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Can CBD help people with psoriasis find relief?

UC Davis Health — July 19, 2021

UC Davis Dermatologist Jason Hawkes discusses the effects and risks of using cannabinoids, such as CBD, as an alternative or complementary treatment to psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease.

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UC Davis NICU receives gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence

UC Davis Health — July 19, 2021

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at UC Davis Children’s Hospital is now the 12th in the U.S. to receive a gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. It is the only hospital in Northern California to receive this honor.

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For Concussion Patients, CTs Offer Window into Recovery

UCSF Health — July 18, 2021

CT scans for patients with concussion provide critical information about their risk for long-term impairment and potential to make a complete recovery – findings that underscore the need for physician follow-up.

3D 'Assembloid' Shows How SARS-CoV-2 Infects Brain Cells

UC San Diego Health — July 16, 2021

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine have produced a stem cell model that demonstrates a potential route of entry of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, into the human brain.

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