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October 18, 2023

Trucking Company Ordered to Rehire Alcoholic Driver Fired for being Drunk on the Job

. “The evening of the accident, she needed to consume,” stated Quebec Arbitration Tribunal (QAT) adjudicator […]

August 3, 2023

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Occupations With Higher Expectancy of Ovarian Cancer

, hereditary and environmental variables interact to generate cancer, with some cancers being more heavily influenced by one or the other.

August 1, 2023

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Cannabis User Angrily Runs into Another Driver

-year-old man who was injured in a car accident is brought into the emergency department (ED). He doesn’t seem to have any visible physical wounds. He shows considerable annoyance with the existing...

July 27, 2023

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AI Outperforms Humans in Identifying Strokes

(AI) technology outperforms human call takers in identifying stroke victims from calls to the emergency services. The AI model had a greater positive predictive value — a measure of the percentage...

July 4, 2023

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Cannabis Users Have Four Times Higher Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease

,000 marijuana users suggest that marijuana users have a nearly four times higher risk of developing peripheral artery disease than nonusers, but there was no increased risk of death from myocardial...

June 29, 2023

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Exercising Regularly Might Improve Pain Tolerance

, which may have consequences for people who suffer from chronic pain. Researchers observed that participants who consistently engaged in moderate-to-vigorous physical exercise over the course of the...

June 22, 2023

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Cannabis Use Disorder in Chronic Pain Patients

(MC) and cannabis-based medicines (Cb Ms), evading the traditional regulatory drug approval processes. It is still debatable how Cb Ms and MC should be used to treat chronic pain. Several...

June 8, 2023

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A Natural Death May be Preferable to CPR

’s attention when a nurse refused to perform CPR on an elderly woman in cardiac arrest, despite urgent pleas from a 911 dispatcher. The incident sparked controversy as it was revealed that the...

June 7, 2023

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Scientists can now pull Human DNA from the Air

, we unknowingly leave behind traces of ourselves through the shedding of DNA. Whether it’s in the form of sweat, saliva, blood, or skin cells, these microscopic fragments find their way into the...

June 1, 2023

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What Employers Should Know About Mental Health Accommodations

: prolonged grief disorder and unspecified mood disorder. These additions to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) have implications for employers, as they need to consider...