Canada is ranked third in a global ranking of colleges and universities, according to a new report.

Smoking marijuana can relieve muscle tightness, spasticity (contractions) and pain often experienced by those with multiple sclerosis, says research out of the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.

By looking at statistics, one would think Ukraine is a well-educated nation. It has the eighth largest number of university students in the world, according to Dzerkalo Tyzhnia weekly. It has more than 800 licensed universities and other higher education institutions. Yet in reality, its education sector is a pit of corruption rather than a thriving melting pot of research and innovations, where the students are milking cows. As a result, none of the nation's universities feature in the world's top 1,000 rankings, while its education ministry is a great subject for investigative journalists.

  Benefits of most commonly prescribed anti-depressants, even taken at their best, compare poorly to the risks, which include premature death in elderly patients, a new study has revealed. The researchers examined previous patient studies into the effects of anti-depressants.

Women who took aspirin at least a couple of times a week had a much lower risk of developing lung cancer, whether or not they ever smoked, according to a study of more than a thousand Asian women.