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Medical marijuana: good evidence for some diseases, weak for others

By Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) – Moderate- or high-quality evidence supports the use of marijuana for some medical conditions, but not for others, according to a fresh review of past research. After reviewing 80 randomized trials that included nearly 6,500 people, researchers found moderate support for using marijuana to treat chronic pain and muscle spasms and involuntary movements. The evidence wasn’t as strong to support marijuana’s use for nausea

Three-a-side basketball hits the big time at first European Games

By Tom Hayward BAKU (Reuters) – With thumping music, ferocious slamdunks and sublime skill, 3×3 basketball came out with a bang on Tuesday at the inaugural European Games, but the sport with inner-city backyard origins has far bigger ambitions — a place at the Olympics. It has been played as “streetball” and other guises for years but in 2007 the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) identified it as a “sport with

Three-a-side basketball hits the big time at first European Games

By Tom Hayward BAKU (Reuters) – With thumping music, ferocious slamdunks and sublime skill, 3×3 basketball came out with a bang on Tuesday at the inaugural European Games, but the sport with inner-city backyard origins has far bigger ambitions — a place at the Olympics. It has been played as “streetball” and other guises for years but in 2007 the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) identified it as a “sport with