Cannabis

Maternal cannabis use was associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, including small for gestational age, preterm birth, stillbirth and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, linked to placental function, researchers reported in JAMA.

This year’s asthma research covered a broad variety of topics, such as the effect of the family dog’s fur on long-term outcomes, asthma care in prison, fast food restaurants and the Canadian wildfires.

A recent study showed that prenatal cannabis exposure was linked to adverse birth outcomes, including low birth weight, small for gestational age, preterm birth and NICU admission.

More than 60% of 12th graders who responded to a yearly survey of junior high and high school students reported not using alcohol, cannabis or nicotine in the past 30 days — the highest level of abstention in the survey’s history.

ORLANDO — Adults with epilepsy who were given medical cannabis recorded a significant decrease in weekly seizure frequency, according to a poster from the American Epilepsy Society annual meeting.

In utero cannabis exposure was linked to increased risks for low birth weight, small for gestational age, preterm birth and NICU admission, researchers reported in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

A study presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions showed that CaRi-Heart, an AI-based technology, predicted cardiac events by detecting coronary inflammation invisible to the human eye.

Infants who were exposed to cannabis in utero have increased risks for being born prematurely, having a low birth weight and requiring NICU care compared with nonexposed infants, researchers reported in Addiction.

Patients who use cannabis and experience acute asthma attacks had greater risks for mortality and mechanical ventilation, researchers reported.

Adults with cannabis use disorder, or CUD, had a significantly higher risk for adverse CVD events compared with those without the disorder, a study published in Addiction found.