Paula Span

4 days ago | northbaybusinessjournal.com | Paula Span

Dr. Benjamin Han, a geriatrician and addiction medicine specialist at the University of California, San Diego, tells his students a cautionary tale about a 76-year-old patient who, like many older people, struggled with insomnia. “She had problems falling asleep, and she’d wake up in the middle of the night,” he said. “So her daughter brought her some sleep gummies” — edible cannabis candies. “She tried a gummy after dinner and waited half an hour,” Han said.

4 days ago | pressdemocrat.com | Paula Span

Dr. Benjamin Han, a geriatrician and addiction medicine specialist at the University of California, San Diego, tells his students a cautionary tale about a 76-year-old patient who, like many older people, struggled with insomnia. “She had problems falling asleep, and she’d wake up in the middle of the night,” he said. “So her daughter brought her some sleep gummies” — edible cannabis candies. “She tried a gummy after dinner and waited half an hour,” Han said.

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Paula Span

More older people are using cannabis products regularly, but research suggests their cannabis-related health problems are also on the rise. Dr. Benjamin Han, a geriatrician and addiction medicine specialist at the University of California, San Diego, tells his students a cautionary tale about a 76-year-old patient who, like many older people, struggled with insomnia. "She had problems falling asleep, and she'd wake up in the middle of the night," he said.

6 days ago | thecharlottepost.com | Paula Span

ECLIPTIC GRAPHIC A transient ischemic attack, or ministroke, can lead to a more dangerous full stroke if not the symptoms are not addressed quickly. Kristin Kramer woke up early on a Tuesday morning 10 years ago because one of her dogs needed to go out. Then, a couple of odd things happened. When she tried to call her other dog, “I couldn’t speak,” she said.

1 week ago | impactolatino.com | Paula Span

Diez años atrás, Kristin Kramer se despertó temprano una mañana porque uno de sus perros necesitaba salir. Fue cuando sucedieron un par de cosas extrañas. Cuando intentó llamar a su otro perro, “no podía hablar”, recordó. Y al bajar las escaleras para dejarlos salir al jardín, “me di cuenta que no podía mover mi mano derecha”. Así y todo volvió a la cama, “lo cual fue una tontería”, dijo Kramer, ahora de 54 años, quien es gerenta de una oficina en Muncie, Indiana.