Cannabidiol – which lacks the psychotropic effects of cannabis – has been shown to have beneficial effects on inflammation in myocarditis and pericarditis models. 

A prospective placebo-controlled trial was conducted with an oral pharmaceutically manufactured (GMP) cannabidiol formulation in patients at high risk of cardiovascular events who were hospitalised for non-critical COVID-19 infection.  

GMP-cannabidiol formulation was well tolerated with a similar low rate of overall and cardiac side effects as placebo, supporting its study in further trials.  

UCLA Health psychiatrists and researchers will present their latest research and speak at several panel sessions at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting on April 17-21 in Los Angeles.

About The Study: In this cohort study, women primary care physicians in value-based payment models had equal or better quality outcomes and higher value-based earnings compared to men in their practice groups. These results substantiate prior evidence that women physicians perform better on process and outcome measures, yet receive incommensurate patient ratings. The reversal of the gender gap under value-based payment is likely due to fewer emergency department visits and hospitalizations among women primary care physicians’ patients and may in turn reflect better alignment of value-based models to practice patterns more common in women (e.g., more face-to-face time per visit).

Ochsner Health proudly shares its kidney transplant program, part of the Ochsner Transplant Institute, has been awarded ELITE Status within the credentialed Programs of Excellence transplant network by INTERLINK COE Networks & Programs.

A new study published in Science Advances reveals that a single gene plays a big role in how the liver stores energy, a process that's critical for overall health and for managing diseases like type 2 diabetes. Led by Penn Nursing’s Kate Townsend Creasy, PhD, Assistant Professor of Nutrition Science in the Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences, the research focuses on the PPP1R3B gene. This gene tells the liver how to handle energy: store it as glycogen (a form of sugar) or triglycerides (a type of fat).

In the largest clinical genomic profiling study of non-Hispanic Black men with metastatic prostate cancer to date, researchers from Moffitt Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, University of California Los Angeles and the Veterans Affairs (VA) National Precision Oncology Program found key differences in tumor biology between non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic white veterans, but similar survival outcomes when both groups had equal access to care.