HOLLYWOOD, CA – DECEMBER 10: Actor/director Kevin Smith attends the premiere of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” at the Pantages Theatre on December 10, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) Kevin Smith, longtime director of stoner cinema like Clerks and Mallrats, short time actual smoker of marijuana and career comic book person …
Read More »Treatment of 5 Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 With Convalescent Plasma
Key Points Question Could administration of convalescent plasma transfusion be beneficial in the treatment of critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)? Findings In this uncontrolled case series of 5 critically ill patients with COVID-19 and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), administration of convalescent plasma containing neutralizing antibody was followed by …
Read More »Gabapentin Linked to Growing Number of Suicide Attempts
By Pat Anson, PNN Editor We’ve reported several times about the abuse and lack of effectiveness of gabapentin, a nerve medication increasingly prescribed to treat fibromyalgia, neuropathy and other types of chronic pain. It turns out gabapentin is also involved in a growing number of attempted suicides. In a large …
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