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Marijuana Use & Over Active Bladder (video)
Researchers had theorized that regular cannabis use may help with overactive bladder. As AJM Editor-in-Chief Joseph S. Alpert, MD explains in this video a...
Marijuana’s Effects on Brain Structure and Function: What Do We Know and What Should...
The present epidemic of opioid addiction and the enthusiasm about marijuana use by advocates of its legalization may have diverted attention from its reported...
Recent Cannabis Research in AJM (video)
Several years ago, American Journal of Medicine Editor-in-Chief Dr. Joseph S. Alpert proposed more research into the use of cannabis. As more states have...
Trends of Cannabis Use Disorder Among Inpatients (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnCsZ75V2hM
As states legalize medical and recreational use of marijuana, hospitals are seeing an increase in inpatients who are marijuana users. The most common co-morbidities...
Heavy Cannabis Use Is Associated With Low Bone Mineral Density and an Increased Risk...
To investigate possible associations between recreational cannabis use and bone health in humans.
Methods
Cross-sectional study of individuals recruited from primary care in the UK between...
Does #Marijuana Make You Skinny?
Google "Does Marijuana make you skinny?" and you'll find a plethora of news articles like this one in The Atlantic:
Study: Why Pot Smokers Are...
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