Positive Marijuana Research Database
Body mass index (BMI) is simply a ratio of your height to weight, and is of assistance to health professionals in categorizing a person according to body type, which in turn is helpful in determining certain cardiometabolic risk factors. This lets you know if you’re on a path toward developing certain health issues such as […]
According to this article published by the National Institutes of Health, anti-psychotic medications may cause metabolic changes in some individuals, such as Alzheimer’s patients and schizophrenia patients. Since it is known that cannabis (marijuana) use is associated with reduced incidence of obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors, this study set out to determine what effects cannabis […]
Compared with individuals who have never used cannabis (marijuana), studies show that users have lower rates of diabetes and obesity. In this study, data was gathered from 4,657 adults from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2005 to 2010. The goal was to investigate the relationship between marijuana use and fasting insulin, glucose, […]