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Having Orthopedic Surgery? Cannabis Will Help
Marijuana users less likely to die in 4 out of 5 of medical procedures.
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By: <a class="author url fn" href="https://thefreshtoast.com/author/treyreckling/" title="Posts by Trey Reckling">Trey Reckling</a>
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<time class="entry__date" datetime="2018-04-20T00:00:14+00:00">Apr 19, 2018</time>
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Although Alabama may be years away from having legal marijuana, it is not stopping its researchers from delivering good news about the herb. Scientists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have just published a study showing that cannabis use was associated with decreased risk of death during medical procedures.
It is not something we are used to hearing. Cannabis users are less likely to die as a result of surgery. Really? Yes. In this case, it was an enormous body of data that was studied to come to this conclusion. The hospital records of over 9.5 million patients were evaluated. All patients who had received one of five orthopedic procedures over a four year period were identified as a sample. Over 26,000 of these patients were also identified as having cannabis use disorder. They became the subgroup and health outcomes were compared between the two groups......
https://thefreshtoast.com/rx/having-orth...tudy-says/
Having Orthopedic Surgery? Cannabis Will Help
Marijuana users less likely to die in 4 out of 5 of medical procedures.
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By: <a class="author url fn" href="https://thefreshtoast.com/author/treyreckling/" title="Posts by Trey Reckling">Trey Reckling</a>
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Although Alabama may be years away from having legal marijuana, it is not stopping its researchers from delivering good news about the herb. Scientists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have just published a study showing that cannabis use was associated with decreased risk of death during medical procedures.
It is not something we are used to hearing. Cannabis users are less likely to die as a result of surgery. Really? Yes. In this case, it was an enormous body of data that was studied to come to this conclusion. The hospital records of over 9.5 million patients were evaluated. All patients who had received one of five orthopedic procedures over a four year period were identified as a sample. Over 26,000 of these patients were also identified as having cannabis use disorder. They became the subgroup and health outcomes were compared between the two groups......
https://thefreshtoast.com/rx/having-orth...tudy-says/