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Image copyright Getty Images Sales of the cannabis extract cannabidiol (CBD) have roughly doubled over the past two years in the UK. But some are concerned that CBD products are not all they claim to be. Alongside reputable sellers, the rapid growth of the industry has attracted “CBD cowboys” – opportunists trying to make a […]

Snoring affects 90 million Americans and the majority of these people “are unaware of why they snore or what snoring could indicate about their overall health,” according to Jagdeep Bijwadia, a board-certified doctor in internal, sleep and pulmonary diseases medicine. Snoring can be a telltale sign of an underlying sleep disorder like sleep apnea, a

Rwanda closed its border with Congo over the deadly Ebola outbreak on Thursday, while a Congolese official said a person who had contact with the second confirmed Ebola case in the border city of Goma was receiving treatment after showing signs of the disease. Interested in Ebola? Add Ebola as an interest to stay up

Image copyright AFP Image caption Eiko Kimura (left) and Yasuhiko Funago as they enter parliament Two politicians have taken their seats in Japan’s parliament as the first lawmakers with severe disabilities. Yasuhiko Funago and Eiko Kimura are both largely paralysed and rely on carers for their physical needs. Their election last month has been seen

Losing a parent feels insurmountable at any age. Our series helps you face it ― from the practical logistics to the existential questions about death and dying today. At 19, writer Julie Hoag met her future husband in college. It was three years after her mother’s death and three years into a deep, pervasive depression

The Latest on protests by companies denied medical marijuana grower licenses in Utah (all times local): 3:45 p.m. Utah has dismissed appeals from six companies that were denied licenses to grow medical marijuana for the state and argued the state chose unqualified companies. Utah’s Division of Purchasing announced its decision to dismiss all of the

Image caption Fraser Lister says he struggled with the “hyper-masculine sense that I needed to be going out all the time” Far fewer male students than female ones have accessed university counselling and wellbeing services this year, figures suggest. Despite 44% of students in the UK being male, responses from 100 universities to a Freedom

29 Tweets About Anxiety That Will Make You Say ‘Same’ | HuffPost Life Dealing with anxiety is part of being human. Now a trending Twitter hashtag is reminding people just how normal it is to feel anxious in everyday situations. On Wednesday, the popular Hashtag Roundup account called on Twitter users to share #ThingsThatGiveMeAnxiety. Needless

Arizona’s attorney general on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to force the Sackler family, which owns OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma, to return billions of dollars they took out of the company. The court filing marks the first time the high court has been asked to weigh in directly on the nation’s opioid crisis. Arizona Attorney

Image caption A nurse shows a patient with acute kidney injury his blood test results on her phone A mobile phone app has speeded up the detection of a potentially fatal kidney condition in hospital patients. Staff describe the technology as a “potential lifesaver”, providing diagnoses in minutes instead of hours. Acute kidney injury is