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...latest rules are a baby step but a necessary first step," says TIME medical columnist Christine Gorman. "If you want to study the medical benefits of marijuana, you can?t just buy it off the street. You can?t prove anything about the drug without some standardization, which means utilizing pure research-grade samples." There is evidence, for example, that marijuana can help fight glaucoma and help stem the nausea associated with chemotherapy. The new HHS policy will loosen the rules enough to make top-grade marijuana available without hassles to study these and other possible benefits -- and to help...
...broad his scope, that he almost incidentally sprays tiny rat-a-tat bullets at Alec Baldwin, Rupert Murdoch, Stephen Jay Gould, AIDS-awareness ribbons and the word lite. With a sweeter brand of malice, he takes direct (and hilarious) aim at Wall Street money-manager/pundit/provocateur (and TIME columnist) James J. Cramer, who is clearly the model for one of his more memorable characters...
...whether based on "business" or fears that stocking the pill will offend Wal-Mart's oft-conservative customers in rural areas, is it appropriate for a pharmacy to stop dispensing a legal medication? "Imagine, for instance," says TIME medical columnist Christine Gorman, "if for business reasons the company had decided not to dispense insulin" -- would Wal-Mart?s decision be ethically supportable? "This is a dangerous, slippery-slope situation," says Gorman. By the way, although the company will no longer be dispensing Preven, it will still be selling Viagra...
...what should parents do? First thing, says TIME medical columnist Christine Gorman, is to stay calm. "Don?t panic over the study," she says. While the research may ultimately shed light on the importance of darkness during sleep, for the moment "this is just an observational study," says Gorman, "and observational studies are famous for falling apart upon further investigation." The scientists wanted to conduct "quick and dirty" research, says Gorman, to learn if nighttime lighting was worth looking into as a source of increasing levels of myopia. They didn?t impose some key controls on the research, such...
...inactivating a gene called DAM in a certain strain of salmonella disabled the bacteria?s ability to cause disease in mice. The altered bacteria also went on to act like a vaccine, apparently activating the mouse?s immune system to make antibodies. The group?s research, says TIME medical columnist Christine Gorman, underscores "a new push to see whether there is a design way around the bacteria problem...