Credit: CC0 Public Domain Young adults dependent on marijuana and alcohol are less likely to achieve adult life goals, according to new research by UConn Health scientists presented November 5 at the American Public Health Association 2017 Annual Meeting & …
Read More »Tag Archives: medicalxpress.com
Team finds marijuana use associated with cognitive dysfunction in people with HIV
Marijuana use is associated with cognitive dysfunction in people with HIV infection who have an alcohol or other drug use disorder, according to a new study from researchers at Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH), Boston University School of …
Read More »Medical marijuana legal in Poland but still rare
The little boy shakes his hands violently to and fro, but the involuntary motion eases within minutes after his mother puts the syrupy, honey-brown oil into his mouth: medicinal marijuana. Krzysztof is a playful, smiling five-year-old Polish boy with Down’s …
Read More »Opioid epidemic shares chilling similarities with the past
In this 1989 file photo, a razor blade is used to divide the contents of a five-dollar vile of crack, a smokable, purified form of cocaine, at a crack house in the South Bronx section of New York. In the …
Read More »Regular marijuana use linked to more sex
Stanford researchers analyzed data and found a positive association between frequency of marijuana use and frequency of sexual intercourse. Credit: Mitch M/Shutterstock The jury’s still out on rock ‘n’ roll. But the link between sex and at least one drug, …
Read More »Drug company founder indicted in US-wide opioid conspiracy
U.S. prosecutors brought a fraud and racketeering case Thursday against the founder of an opioid medication maker that has faced increasing scrutiny from authorities across the country over allegations of pushing prescriptions of powerful painkillers amid a drug epidemic that …
Read More »A quarter of problematic pot users have anxiety disorders, many since childhood
Lead author Sherika Hill, Ph.D., is an adjunct faculty associate at the Duke University School of Medicine. Credit: Duke Health About a quarter of adults whose marijuana use is problematic in early adulthood have anxiety disorders in childhood and late …
Read More »Resident physicians feel unprepared to counsel patients on medical cannabis
A recent study from Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, highlights the need for further education among resident physicians in the use of medical cannabis. It found 38% of resident physicians thought medical marijuana was a prescribed …
Read More »Women need health and dental care to stay out of prison
Health and social goals identified by women in Alouette Correctional Centre for Women. Author provided “What I have done is not who I am. Most of us are emotionally and physically wounded. It’s not easy getting out and starting over. …
Read More »Can adults develop ADHD? New research says probably not
Credit: Florida International University Adults likely do not develop ADHD, according to new research by FIU clinical psychologist Margaret Sibley. More than 80 percent of people diagnosed with adult-onset ADHD probably don’t have ADHD at all. Those who actually have …
Read More »