SAN FRANCISCO — “So let me know if you’ve ever seen a patient like this: 70-year-old guy, metastatic lung cancer, who’s using oxycodone. He’s using long-acting morphine for breathlessness and bone pain. He’s going to be starting chemo and immunotherapy soon. And, usually right as you’re walking out the door, he says, ‘Doc, should I…
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Minnesota health officials are adding Alzheimer’s disease as a qualifying condition to get medical marijuana. The state Health Department announced Monday that the new condition would take effect in August 2019. Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm says there is “some evidence” that marijuana improves the mood, sleep and behavior of people with Alzheimer’s. “Any policy decisions…
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Dr. Locketz of Timewise Medical is now a Certified Life Care Planner in a field in which less than 1% of Life Care Planners are qualified Physicians. Dr. Locketz’s mission is to be the highest quality provider of damages valuation services in this industry. As a practicing MD who specializes in Physical Medicine &…
Read More »Hashibe M1, Morgenstern H, Cui Y, Tashkin DP, Zhang ZF, Cozen W, Mack TM, Greenland S. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2006 Oct;15(10):1829-34. Abstract BACKGROUND: Despite several lines of evidence suggesting the biological plausibility of marijuana being carcinogenic, epidemiologic findings are inconsistent. We conducted a population-based case-control study of the association between marijuana use and the risk of lung and upper aerodigestive tract cancers in Los…
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