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TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Asian and Pacific Islander adults in the U.S. are disproportionately affected by a deadly type of stroke that causes bleeding into the brain, according to new research that also shows they experience these strokes at a younger age than their white peers.With these intracerebral hemorrhages, or ICHs, they also face greater complications and longer hospital stays than their white counterparts, according to the findings recently published in JAMA Network Open. They are being presented Wednesday at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference.ICH strokes occur when blood vessels in the brain rupture and bleed. They account for 10%-15% of the estimated 795,000 strokes each year in the U.S., according to American...

TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- There are indications the U.S. Justice Department may be open to the idea of allowing safe injection sites, a year after it won a court battle against them.The department told the Associated Press that it is "evaluating" safe injection sites and speaking with regulators about "appropriate guardrails."The aim: To help stem overdose deaths among users of opioids. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 100,000 Americans died from drug overdose during the year ending in April 2021.Safe injection sites give users a monitored space for injected drug use, with overdose antidotes on hand should any such emergency arise. Proponents of safe injection sites say they help reduce overdose deaths, while critics argue they...

TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Dr. Eric Lander, the director of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), has resigned after the findings of an internal investigation that he violated workplace policies became public.In a statement issued Monday evening, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that, "The President accepted Dr. Eric Lander's resignation letter this evening with gratitude for his work at OSTP on the pandemic, the Cancer Moonshot, climate change, and other key priorities. He knows that Dr. Lander will continue to make important contributions to the scientific community in the years ahead."Biden did not ask for Lander's resignation, a person familiar with the situation told CNN.In his resignation letter to President Joe Biden on...

TUESDAY, Feb. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Among U.S. drivers who use both alcohol and pot, over 40% say they've driven under the influence, a new study finds."Alcohol and cannabis are two of the most common substances involved in impaired driving and motor vehicle crashes in the U.S.," said study author Priscila Dib Gonçalves. She is a postdoctoral fellow at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York City.For the study, Gonçalves and her colleagues analyzed data from more than 34,500 drivers who reported any past-year use of alcohol and cannabis in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2016 to 2019). Interviews collected further information.Forty-two percent of drivers with past-year alcohol and cannabis use reported driving under the influence. Of...