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Obesity
Report summarizes obesity study findings from University of Ancona
July 15th, 2008
"The effects of exogenous and endogenous cannabinoids on the cardiovascular system have been the focus of extensive research. The direct and indirect effects of cannabinoids on heart and blood vessels depend upon experimental conditions, animal species, and, in humans, clinical background," scientists in Ancona, Italy report. "Cannabinoids decrease blood pressure in hypertensive rodents primarily because of decrease cardiac contractility, leading researchers to postulate a role in the treatment of hypertension and cardiac hypertrophy. Rimonabant, the CB1 receptor blocker in clinical use in many countries, induced a marked and sustained increase in cardiac contractility...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-07-15)
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