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posted by martyb on Wednesday November 16 2016, @05:25PM   Printer-friendly
from the tell-tale-heart dept.

http://www.medicaldaily.com/marijuana-use-linked-rare-sudden-weakening-heart-muscles-broken-heart-syndrome-404324

Marijuana use may increase the chances of developing an often temporary but still frightening heart condition, suggests new preliminary research presented this week at the annual American Heart Association Meeting.

Researchers analyzed records from the country's largest database on hospital stays, called the National Inpatient Sample (NIS). They looked at over 33,000 people hospitalized with stress cardiomyopathy, better known as "broken heart syndrome," from 2003 to 2011. When they focused on the 210 patients who reported using marijuana soon before they experienced its telltale symptoms, which closely resemble a heart attack, they found noticeable differences between them and the typical sufferer. Not only were these patients often younger men instead of older women, but they had fewer known risk factors for the condition, like high blood pressure or type 2 diabetes. They were also slightly more likely to go into cardiac arrest and require an implanted defibrillator to prevent later cardiac events (2.4 percent vs 0.6 percent).

These differences could indicate that marijuana alone can increase the risk of stress cardiomyopathy, the researchers concluded. After accounting for other known factors, they estimated that users were nearly twice as likely to develop it than non-users.


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  • (Score: 4, Touché) by kurenai.tsubasa on Wednesday November 16 2016, @08:41PM

    by kurenai.tsubasa (5227) on Wednesday November 16 2016, @08:41PM (#427757) Journal

    Wat?

    Um, we do forbid people from smoking cannabis in public parks. Or at least that's how it is in Colorado. I routinely smoke cigarettes in public all over the place, but I do feel guilty about exposing others to the smoke so I try to take care. I'm certain I'd be arrested on the spot (or fined in Colorado) if I were smoking a joint in public.

    And where is smoking tobacco in your own house banned? Well, I mean, my house aside, but that's my rule (cannabis and tobacco—they're both pretty stinky), not the government's. I'm also pretty certain that cannabis users can be arrested for lighting up in their own homes in states where it's not legal yet.

    Well, let me ask this. How may I travel to your parallel universe where cannabis smoking is universally accepted? My parallel universe sucks.

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