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 This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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.
Symptoms may first appear with the stress related to diagnosis and treatment and then become worse after chemotherapy. Medications used to treat the side effects of chemotherapy (such as sleeping aids and anti-nausea medications) can also cause these symptoms. Age may also play a role. Some studies show older women tend to have more cognitive problems after chemotherapy than younger women [ 41 ].