American Pain Society. Summary: The growing body of evidence that marijuana (cannabis) may be effective as a pain reliever has been expanded with publication of a new study in The Journal of Pain reporting that patients with nerve pain showed reduced pain intensity from smoking marijuana. Researchers examined whether marijuana produces analgesia for patients with neuropathic pain.
Ron O'Neal. Ron O'Neal. Ron O'Neal, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 66, spent most of his professional life trying to live down his role of the bad-ass Youngblood Priest in Superfly (1972), one of the key blaxploitation movies of the decade.
Danny Gans dies at 52; Las Vegas entertainer. Danny Gans, whose breadth of celebrity impressions made him a popular mainstay on the ever-changing Las Vegas Strip, died Friday morning at his home in Henderson, Nev. He was 52. A family member called authorities at 3:44 a.m. and said Gans was struggling to breathe, Henderson police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and police said there were no signs of foul play. The Clark County coroner's office has not released a cause of death.