Marijuana has many types of health benefits. Being America’s largest cash crop, marijuana, or weed, is nationally recognized as one of the most famous recreational drugs around. With its recent increase in popularity due to certain legalization laws and efforts to spread the word about all the good it brings to society. In the midst of all this, scientists have discovered that maybe there are some hazardous effects to this that people might not realize. Amongst other health issues that come with smoking weed, frequent and or long-term marijuana use may significantly increase a man's risk of developing the most aggressive type of testicular cancer.
Testicular cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in men aged between 20 and 45 years. The …show more content…
In a population-based, case-control study, researchers interviewed 400 Seattle (in Washington State) men aged 18 to 40 years who were diagnosed with TC from January 2000 through January 2006 and asked them about their history of with marijuana. Their responses were then compared to the responses of 900 other age-matched healthy men who lived in the same area. These men were also asked about their other lifestyle habits such as smoking and alcohol use. These results then indicated that even after ruling out the effect of these other lifestyle choices, (and other risk factors such as family history of testicular cancer and undescended testes) use of marijuana was significantly linked to a higher risk of testicular cancer. However, this does not necessarily mean the results are definitive, the link is just a link, and does not prove cause. Dr. Stephen M Schwartz, an epidemiologist and member of the Public Health Sciences Division at the, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, stated in for the press: "Our study is not the first to suggest that some aspect of a man's lifestyle or environment is a risk factor for testicular cancer, but it is the first that has looked at marijuana use." Known risk factors for testicular cancer include genetics, undescended testes, and problems with testicular development. There is also a widely held theory that the disease starts in …show more content…
Could this be true? Living with testicular cancer, although it isn’t the most severe form of cancer, its no walk in the park either. Most people find it very difficult to cope with the idea of having cancer both physically and emotionally. Along with the fear and anxiety that a diagnosis of cancer brings, comes many other problems people have to consider. For example, children, finances, chemotherapy, and surgeries regarding the treatment. Good news is, for men whose cancer has spread to the lymph nodes in the back of the abdomen, the survival rate is about 96% but it usually depends on the size of the lymph nodes with cancer. For men with cancer that has spread to distant areas outside the testicles, the survival rate is 74%. Down side of that is, according to the cancer research organization of the UK, the surgery having those lymph nodes at the back of the abdomen removed causes nerve damage, which leads to something known as “retrograde ejaculation”. Unfortunately, this means you ejaculate backwards. Consider that next time you want to toke
Testicular cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in men aged between 20 and 45 years. The …show more content…
In a population-based, case-control study, researchers interviewed 400 Seattle (in Washington State) men aged 18 to 40 years who were diagnosed with TC from January 2000 through January 2006 and asked them about their history of with marijuana. Their responses were then compared to the responses of 900 other age-matched healthy men who lived in the same area. These men were also asked about their other lifestyle habits such as smoking and alcohol use. These results then indicated that even after ruling out the effect of these other lifestyle choices, (and other risk factors such as family history of testicular cancer and undescended testes) use of marijuana was significantly linked to a higher risk of testicular cancer. However, this does not necessarily mean the results are definitive, the link is just a link, and does not prove cause. Dr. Stephen M Schwartz, an epidemiologist and member of the Public Health Sciences Division at the, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, stated in for the press: "Our study is not the first to suggest that some aspect of a man's lifestyle or environment is a risk factor for testicular cancer, but it is the first that has looked at marijuana use." Known risk factors for testicular cancer include genetics, undescended testes, and problems with testicular development. There is also a widely held theory that the disease starts in …show more content…
Could this be true? Living with testicular cancer, although it isn’t the most severe form of cancer, its no walk in the park either. Most people find it very difficult to cope with the idea of having cancer both physically and emotionally. Along with the fear and anxiety that a diagnosis of cancer brings, comes many other problems people have to consider. For example, children, finances, chemotherapy, and surgeries regarding the treatment. Good news is, for men whose cancer has spread to the lymph nodes in the back of the abdomen, the survival rate is about 96% but it usually depends on the size of the lymph nodes with cancer. For men with cancer that has spread to distant areas outside the testicles, the survival rate is 74%. Down side of that is, according to the cancer research organization of the UK, the surgery having those lymph nodes at the back of the abdomen removed causes nerve damage, which leads to something known as “retrograde ejaculation”. Unfortunately, this means you ejaculate backwards. Consider that next time you want to toke