That’s triggered a concern among health professionals about the use of marijuana by pregnant women. Along with the broader availability of marijuana comes the perception that it is a harmless substance, health professionals say.
Category: Nausea
Feeling Queasy? Help is Easy
… gastrointestinal symptoms for several days to a week,” Dion Richetti, medical director of Chicago’s AIDS Alternative Health Project, says. And then there’s the “evil weed.” Dr. Donald Abrams, assistant director of the AIDS Clinic at San Francisco …
Could Marijuana Be the Next Miracle Drug for Treating Cancer?
There’s insufficient to no evidence that marijuana is an effective treatment for cancer. That’s what the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine said in a comprehensive report on the health effects of marijuana in January.
Medical journal no longer recommends popular morning sickness pill
… is used in half of Canadian pregnancies that result in live births. It is the only prescription drug authorized by Health Canada to treat nausea and vomiting in pregnant women. Diclectin is recommended by the Society of Obstetricians and …
More pregnant women use marijuana for morning sickness, study finds. That’s not good.
… study published Monday analyzed data from women ages 18 through 44 from the annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health from 2002 through 2014. Researchers assessed data from 200,510 women of reproductive age, including 10,587 pregnant women. …