Topic: research

Politicians are often accused of flip-flopping, but they may see themselves as representing the will of the voters.

…cannabis is “likely to increase the risk of developing schizophrenia, social anxiety disorders and, to a lesser extent, depression.”

It’s an illness that at different times seems to respond to everything and nothing. As in ‘everything works for someone, and nothing works for everyone.’

This isn’t a problem a physician can deal with comfortably in the context of a 12-15 minute office visit.

Might be that clinicians can teach patients to activate their own body’s placebo response, in order to feel better.

It’s the sort of evidence that convinced authorities to greatly expand access to opioids for chronic pain patients.

High CBD content reduces the potency of the THC in cannabis.

If Ginormous Study #1 happens to be flawed methodologically, those errors will carry right over into the meta-analysis process.

In an effort to make them sexier, research findings may be misstated or misinterpreted.

Something about this class of drugs appears to turn some scientists into the equivalent of helpless fanboys.