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_ Sepsis ΓÇô So Deadly, So Under Recognized By Sondra Forsyth blog I work with a US-based group, Sepsis Alliance (SA). ItΓÇÖs a patient advocacy group with a mission to raise sepsis […]
_ Oral Health Cannabis Linked to Gum Disease By Jane Farrell article Frequent recreational use of cannabis–including marijuana, hashish, and hash oil–increases the risk of gum disease, Columbia University dental researchers have … Read More→
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_ Pain Management Hospitalized Seniors Resist Medical Marijuana, but Opiates Prescribed for Nonsurgical Conditions Result in Poor Outcomes By Sondra Forsyth article In one of the first studies of its kind, nearly one-third of 10,000 older adults were prescribed opiate pain medications … Read More→
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