Cannabis Use Linked to Fewer Complications After Retinal Detachment Surgery

Cannabis Use Linked to Fewer Complications After Retinal Detachment Surgery

(MedPage Today) -- For patients who had undergone retinal detachment repair, use of cannabis was associated with reduced risks of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) and subsequent complex repair, a retrospective cohort study suggested. In a...

Regular cannabis use can cause a serious vomiting syndrome. Should people be warned?

Researchers say the health-care system needs to be more aware of cannabis hyperemesis syndrome, a condition characterized by cyclic vomiting episodes in long-term, frequent cannabis users. A class action lawsuit was recently brought against a Canadian company, citing its alleged negligence in warning consumers about CHS risk.

Study: Cannabis Use Associated With Lower Risk of Vision-Threatening Complication After Retinal Detachment Surgery

The Marijuana Herald - Marijuana news and information A new study in JAMA Ophthalmology found that people who used cannabis were less likely to develop proliferative vitreoretinopathy, a serious complication that can cause retinal detachment surgeries to fail. Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, and the Palo Alto Medical Foundation conducted a large retrospective cohort study using electronic heal…