn los estados donde la marihuana recreativa es legal, hay menos demanda de codeína recetada
LUNES, 23 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Una nueva investigación sugiere que hay una forma potencial de reducir la demanda de codeína recetada: legalizar el cannabis recreativo.¿Qué llevó exactamente a los científicos a esta conclusión? Los esta…
Learn More‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli in Trouble Again for Forming New Drug Company
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) – “Pharma bro” Martin Shkreli may have violated a judge’s order banning him from being involved in the pharmaceutical industry, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced Friday.Shkreli, who was convicted for an…
Learn MoreIn States Where Recreational Marijuana Legalized, Less Demand for Prescription Codeine
MONDAY, Jan. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New research suggests that there’s one potential way to reduce demand for prescription codeine: legalizing recreational cannabis.Exactly what brought scientists to that conclusion? States that legalized cannab…
Learn MoreRAND Report Addresses Updated Evidence Regarding Gun Policies
TUESDAY, Jan. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — New evidence relating to gun policies is presented in an updated RAND Corporation report published online Jan. 10.Rosanna Smart, from the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California, and colleagues updated t…
Learn MoreDeclaran culpable a un hombre de Pensilvania de un fraude con ‘curas’ falsas para el cáncer de perros
MIÉRCOLES, 4 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Un hombre de Pensilvania que persuadía a los dueños de mascotas desesperados de que podía ayudar a curar el cáncer de sus perros fue condenado por un jurado federal de fraude electrónico y de envío int…
Learn MorePennsylvania Man Found Guilty of Massive Fraud Involving Bogus Dog Cancer ‘Cures’
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A Pennsylvania man who persuaded desperate pet owners that he could help cure their dogs’ cancer was convicted by a federal jury of wire fraud and interstate shipment of misbranded animal drugs.Jonathan Nyce…
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