| Pemalite said: "Showing Potential" is far from anything definitive I am afraid... Plus it seems there is a conflict of interest financially anyway, so grains of salt and all that. |
I never heard of using instead of chemo, it just helps combat the nausea. Chemo treatment is no guarantee either and understandable when people with low survival chances would rather not endure the 'cure'.
Always do your own research, plus they already said of their own research that you can't simply buy those specific canaboids in a store anyway. It's a long way away from a viable 'treatment' or preventative measure, but the anti inflammatory properties are well known. However you also have to be careful there.
It does help to get a good sleep, which is a natural cure :)
Sleeping is better than reading more of what's in store
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/canada-s-jobless-rate-soars-to-13-per-cent-in-april-1.4930397
3 million jobs lost already.
The unemployment rate would have been 17.8 per cent had the agency's labour force survey counted among the unemployed the 1.1 million who stopped looking for work -- likely because the COVID-19 economic shutdown has limited job opportunities.
In all, more than one-third of the labour force didn't work or had reduced hours in April, an "underutilization rate" that was more than three times higher than in February before the pandemic struck.
Calling water wet
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canada-undoubtedly-in-recessionary-time-federal-finance-minister-says-1.4931424
During his address to the nation on Friday, Trudeau said that “this is one of the first recessions we’ve ever seen that has so hard hit vulnerable workers.” He also spoke to how the last two months of jobs numbers indicate that women, new Canadians and young people are being particularly impacted. Trudeau said the federal government will have to think about those groups and how to better support them after the crisis.
It can be years to dig back out of this hole.
Sadly my prediction of an uptick after the nice weather last weekend came true.
The province confirmed 477 new cases of the virus on Friday, the biggest single-day spike since May 2.
We're still far away from Australia's levels. My local county just reported it's 100th case, back to zero days since.
Also some good news
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sfu-professor-andy-hoffer-diaphragm-electrical-stimulation-us-fda-covid-19-1.5560905
A Simon Fraser University professor's invention submitted for patents 13 years ago has been granted approval for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration during the COVID-19 pandemic to help wean critically ill patients off ventilators.
The diaphragmatic pacing therapy system strengthens the diaphragm, which becomes weaker when a ventilator takes over to help a patient breathe.
"If a patient is on a ventilator for more than a day or two, the diaphragm really atrophies very fast. It can atrophy to half its size in three days of ventilation," explained Hoffer. Consequently, "about 30 per cent of patients on ventilators fail to wean because their capacity to breathe on their own is less than minimum."
The system had been undergoing clinical trials in more than 40 hospitals in Europe and the U.S. when they were put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But it was brought back into the spotlight as ventilator use increased due to the symptoms of COVID-19, which include severe respiratory problems. Hoffer said the FDA approved the system for emergency use in hospitals on April 14, to help severely ill patients who are having difficulties recovering after prolonged ventilator use.
He said clinical trials are expected to eventually resume and he hopes the product will be cleared for regular use in the U.S. and Canada. Hoffer said the diaphragm can be a key aspect to recovery for patients with respiratory issues and the muscle shouldn't be underestimated. "It never rests from your first breath to your last breath," he said.
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