A proposal to distribute medical marijuana by a private group has been approved in northern Detroit suburb.
The opponents’ arguments that medical marijuana would increase crime and recreational use of the drug were discarded by the voters. 63% voters in Michigan favored the proposal.
The proposal would be implemented later this month. This means, patients suffering from cancer, hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS, glaucoma and other illnesses to grow would be allowed to possess and use marijuana.
Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics at Oxford University have identified the gene responsible for speech impairment in children.
The gene is called CNTNAP2. Scientists say that the gene appears to play a role in inherited, common speech impairments. CNTNAP2 has also been associated with more autism and attention hyperactivity disorder.
Researchers have found that the risk of sudden cardiac death is the highest in the period of 30 days after a heart attack. The study by researchers at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Minneapolis and Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., shows that this short period plays a crucial role in the long term survival and health of patients.
A study carried out by the North Dakota Department of Health and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that people, who ate wild game or animals killed by bullets, had higher levels of lead in their blood.
A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Virginia Health System revealed that intake of an investigational drug, MK-677, on a daily basis increased muscle mass in the arms and legs of healthy older adults.
The study discovered that MK-677 increases the levels of growth hormone (GH) and of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) in aged, to the levels found in healthy youngsters.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the salmonella infections from contaminated dry pet food that sickened at least 79 people could be dangerous. The suspected salmonella infection from a pet food plant in Pennsylvania has prompted the closure of the plant and a recall of the affected brands.
The salmonella outbreak is of a rare strain known as Salmonella enterica serotype Schwarzengrund, the CDC said, which causes bloody diarrhea and can make pet food handlers, especially the very young and very old sick.
A proposal to distribute medical marijuana by a private group has been approved in northern Detroit suburb. 
Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics at Oxford University have identified the gene responsible for speech impairment in children.
Researchers have found that the risk of sudden cardiac death is the highest in the period of 30 days after a heart attack. The study by researchers at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Minneapolis and Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., shows that this short period plays a crucial role in the long term survival and health of patients.
A study carried out by the North Dakota Department of Health and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that people, who ate wild game or animals killed by bullets, had higher levels of lead in their blood.
A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Virginia Health System revealed that intake of an investigational drug, MK-677, on a daily basis increased muscle mass in the arms and legs of healthy older adults.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the salmonella infections from contaminated dry pet food that sickened at least 79 people could be dangerous. The suspected salmonella infection from a pet food plant in Pennsylvania has prompted the closure of the plant and a recall of the affected brands.
