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medical ptsd :: Article Creator FDA Greenlights Study Of Marijuana As PTSD-treatment For Vets A federally approved clinical trial study will look at how cannabis use impacts post-traumatic stress disorder — and it's focused specifically on the veteran community. The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, MAPS, announced this month that it got through the final hurdles with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to get approval for a clinical study to look at veterans' "real-world" cannabis use. The randomized, placebo-controlled study run will include 320 veterans who suffer from moderate to severe PTSD and have previously used cannabis to better understand the potential benefits and risks for treatment.  MAPS officials said the approval is a step forward towards normalizing studies on the drug, which already has widespread use medically and recreationally, despite varying laws across the states. Cannabis rem...

overcoming chronic depression :: Article Creator How To Overcome Job-Search Depression If you are constantly worrying about the future, feeling fatigued, becoming socially withdrawn, ... [+] getting easily irritated, losing interest in everything and ruminating over negative thoughts, it may be time to talk with someone. getty Job hunting is hard, even during the best of times. In a tough market, it makes matters worse, and the pressure intensifies if you are in between roles. When you have been let go and haven't secured a new job after some time, it's natural that you'll start feeling anxious, afraid and depressed. The constant rejection and roller coaster ride of ups and downs wreak havoc on your mental health and emotional well-being. Countless days of scouring job boards, submitting résumés and not hearing back can make you feel drained, discouraged and despondent. Job-search depression sets in and, if left unattended...

pathogenesis of ischemic heart disease :: Article Creator The Factors Behind The Shifting Trends Of Ischemic Heart Disease And Stroke Incidence of stroke and ischemic heart disease are declining around the world, except for in a handful of regions, according to research in the open access journal PLOS Global Public Health. Wanghong Xu of Fudan University and colleagues find that in East and West Sub-Saharan Africa, East and Central Asia and Oceania, ischemic heart disease is increasing, which may be attributed to eight factors that include diet, high BMI, household air pollution and more. Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, and ischemic heart disease and stroke accounted for 16% and 11% of total deaths in 2019 respectively. Over time both have decreased in incidence, but the distribution of this decline varies and in some regions there is an upward trend. The team analyzed global data from 1990-2019 for inc...

aorta coronary bypass :: Article Creator Professor Recovering From 'dissection Of The Aorta' After Heart Surgery Philosophy Professor Daniel Dennett was rushed to the hospital from the Medford campus n an ambulance in late October. On Nov. 3, he posted an entry in his online blog describing his condition. Upon arriving at the hospital, Dennett underwent a CT scan which found he had "a dissection of the aorta," he wrote on the blog. "The lining of the main output vessel carrying blood from my heart had been torn up, creating a two-channel pipe where there should only be one." Dennett had a coronary artery bypass graft seven years ago, which, he wrote, may have saved his life. Surgeons operated on Dennett's heart for nine hours. During this time, "my heart was stopped entirely, and my body and brain were chilled down to about 45 degrees to prevent brain damage from lack of oxygen until they could get the hear...

peripheral artery disease angioplasty :: Article Creator Angioplasty And Stent Placement Content Peripheral artery angioplasty is a procedure to treat peripheral arterial disease of the legs. The procedure widens narrowed arteries in the pelvis or legs. It can help blood flow better. This may decrease leg pain or help wounds heal better. Your arteries can get narrowed by a substance called plaque. Plaque is a buildup of fats in your arteries. You will be awake for the procedure. You will get medicine to prevent pain and help you relax. First, your doctor will do a test to find narrowed arteries. He or she will put a tiny tube into an artery in your groin or leg. This tube is called a catheter. The doctor moves the catheter through the artery and puts a dye into it. The dye makes your arteries show up on X-ray pictures. This lets the doctor see any narrowed parts of the arteries. If your doctor finds a narrowed artery, he or she may do an a...

pediatric cardiologist near me :: Article Creator Division Of Pediatric Cardiology As a joint cooperative of Children's of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, we are leaders in comprehensive pediatric and adult congenital cardiac care for the people of Alabama and Southeast United States. Patient Care The novel design of facilities involving both Children's of Alabama and University of Alabama at Birmingham embodies a visionary concept which allows the patient (whether still in the womb, a newborn, a teenager or an adult) to receive care in an environment best suited for his/her health needs. The Joseph S. Bruno Heart Center located in the Benjamin Russell hospital for Children physically links the newly constructed pediatric cardiac center with the newborn suites of the Women and Infants Center and then to the adult congenital heart surgery facilities at UAB. This provides a continuum of care for patients with congen...

left main coronary :: Article Creator Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular disease is a group of conditions that affect your heart and blood vessels. It's sometimes also called heart disease. Conditions that affect your heart and blood vessels can include problems you're born with, heart valves that don't work they way they should, and irregular heart rhythms. But when most doctors talk about cardiovascular disease, they are talking about conditions in these four main categories: Coronary artery disease (CAD) or coronary heart disease (CHD). This is when you have a blockage or narrowing in your coronary arteries, which deliver oxygen-rich blood to your heart. This blockage or narrowing is usually due to cholesterol plaques that build up in your arteries and limit the amount of blood that can get to your heart muscle. CAD is the most common type of heart disease; about 33%-50% of people with cardiovascular disease have CAD. The bloc...