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.
Gene Wilder dies due to complications from Alzheimer's aged 83. I hope he's in a world of pure imagination. Daily Variety said that Wilder âhad been diagnosed with non-Hodgkinâs lymphoma in 1989.â His first wife, Gilda Radner, died of ovarian cancer. But he didnât die of the lymphoma, his family said. His family confirmed his death to The Associated Press: BREAKING: Gene Wilder, star of âWilly Wonkaâ and Mel Brooks comedies, is dead at 83, his family says. â AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) August 29, 2016.