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More older Americans are using cannabis

Cannabis Use Up in Americans Aged 50 and Up

Americans 65-plus more than doubled their use of cannabis over eight years
According to the results of several trials presented at the annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society

Cannabidiol May Help Treat Intractable Epilepsy

CBD lowers seizure frequency, severity in some patients with Dravet, Lennox-Gastaut syndromes
Older breast cancer survivors taking letrozole for more than the recommended five years may not live longer; however

SABCS: No Survival Benefit Seen for Letrozole Beyond Five Years

Study found women who continued with letrozole did experience other benefits, however
For women with diabetes who are using hormonal contraception

Low Thromboembolism Risk for Contraceptive Use in Diabetes

Among women with diabetes, lowest rates seen with use of intrauterine and subdermal contraceptives
For veterans with dementia

Potentially Unsafe Med Scripts Up for Dual Users With Dementia

Rates of PUM are higher among veterans with dementia using VA-Medicare Part D system
Breast cancer survivors who undergo multimodal treatment have higher cytokines and comorbidities than controls without cancer

Multimodal Breast Cancer Tx May Up Cytokines, Comorbidities

Breast cancer survivors treated with multimodalities have greater burden of comorbid conditions
A proposed biosimilar is comparable to trastuzumab for women with ERBB2-positive metastatic breast cancer

Biosimilar Promising for ERBB2+ Breast Cancer Treatment

Equivalent response rate for women with ERBB2-positive metastatic breast cancer receiving taxanes
Training providers to use announcements can increase human papillomavirus vaccination coverage in young adolescents

Announcement Training Ups HPV Vaccination for Adolescents

Training providers in announcements can increase HPV vaccination coverage for girls and boys
High-dose crizanlizumab treatment is associated with a significantly lower rate of sickle cell-related pain crises than placebo

ASH: Lower Rate of Sickle Cell Pain Crises With Crizanlizumab

Lower rate of crises per year; longer median time to first, second crises with high-dose therapy
The use of thromboprophylaxis seems not to prevent venous thromboembolism after knee arthroplasty or casting of the lower leg

Thromboprophylaxis Not Effective After Knee Arthroplasty, Casting

Does not prevent venous thromboembolism after knee arthroplasty, casting of lower leg