Medical Marijuana Legalized in Pennsylvania. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HARRISBURG â Pennsylvania is now the 24th state in the country to offer medical marijuana. Governor Wolf signed the bill into law Sunday afternoon at a ceremony in the Capitol rotunda surrounded by advocates and lawmakers.
Many people wonder whether thereâs a chance that they could get Alzheimerâs disease from chemotherapy. There is no evidence of this happening in any direct sense. Chemotherapy does not appear to cause the same biochemical changes in the brain that are found in Alzheimerâs disease.
As a patient about to undergo drug treatment for cancer, you are aware that chemotherapy may caused side effects. Fortunately, for the majority of patients, most of these side effects can be controlled and tolerated.One of the most serious potential side effects of chemotherapy is neutropenia (a low white blood cell count). As the chemotherapy destroys your cancer cells, it may also destroy your white blood cells.Neutropenia itself is not normally a danger to you. Over time, your body will replenish these destroyed white blood cells through regeneration of new cells in your bone marrow.s the chemotherapy destroys your cancer cells, it may also destroy your white blood cells. Neutropenia itself is not normally a danger to you. Over time, your body will replenish these destroyed white blood cells through regeneration of new cells in your bone marrow.