UW to provide training on managing pain with marijuana

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The University of Washington has set out to help healthcare providers understand and use marijuana in pain management. (Getty Images). To “benefit people suffering from chronic pain,” the state attorney general's office … The story of how our …
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10 Things to Know for Today

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Philippines Interior Secretary Mar Roxas defends his government's efforts to deliver assistance to victims of Typhoon Haiyan. 3. WHY YELLEN BELIEVES FED … The singer entered an LA facility voluntarily after being arrested last month and will continue …
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Somehow, 40% Of Toronto Residents Still Approve Of Rob Ford

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The same Ipsos poll finds that 3 in 4 Torontonians want Ford either to resign or at least step aside to seek substance-abuse treatment. That means at least 15% of the people of Toronto approve of Rob Ford's job performance but want him to step aside …
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Parasitic infections: Time to tackle cryptosporidiosis

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But for 'crypto', there is no fully effective drug treatment or vaccine, and the basic research tools and infrastructure needed to discover, evaluate and develop such interventions are mostly lacking. The technical challenges of working on crypto in …
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