According to researchers from University of California, San Diego, neuropathic pain in HIV patients can be relieved by using medicinal marijuana.

In the study, the researchers included those 28 HIV patients whose nuropathic pain wasn’t relieved by opiates or other pain killers. The researchers noticed that the patients who smoked medicinal marijuana reported significant relief in their pain compared with those who were given a placebo.
The University of California Center for Medical Cannabis Research (CMCR) sponsored the study and it has been published online in Neuropsychopharmacology.

Spring is a season of cheer in the West however it could also turn out to be a time of concern for many families in the US. This is the time when the lawn-mower injuries shoot up and causes higher number of injuries including amputations among the children.

‘Johns Hopkins Children’s Center’ specialists call spring to be the “lawnmower injury season” as they warn that lawnmowers can cause severe injuries in children. These lawnmower injuries are among the leading causes of amputations in children. Such types of severe injuries caused by the lawnmowers very often require amputation or extensive reconstructive surgery.

The immune system protects us against billions of bacteria, viruses, and other parasites. Most of us never reflect upon the fact that while we are busy with our lives, our immune system is constantly on the alert inside our body, attacking harmful organisms at the first sign. It is very complex. It’s made up of several types of cells and proteins that are designed to perform various jobs.

Dr. Ciriaco Piccirillo, a researcher in the ‘Department of Microbiology and Immunology’ and the principal investigator, said that the CD4+Treg cells, the main regulators of the immune system, play a significant role in a large range of immune diseases. The gradual reduction in their regulating capacity seems to play a critical role in the onset of type 1diabetes.

Does your throat hurt? If you have a sore throat, no one has to tell you that you don’t feel good. You are probably rubbing the outside of your throat and swallowing kind of hard. You may even feel a little feverish or just plain tired. Sore throats are truly no fun. Fortunately, they don’t last very long and are very treatable.

A sore throat can be caused by either a viral or bacterial infection. A sore throat is most commonly caused by a cold, which is a viral infection. Other viral infection causes include laryngitis and mononucleosis. A bacterial infection that causes a sore throat might be strep throat or tonsillitis. Each of these has other symptoms that may help you and your physician determine if you have that particular infection.