Rochester, Minnesota - Medical marijuana is marijuana used to treat disease or relieve symptoms. Marijuana is made from the dried leaves and buds of the Cannabis sativa plant. It can be smoked, inhaled or ingested in food or tea. Medical marijuana is also available as a pill or an oil.

Rochester, Minnesota - Can foods and supplements affect libido? There's little evidence to support the effectiveness of most substances thought of as natural aphrodisiacs.

Rochester, Minnesota - Physicians who receive negative reviews online do not receive similar responses in rigorous patient satisfaction surveys, according to new Mayo Clinic research in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Yet, compared with colleagues without negative reviews, they score lower on factors that go beyond patient interactions and are beyond their immediate control.

Cambridge, Massachusetts - MIT researchers have developed a computer interface that can transcribe words that the user verbalizes internally but does not actually speak aloud.

Cambridge, Massachusetts - With novel optoelectronic chips and a new partnership with a top silicon-chip manufacturer, MIT spinout Ayar Labs aims to increase speed and reduce energy consumption in computing, starting with data centers.

Los Angeles, California - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has filed a criminal complaint alleging 38 individuals defrauded the United States Veterans Administration (VA) out of $4.3 million. According to the complaint, five of the charged defendants operated the Alliance Trucking School in Chatsworth, California, and falsely claimed to have enrolled veterans as students to obtain commercial driver’s licenses. The school received tuition payments from the VA for nonexistent classes. The complaint also charged other individuals who received a variety of VA benefits - often exceeding $50,000 per individual - based on their enrollment in the trucking school even though they never attended or completed classes.