Cannabis

Chronic musculoskeletal pain can present to orthopedic surgeons frequently and is often managed nonsurgically prior to consideration of surgery.

Prenatal cannabis exposure may increase risk for psychopathology during middle childhood, according to results of a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

An international task force of 20 health care professionals developed protocols for using medical cannabis to treat neuropathic, inflammatory, nociplastic and mixed pain.

Cannabis has been long misunderstood as a dangerous narcotic by federal regulators and has medicinal value for patients with chronic kidney disease, a speaker at the American Nephrology Nurses Association’s National Symposium said.

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People with depression were at increased risk for cannabis use, according to results of a repeated cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network Open.

While recreational use of medical cannabis is on the rise among patients with rheumatologic diseases, quality studies demonstrating its risks and benefits are lacking, according to a presenter at the 2020 Association of Women in Rheumatology National Conference.

Children whose mothers used cannabis during pregnancy are at a higher risk for autism compared with children whose mothers did not, according to a study published in Nature Medicine.

Receiving medical marijuana appeared associated with reduced hospital admission rates among patients with sickle cell disease, according to results of a retrospective study published in Blood Advances.

Cannabidiol appeared safe and more effective than placebo at lowering cannabis use, according to results of a randomized clinical trial published in The Lancet Psychiatry.