Although veterans, men and women, have similar disorders and disease as non-veterans but some of them can be directly tied to your military service. The physical ailments related to our service are eventually identified as we grow older. The impact of our service on our mental health is not as likely to be shared or to seek help.

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These are recent articles found in the media and the medical science litureture

                                                                                    

Using Marijuana may lead to Heart Disease 

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I know that many veterans are using Marijuana and this report below holds a warning for using this legal drug.

 

“Using marijuana as little as once per month is associated with a higher risk of both heart attack and stroke, according to a large study published Wednesday by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital. The risks rose sharply the more frequently marijuana was used. 

Scientists analyzed data on nearly 435,000 patients, ages 18 to 74, to see whether there was a link between marijuana use and a higher risk of heart disease, stroke or heart attack.

Compared with people who had never used marijuana, daily cannabis users had 25% higher likelihood of heart attacks and 42% higher risk of strokes. People who used marijuana just once a week had a 3% increased likelihood of a heart attacks and 5% higher risk of strokes during the study time frame.”

AKSHAY SYAL, M.D. NBC

 

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.123.030178#d1e3229

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