Should You Have Robotic Surgery? Pluses, Minuses

Published April 13, 2013

Should you have robotic surgery? Pluses, minuses

Filed under: Drug Abuse Chicago

CHICAGO — Robotic surgery is being done more and more often for a variety of operations. But experts say there's a lack of strong evidence that it's any better … A: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is looking into a growing number of reports of …
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Results from Toronto marijuana study in 1972 still not public

Filed under: Drug Abuse Chicago

By the mid-1920s, jazz musicians in New Orleans, Chicago and New York were playing tributes to a drug they called “muggles.” Louis Armstrong used the name as a song title.Marijuana came into Canada's major … In response to growing recreational drug …
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First magic mushroom depression trial hits stumbling block

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LONDON (Reuters) – The world's first clinical trial designed to explore using a hallucinogen from magic mushrooms to treat people with depression has stalled because of British and European rules on the use of illegal drugs in research. David Nutt …
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