It would permit a limited experiment, dispensing medical marijuana at a few hospitals for
a smaller number of illnesses.
New York's medical marijuana program is limited to
a small number of illnesses, including cancer, HIV / AIDS, ALS, Parkinson's as well as severe epilepsy, among others.
Not exact matches
David Magnus, PhD, director
of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics and professor
of medicine and
of biomedical ethics, said those concerns resonate beyond treating SMA patients, who represent a relatively
small group
of people, because competition is fierce for resources to treat patients with any
number of illnesses for which new and more expensive treatments are emerging.
At the same time, we can not rule out that the difference in the
number of contacts is caused by a
small group
of children who have more frequent contact with their GP because
of illness,» explains Anne Mette Lund Würtz.
Although the
numbers of people affected by these
illnesses are relatively
small, the specialist nature
of their care and the risk
of severe complications adds up to a significant cost - burden for their treatment.
HOWEVER, they are also more likely to suffer
illness with a
small number of worms, for the same reason.
[10] The Vizsla is considered to be a robust dog, but some localized breeding programs using a
small number of dogs have led to heritable
illnesses in some offspring, including:
Much as with our equine friends, we provide
small livestock — primarily sheep and goats — with general health exams and are able to treat a
number of minor
illnesses and injuries.
In general, influenza infections have become less common in recent years with the exception
of a
small number of shelters and communities in which
illness has become endemic.
However, due to the
small number of studies per type
of illness (N = 4 — 13), effect sizes were not tested to see if they differed significantly from zero or if
illnesses differed from one another.