Boston University School of Medicine

A new study shows marijuana legalization may be sending more people to the hospital with heart problems.

This study, led by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine, has found that hospital admissions for several serious heart conditions climbed quickly after legalization.

For each year of sales, admission rates were almost 4% higher for heart failure and 3% higher for heart attacks.

The study does not prove cause and effect, but researchers say their findings point to potential adverse effects of recreational drug use on health.

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A new study shows marijuana legalization may be sending more people to the hospital with heart problems.

This study, led by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine, has found that hospital admissions for several serious heart conditions climbed quickly after legalization.

For each year of sales, admission rates were almost 4% higher for heart failure and 3% higher for heart attacks.

And by the way, I went to medical school.

I went to Boston University Medical School.

I ended up doing a PhD in biochemistry, but I went to medical school.

But the point is... you know, they kind of screen a lot of these doctors.

Well, Alzheimer's is one of the hardest things to study.

I've eaten lunch with several different Nobel Prize winners.

When I was at Boston University Medical School, I used to be the president of a nonprofit.

It was called the International Medical Research Collaborative.

A new study says marijuana legalization may be sending more people to the hospital with heart problems.

Researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine found that hospital admissions for several serious heart conditions climbed quickly after legalization.

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The DC Studios film made $3.5 million in Thursday previews and is expected to take in as much as $35 million in its first weekend in theaters.

You know, usually I see him every day.

Officials at Boston University Medical School say Markov has been suspended from the school.

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And, uh, and just beginning medical school.

She went to Boston University Medical School.

And we were talking about what we're a fan of, you know? And I, I...

You know, she knows, of course, I'm a huge fan of the Grateful Dead, I'm a huge fan of the Apollo Lunar program, I'm a fan of dancing, s- of swing dance.

His new book, Food Sense: What to Eat and Why, will be available to purchase after the program.

Dr. Russell Jaffe received his, um, bachelor's, MD, and PhD from Boston University School of Medicine.

He completed residency training in clinical chemistry at the National Institutes of Health, remaining on the permanent senior staff until nineteen seventy-nine.

He is board certified in clinical pathology and in chemical pathology.

Julia DiGangi, on today.

Dr. Julia DiGangi is a neuropsychologist who completed her clinical training at the Consortium of Harvard Medical School, Boston University School of Medicine, and the US Department of Veterans Affairs.

She has nearly two decades of experience studying the connection between our brains and our behavior.

Dr. DiGangi has worked with leaders at the W- White House Press Office, global companies, international NGOs, and US Special Forces.

And so, uh, you know, I've been doing this for 35 years or so, and through the different kind of, uh, eras of my interests and research, there's been a lot of wonderful serendipity of following my passions and, uh, having wonderful mentors and collaborators, um, and students and trainees.

And several years ago, 21 years ago, I was recruited to the BU School of Medicine and the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center there.

I left Brown Medical School, where I had been for 10 years or so, where I had already been doing research on various types of neurodegenerative diseases and other conditions that result in cognitive memory and what we call neuropsychiatric changes.

And so when I was also doing research on Alzheimer's disease, uh, I was delighted to be able to be recruited to BU and to be one of the leaders of the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center.