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National Geographic has published an in-depth investigation into cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome as part of its special series The New Cannabis, warning that emergency room visits linked to the condition doubled between 2017…
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Emergency physicians and gastroenterologists across the United States and Canada are reporting a significant increase in a little-known disorder tied to prolonged cannabis use, one that is catching both patients and many…
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A sharp exchange of perspectives published in STAT News on July 19, 2025 captures the growing tension within medicine over cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, not about whether it exists, but about whether it…
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Jill Fuller thought she was making a healthier choice. Instead, the decision cost her three months of her life, a hospital stay, and a recovery so brutal that even broccoli made her…
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As marijuana legalization reshapes the landscape of cannabis access across the United States, physicians are warning that the products reaching consumers today bear little resemblance to what the drug was a generation…
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As cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome becomes more widely known, a Harvard Medical School physician is raising an urgent counterpoint: the growing awareness of CHS may itself be creating a new diagnostic hazard, one…
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A 2025 case report shows how cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome can resemble postoperative nausea and why a clear cannabis-use history matters.
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One of the first large-scale studies to quantify the real-world burden of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome has found that the condition drives the vast majority of sufferers into emergency rooms, and nearly half…
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Cannabis is widely associated with relaxation, relief, and a sense of well-being, but for a subset of long-term heavy users, it can trigger a cycle of vomiting so severe that it lands…
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For Shaylin Schlosser, the night everything changed started like any other, until she jolted awake in the early hours, her body convulsing in uncontrollable waves of vomiting and her abdomen locked in…
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