September 17, 2024 by Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Changes* in Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) Over Three Months of Medical Marijuana Use (N = 399). * Paired-samples t-tests, all scales significant at <.001. HRQoL measured by the Short Form-36. Credit: Journal of Cannabis Research (2024). DOI: 10.1186/s42238-024-00245-9A study of hundreds of people using medical...
JULY 23, 2024 by Ernie Mundell There’s a slight but significant rise in dangerous obstetric complications for pregnant women who use marijuana, new research shows. Data from almost 317,000 pregnancies in women in California found those who used the drug had higher odds for gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, weight gain that goes beyond recommended levels and...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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....
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....
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....
