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.
Garry Shandling dies at 66. Garry Shandling died at a Los Angeles hospital on Thursday. The 66-year-old actor and comedian died from an undisclosed cause, police officer Tony Im told the Associated Press. Im added that officers were dispatched to Shandling's home Thursday for a reported medical emergency.