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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Even as more states begin to legalize marijuana for medicinal and recreational use and more marijuana products become available for consumption, marijuana’s cardiovascular effects are not well understood. In a review article published in the Journal …

McLean Hospital Study Finds Marijuana Use Impacts Driving Even When Sober Credit: McLean Hospital A study by McLean Hospital’s Mary Kathryn Dahlgren, Ph.D., Staci Gruber, Ph.D., and their team from McLean’s Cognitive and Clinical Neuroimaging Core and the Marijuana Investigations …

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers in Minnesota and Iowa have found greater risks of social and emotional problems in infants whose mothers consumed marijuana during pregnancy. Using results of a developmental screening tool for 1-year-olds, the researchers found that 9.1% …

Sachin Patel, M.D., Ph.D., the paper’s corresponding author and director of the Division of General Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center A molecule produced by the brain that activates the same receptors as marijuana is …

Legalizing medical marijuana appears to encourage people to have more sex, according to a recent study. “We find that [medical marijuana laws] cause an increase in sexual activity,” researchers from the University of Connecticut and Georgia State University concluded. That’s …

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Credit: Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University The number of products advertised as containing CBD, a compound derived from cannabis plants, has skyrocketed. Consumers can purchase CBD-infused burgers, coffee, beer, and toothpaste, as well as creams and oils marketed as treatments for pain, …

Endometriosis is a chronic, inflammatory condition where tissue similar to the lining of the uterus is found outside of the womb. It affects around one in ten women of reproductive age, causing pain, infertility and gastrointestinal symptoms. Women often report …

Prue Talbot (standing) is seen here with her graduate student My Hua. Credit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside A team of researchers at the University of California, Riverside, used automated computer methods to mine a large online discussion forum for electronic …

Nicotine, alternate molecular skeletal 2D rendering showing the 3D conformation of its ring at lowest energy in actual space. Credit: Public Domain JUUL delivers substantially more nicotine to the blood per puff than cigarettes or previous-generation e-cigarettes (e-cigs) and impairs …