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Planned Parenthood in the Spotlight, and Medical Marijuana and Palliative Care
Republicans lost Monday’s Senate vote to defund Planned Parenthood, but the fight will probably resume next month when Congress comes back from its August recess. And, for someone with a serious illness, the days are marked by an endless parade of pharmaceuticals, but one expert in palliative care says that the health care system can learn a lot from how patients use medical marijuana.
By Madeleine Brand • • 51m ListenRepublicans lost a Senate vote to defund Planned Parenthood on Monday. But the fight will probably resume next month when Congress comes back from its August recess. This comes after several undercover videos were released that show Planned Parenthood officials discussing providing fetal tissue from abortions to medical researchers. However, those videos were selectively edited, and fetal tissue research is not only legal, it’s funded by Congress. And it’s been used in research in the medical community since the 1930s. How useful is it today?
Then, a roundup of the TCAs—where networks roll out their fall and winter programs for TV critics.
And for someone with a serious illness, the days are marked not by hours, but by an endless parade of pharmaceuticals. But one expert in palliative care says that the health care system can learn a lot from how patients use medical marijuana.
Finally, a team of scientists recently tested 75 different cannabis products and found wildly varying amounts of THC, the main psychoactive ingredient.
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5 storiesFight to Defund Planned Parenthood
Republicans lost a Senate vote to defund Planned Parenthood Monday, but the fight will probably resume next month when Congress comes back from its August recess. This comes after several undercover videos were released that show Planned Parenthood officials discussing providing fetal tissue from abortions to medical researchers.
Read the story8 minFetal Tissue in Medical Research
This latest push in Congress to defund Planned Parenthood has put fetal tissue under the microscope. Fetal tissue has been used in research in the medical community since the 1930s. We look at how it has it been used in the past and how necessary to medical research it is today.
Read the story9 minTelevision Critics Association Roundup
We are deep in the heart of the TCA’s—that time of the year when the networks roll out their fall and winter programs for TV critics. There are glitzy presentations, stars to mingle with, and plenty of cocktail shrimp. Which shows are worth watching out for?
Read the story8 minPalliative Care: Lessons from Medical Marijuana
For someone with a serious illness, the days are marked not by hours, but by an endless parade of pharmaceuticals. Unless you treat your disease with medical marijuana. Take it when you want, take how much you want, buy it when you need it, forget it when you don’t.
Read the story14 minProper Labeling for Cannabis Products
When you take a drug like Advil, you know what you’re getting. It says so on the box: one Advil contains two hundred milligrams of Ibuprofen. However, when it comes to medical marijuana, this is not the case.
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