Study Links Cannabis to Testicular Cancer
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Cannabis use has been linked to a significant increase in the risk of developing testicular cancer, the Independent reports. Those who light up have a 70% higher risk of getting nonseminoma cancer—found in younger men—and the odds worsen with frequency and duration of use, the research has found. Some scientists dismiss the first-ever link between marijuana and the ailment, saying the study's sample size was too small.Chronic use of the drug is known to reduce sperm quality and boost impotence, which has been previously linked to testicular cancer. The testes have THC receptors, and the study suggests cannabis mellows out a naturally produced anti-cancer chemical. Critics insist that testicular cancer—whose prevalence has doubled since 1979—affects only a tiny portion of the 3 million cannabis users.
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...state that their study indicates heavy marijuana use causes a 70% increase in a form of testicular cancer and then later casually mention that their study can not really conclude that marijuana causes testicular cancer. Some articles, like Medpage Today and The Independent, go a step further and point to the meaningless statistic that reported marijuana use and testicular cancer have both gone up in the last 30 years to further muddy the waters and imply causation when none is supported by research.
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