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Why Cannabis Prices Vary by State: $15 in Washington, $52 in Kentucky | High Times

An eighth costs $15 in Washington and $52 in Kentucky, where every buyer is a patient. Former Massachusetts cannabis regulator Shawn Collins uses High Times' price index and a bourbon thought experime...

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Formation, évaluation, compagnonnage : les idées de la Cnam pour une collaboration réussie avec les patients

Lors d’un colloque organisé hier par Action Patients, Catherine Grenier, médecin-conseil national à l'Assurace maladie, et Magali Léo, coordinatrice du collectif d’associations, ont détaillé les trava...

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Development and Validation of an Interpretable Machine Learning Model to Predict Mortality in #patients With Sepsis-Induced Coagulopathy: Multicenter Cohort Study

Background: Sepsis-induced coagulopathy (SIC) is a common and severe complication in #patients with sepsis, characterized by microvascular thrombosis, systemic endothelial damage, and markedly increased short-term mortality. Existing traditional clinical risk scoring systems demonstrate limited accuracy and fail to capture complex, nonlinear physiological interactions, underscoring the urgent need for advanced prognostic tools. Objective: The objective of this study was to develop and validate an interpretable machine learning (ML) model using large-scale, multicenter databases to predict early mortality in intensive care unit (ICU) #patients with SIC and to evaluate its predictive performance and clinical utility compared with traditional clinical risk scores. Methods: The study retrospectively analyzed clinical data of #patients with SIC from the #medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV (MIMIC-IV), the eICU Collaborative #research Database (eICU-CRD), and Tianjin #medical University General Hospital. Feature selection was performed using LASSO (least absolute shrinkage and selection operator) regression, the Boruta algorithm, and recursive feature elimination with cross-validation, combined with multivariable logistic regression. Twelve ML algorithms were trained and compared with 4 traditional clinical scoring systems (Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, Acute Physiology and Chronic #health Evaluation II, Simplified Acute Physiology Score II, and Oxford Acute Severity of Illness Score) to predict 28-day mortality after ICU admission. Model discrimination, calibration, and clinical utility were assessed using the area under the curve (AUC), calibration curves, and decision curve analysis. Furthermore, Shapley additive explanations (SHAP) values were used to ensure model interpretability and to identify individual pathophysiological drivers. Results: A total of 7980 (66.3%) #patients with SIC from the MIMIC-IV database, 3815 (31.7%) from the eICU-CRD database, and 235 (2.0%) from Tianjin #medical University General Hospital were included in the study. Ten independent predictors were identified to construct the model. The XGBoost (extreme gradient boosting) model performed the best, with an AUC of 0.899 (95% CI 0.889‐0.909) in the internal validation set and 0.882 and 0.904 in the 2 external validation sets, significantly outperforming traditional scoring systems and demonstrating higher clinical net benefit. SHAP analysis identified that the top 5 critical features were anion gap, red blood cell distribution width, lactate, total bilirubin, and age. Furthermore, an easy-to-use online tool, SIC Predict Streamlit, was developed based on this model to enable clinicians to quickly assess #patient risk. Conclusions: The ML model developed in this study demonstrated superior accuracy, robustness, and generalizability in predicting early mortality in #patients with SIC. The model outperformed traditional clinical scoring tools, and the findings provide valuable insights for prognostic assessment and the individualized management of #patients with SIC.

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Nearly 1 in 6 Arthritis Patients Use Marijuana for Joint Pain

Nearly one in six people with arthritic pain acknowledge using cannabis to moderate their symptoms...

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'Albertans are angry': tearful Danielle Smith reflects on referendum

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith became emotional while speaking Saturday during a virtual conference about the upcoming referendum. The event, put on by former federal Conservative leader Preston Manni...

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Florida Medical Marijuana Sales Reach 15.94 Billion Milligrams of THC and 5.47 Million Ounces of Flower in 2026

Florida medical marijuana patients have purchased nearly 16 billion milligrams of THC and more than 5.47 million ounces of smokable marijuana so far in 2026, … Continue reading

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715 km à vélo : de Menton et Perpignan, une course solidaire raconte "la traversée" du cancer

Dès demain, 19 septembre, 30 patients atteints ou en rémission de cancer vont relier Menton à Perpignan à vélo, soit un itinéraire de 715 km. Un raid solidaire de 12 étapes, accompagné par des aidants...