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Cannabis Users Are Less Likely to Develop Liver Cancer, Study Suggests
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Regular cannabis users are far less likely to be diagnosed with liver cancer than those who don't toke, researchers have discovered.
A team of researchers from several US universities and hospitals recently collaborated on a new study that explores the correlations between cannabis use and liver cancer. The researchers focused on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in the entire world. Previous studies have identified a correlation between cannabis and HCC in mice, but this connection has yet to be studied in humans until now.
Researchers used the National Inpatient Sample (NIS), a federally-funded database, to collect data on 101,231,036 patients who were admitted to US hospitals between 2002 and 2014. Out of the total pool of subjects, the study authors identified 996,290 patients who had been diagnosed with cannabis use disorder. The researchers…
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Regular cannabis users are far less likely to be diagnosed with liver cancer than those who don't toke, researchers have discovered.
A team of researchers from several US universities and hospitals recently collaborated on a new study that explores the correlations between cannabis use and liver cancer. The researchers focused on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in the entire world. Previous studies have identified a correlation between cannabis and HCC in mice, but this connection has yet to be studied in humans until now.
Researchers used the National Inpatient Sample (NIS), a federally-funded database, to collect data on 101,231,036 patients who were admitted to US hospitals between 2002 and 2014. Out of the total pool of subjects, the study authors identified 996,290 patients who had been diagnosed with cannabis use disorder. The researchers…
