a new study published in PLOS One indicates that using cannabis may improve a person’s chances.
Researchers from the University of Colorado compared the hospital records of over 3,800 heart-attack patients with a history of cannabis use to over 1.2 million who didn’t. Those who acknowledged to having used marijuana in the past or tested positive for cannabis during hospitalization were found less likely to die during hospitalization. Additionally, cannabis use was found to not be associated with adverse short-term health outcomes.
“Marijuana-using patients were significantly less likely to die, experience shock, or require an IABP (intra-aortic balloon pump) post AMI (acute myocardial infarction) than patients with no reported marijuana use”, concluded the study.
Remember this study above when reading the article on the position of the Canadian Medical Association to phase out the medical use framework. Write or call your Member of Parliament to voice your opinion that the medical use framework is needed and voice that to your medical team as well because the CMA is their lobbying group. For those interested in this study, titled Marijuana use and short-term outcomes in patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction, please click here.
PDF studies for download and Video Link:
Cannabinoids in models of chronic inflammatory conditions
Update of Cannabis and its medical use
From 2009: Cannabinoids▲9 -Tetrahydrocannabinol and Cannabidiol Differentially Inhibit the Lipopolysaccharide-activated NF-B and Interferon-/STAT Proinflammatory Pathways in BV-2 Microglial Cells*
VIDEO: Visualization of the endocannabinoid signaling system.
(Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids)
NOTICE TO READER: There is no medical advice inferred in the above nor is a medical opinion on the above being asked. Rather, it is discussion of a hypothesis - from a holistic approach, we moved to a diet that appears to contribute to factors that allow for the onset of chronic inflammation and we did so not long after we removed a plant that has been used for thousands of years in food and medicines - a plant that has strong anti-inflammatory properties. Remember, all content in CannaInvestor Magazine is for awareness, education, and discussion purposes only and is not intended as medical, legal, investment, financial, or tax advice of any kind.