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 This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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.
Scientists believe that for most people, Alzheimer's disease is caused by a combination of genetic, lifestyle and environmental factors that affect the brain over time. Less than 5 percent of the time, Alzheimer's is caused by specific genetic changes that virtually guarantee a person will develop the disease. Although the causes of Alzheimer's aren't yet fully understood, its effect on the brain is clear. Alzheimer's disease damages and kills brain cells.