October 2019

New Research Shows Potential for Early Detection and Treatment for Pancreatic Cancer

By the end of 2019, nearly 57,000 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer (Sheikh, 2019). Of those diagnosed, only one in ten will live longer than five years (Sheikh, 2019). Three-fourths of those diagnosed will live less than a year (Sheikh, 2019). Because it is not usually found until it is stage four, this […]

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Evaluating the Use of Recreational and Medicinal Marijuana

As of 2019, 33 states have legalized different types of marijuana (Governing, 2019). Eleven of those states, and the District of Columbia, now allow marijuana to be used recreationally (Governing,2019), and the remaining 22 states allow for medicinal marijuana use; each state has differing laws related to the use of legalized marijuana. For instance, Vermont legalized

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