This video is a brief overview of the current state of information on marijuana and its two major cannabinoids - cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) - and their potential uses in head and neck cancer treatment. Epidemiology https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3947141/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30466476/ In vitro and in vivo lab data https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-77674-y https://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/26/11/2693 Anxiety, depression, and fatigue in head and neck cancer patients https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18513884/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23239423/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17398020/ Marijuana as a complementary treatment https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaotolaryngology/fullarticle/2688527 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27005465/ Xerostomia and salivary flow https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16946411/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m77MpwLlcCw

Really nice presentation at the ACIP meeting today about the variants of concern (P1 B.1.351 B.1.1.7) in the US and the effectiveness of the vaccines against the variants and what this probably means for us. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/downloads/slides-2021-05-12/10-COVID-Scobie-508.pdf ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwcdYc7xg4M

I decided to find out what the deal with the new variant of SARS-CoV2 ( B.1.1.7 ) is. We know a lot of the structure and very little about the consequences of the structural changes right now. Papers and sites used. https://www.gisaid.org https://users.math.msu.edu/users/weig/SARS-CoV-2_Mutation_Tracker.html https://khub.net/documents/135939561/338928724/SARS-CoV-2+variant+under+investigation%2C+meeting+minutes.pdf/962e866b-161f-2fd5-1030-32b6ab467896?t=1608470511452 https://virological.org/t/preliminary-genomic-characterisation-of-an-emergent-sars-cov-2-lineage-in-the-uk-defined-by-a-novel-set-of-spike-mutations/563 https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/SARS-CoV-2-variant-multiple-spike-protein-mutations-United-Kingdom.pdf https://www.nature.com/articles/s41401-020-0485-4 https://www.cogconsortium.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Report-1_COG-UK_20-December-2020_SARS-CoV-2-Mutations_final.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7196923/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MCYZkicjgA

A really important question is what percentage of covid infections are asymptomatic. It seems we have a pretty good answer at this point. Video about the SIREN study https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-DVjdfpYiM Links https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-6976 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.13.21249642v1.full ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1lTsJD8jKg