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Heavy marijuana use can boost blood levels of a particular protein, perhaps raising a person’s risk of a heart attack or stroke, US government researchers said.
Dr Jean Lud Cadet of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health, said the findings point to another example of long-term harm from marijuana. [...]

Women diagnosed with breast cancer take, on average, 32 weeks off work for treatment and recovery. As a result, they take a huge financial hit, with their pretax salary plummeting by an average 27 per cent, despite private and public insurance schemes, according to new research.
%26#34;These findings point to wage losses [...]