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The Society of Toxicology (SOT) is pleased to announce the 2020 SOT award recipients. This year’s honorees come from a variety of backgrounds, educational experiences, and career paths and are recognized for their immense contributions to toxicology.

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Keywords: Award Announcement, Toxicology

Northern Michigan University students enrolled in the nation's first medicinal plant chemistry program have access to cutting-edge instrumentation used in and beyond the cannabis industry through NMU's partnership with Shimadzu. Representatives of both entities recently dedicated a new lab on campus.

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Keywords: Cannabis, Medicinal Plants

In one of the most diverse studies of the non-random medicinal plants selection by gender, age and exposure to outside influences from working with ecotourism projects, researchers worked with the Kichwa communities of Chichico Rumi and Kamak Maki in the Ecuadorian Amazon. They discovered a novel method to uncover the intracultural heterogeneity of traditional knowledge while testing the non-random selection of medicinal plants and exploring overuse and underuse of medicinal plant families in these communities.

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Keywords: indigenous cultures, Amazon, Medicinal Plants, Ecuadorian Amazon, Non-random Selection, Ethnopharmacology, Rainforest, Amazon Rainforest, Traditional Knowledge, indigenous people, Medicines from the Jungle, Pharmaceuticals, Plants, Plants that Heal, South America, Medicinal Plant Families

New Precision Immunotherapy Therapy clinic at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health matches patients using genetic profiling to personalized cancer treatment plans.

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Keywords: Cancer, Immunotherapy, Personalized Medicine, Immunology, Clinical Trials, Experimental Therapeutics, NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center, Genetics, Academic Medicine

As Congress looks at legislative proposals relating to federal marijuana policy, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) cautions legislators to avoid piecemeal solutions and to carefully consider the impact of any federal marijuana legislation on workplace safety.

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Keywords: Marijauna, marijuana and safety-sensitive occupational, Occupational And Environmental Medicine, marijuana laws, Workplace Safety, Impairment, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), THC

The Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research at University of California San Diego School of Medicine announces $3 million in research grants to explore new applications of cannabis for a number of novel medical applications.

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Keywords: Psychiatry, Medical Cannabis, Cannabis, CBD, Medical Marijuana, Marijuana, Arthritis, Alcohol, Anorexia, Eating Disorders, Addiction

A recent survey from the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences found patients with psoriasis frequently use complementary or alternative therapies to treat their symptoms when traditional treatments fail.

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Keywords: george washington university school of medicine and health sciences, JAAD, Dermatology, Psoriasis, Complementary And Alternative Medicine, National Psoriasis Foundation

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce a nutrition concentration for students enrolled in the Master of Science in Health Sciences in Integrative Medicine

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Keywords: GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Integrative Medicine, Nutrition, alternative medicine, Integrative Medicine and Health, Eastern Medicine

A stunning one-third of people with a cancer diagnosis use complementary and alternative medicines such as meditation, yoga, acupuncture, herbal medicine, and supplements.

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One third of people who have a cancer diagnosis report using complementary and alternative medicine such as yoga, meditation, acupuncture and alternative medicine.

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