Exploring The Contours: Navigating Cannabis Use Among Older Adults.

Cannabis has been employed medicinally throughout history, with recent renewed interest for use due to media awareness and medical marijuana legislation. The geriatric population, identified as those 65 years of age and older, is increasingly using cannabis-derived products, has a higher likelihood of having multiple comorbidities, and is subject to polypharmacy. These individuals are at increased risk of psychiatric and other medical adverse events due to their decreased physical and cognitive reserve and changes in their physicality.

Botulism in the 21st Century: A Scoping Review.

Botulism is a potentially deadly neuroparalytic disease that affects all age groups; it is highly challenging to diagnose due to its nonspecific symptoms. Infant botulism is the most common form of botulism in the United States, followed by foodborne and wound botulism. Since most patients require hospitalization, it is imperative that both adult and pediatric physicians recognize its symptoms.

Immune thrombocytopenia in 2 healthy young women after the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT16B2b2 messenger RNA coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination.

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a rare complication associated with vaccines targeting various diseases, including influenza, measles-mumps-rubella, hepatitis B, and diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis. We report 2 cases of ITP in healthy 20-year-old and 21-year-old women presenting to Emory University in Atlanta, GA, 2 days after the second dose and 11 days after the first dose (respectively) of the Pfizer-BioNTech messenger RNA severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 vaccine. Both patients recovered quickly.