by American Heart Association Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Using marijuana regularly may raise the risk for heart failure, stroke or heart attack even after accounting for other cardiovascular risk factors such as Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity, according to two preliminary studies to be presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2023. The...
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Study suggests marijuana use damages brain immune cells vital to adolescent development
Peer-Reviewed Publication JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE In a mouse study designed to explore the impact of marijuana’s major psychoactive compound, THC, on teenage brains, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they found changes to the structure of microglia, which are specialized brain immune cells, that may worsen a genetic predisposition to schizophrenia. The findings, published Oct. 25...
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Marijuana & Your Brain
CNN—Users of marijuana had statistically higher levels of lead and cadmium in their blood and urine than people who do not use weed, a new study found. Marijuana and hallucinogen use, binge drinking reached record highs in middle-aged adults, survey finds “Compared to non-users, marijuana users had 27% higher levels of iron in their blood,...
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Marijuana linked to heart disease; supplement may mitigate risk, researchers report
by Krista Conger, Stanford University Medical Center People who smoke marijuana more than once a month have an increased risk of heart attack and heart disease, Stanford researchers and their colleagues have found. Credit: Dmytro Tyshchenko/Shutterstock People who use marijuana have an increased risk of heart disease and heart attack, according to a large study...
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Marijuana users’ risk of deadly complication doubles after rare type of bleeding stroke
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION Embargoed until 4 a.m. CT/5 a.m. ET Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022 DALLAS, Jan. 6, 2022 — Among people with an aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) stroke, a type of bleeding stroke, recent marijuana users were more than twice as likely to develop a dangerous complication that can result in death or greater disability, according to new...
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Study suggests marijuana can cause infertility in men
As more states legalize marijuana, a new study by a Tulane University researcher has a warning for would-be dads. Smoking weed regularly may harm a man’s fertility. Researchers from Tulane and the University of Washington found a connection between low semen volume and damaged sperm among men who smoked marijuana. But the side effects weren’t all bad....
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Marijuana-like brain substance calms seizures but increases aftereffects, study finds
by Stanford University Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Epileptic seizures trigger the rapid synthesis and release of a substance mimicked by marijuana’s most psychoactive component, Stanford University School of Medicine investigators have learned. This substance is called 2-arachidonoylglycerol, or 2-AG, and has the beneficial effect of damping down seizure intensity. But there’s a dark side....
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Researchers test medical marijuana as possible therapy for chronic itch
by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Credit: CC0 Public Domain Chronic itch—known clinically as chronic pruritus—is characterized as an unrelenting and sometimes even debilitating sensation to itch, and often lowers the quality of life for those who suffer with it. Treating the condition has been difficult because there are few Food and Drug Administration-approved therapies....
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Girls more negatively affected by pot than boys
Early use of cannabis affects the working memory of adolescents, but its deleterious effect is more pronounced in girls, posing a risk to their academic success as well as to their memory when they reach adulthood. These are the findings of a study conducted by Sima Noorbakhsh of the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre, under the...
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Researchers identify more than 100 toxic chemicals in cannabis smoke
by Michael Brown, University of Alberta University of Alberta engineering researchers have characterized the potentially hazardous particles in cannabis smoke and have raised awareness about their potential health effects. “It’s not out of line to say there’s potential health risk in marijuana smoke, and there’s not nearly enough research,” said Robert Nishida, a U of...