Using marijuana may lead to platelet dysfunction, according to a new study in nonhuman primates. Platelets, a component of blood, play a role in maintaining blood vessel (vascular) health and aid wound healing and placental ...
Feb 8, 2022
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Among younger adults who had a previous stroke or a transient ischemic attack (TIA) and were later hospitalized for any cause, recurrent stroke was far more likely among patients with cannabis use disorder, according to preliminary ...
Feb 3, 2022
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So, you're pregnant and battling nausea every day. What harm could come from smoking a joint to settle your stomach?
Feb 1, 2022
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Marijuana use among individuals who are pregnant or postpartum and living with HIV increased from 2007 to 2019, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in JAMA Network Open.
Jan 5, 2022
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Cannabis plants—which are used to produce industrial hemp, medical marijuana and cannabidiol (CBD) oil, among other products—have an inherent ability to absorb heavy metals from the soil, making them useful for remediating ...
Dec 16, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Teenagers have followed the vaping trend into marijuana use, with recent studies chronicling a boom in pot vaping among adolescents in the United States and Canada, researchers report.
Oct 26, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Researchers may be one step closer to developing the equivalent of a Breathalyzer for detecting marijuana use.
Oct 22, 2021
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In a trend that coincided with the pandemic, marijuana use among college students in 2020 reached levels not seen since the 1980s. That's according to the latest research from Monitoring the Future—an annual survey that ...
Oct 14, 2021
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Marijuana use continued to rise among college students over the past five years and remained at historically high levels among same-aged peers who are not in college in 2020, according to survey results from the 2020 ...
Sep 8, 2021
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Last month, three states—Virginia, South Dakota and Connecticut—joined the ranks of more than a dozen others that have legalized marijuana—also known as cannabis—for recreational use. Yet, despite these changing laws ...
Aug 13, 2021
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