UPMC Clears Doctors to Certify Patients for Medical Marijuana
Cannabis can regrow brain cells, so the argument goes. It’s become a favorite claim for supporters of medical weed, but there’s a catch.
Could cannabis help treat eczema and psoriasis?
Trials of a CBD-based pill have yet to finish – but studies have shown compounds in cannabis can help eczema and psoriasis patients.
Medicinal cannabis is safe and effective — it’s time to reboot research
Our ultimate aim should be to scientifically establish the actual place of medical cannabis-derived products in the modern medical arsenal
Study: 96% of Cancer Patients Find Relief with MMJ
The research also found that within six months, 36 percent of study participants had stopped taking opioid prescription drugs entirely and another 10 percent had decreased their dosage.
Two Important Studies on Marijuana’s benefits on PTSD, Autism, to be Conducted
“They all tell us their own stories and we design their own little scripts and pictures that go along with it,” said Stewart, who runs the Mood, Anxiety, and Addiction Co-morbidity (MAAC) lab at Dal’s Department of Psychology and Neuroscience.
Analysis: Medical cannabis users find pain reduction
“It’s heartening to see that this fairly large proportion achieved that degree of reduction in their pain assessment score,
Medicinal cannabis trial for Tourette syndrome patients at Wesley
“The people with Tourette syndrome who’ve had deep brain stimulation are doing well, but not everyone wants to have brain surgery,” he said.
Good news on cannabis for South Africa research
Chetty said a combination of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), two of the active components in cannabis, may offer new ways to alleviate suffering as a result of certain neurological conditions. “The effects of cannabinoids on the body’s nervous system have already been documented, and the fact that it can alleviate certain kinds of pain and stimulate appetite have already been proven.
Medical cannabis safely reduces pain in seniors
The researchers looked at cannabis therapy in elderly patients seeking to alleviate cancer symptoms, Parkinson’s disease, post-traumatic stress disorder, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease and multiple sclerosis.
Alcohol damages the brain more than cannabis, study finds
When you look at these studies going back years, you see that one study will report that marijuana use is related to a reduction in the volume of the hippocampus [a region of the brain associated with memory and emotions