04/16/2019
Although many people have never heard of it, neuropathy is a tricky to treat, painful, and surprisingly common condition. About 20 million people in the U.S. have neuropathy, including one in four people over age 65, and nearly half of people with diabetes, with 15% of those experiencing p Read More
04/11/2019
Marijuana may have a storied ability to trigger the "munchies," but its relationship with the gastrointestinal system is much more complex than that. In fact, cannabis has a long history of use for symptoms like abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting. And it remains highly popular Read More
04/04/2019
Now that 33 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have legalized medical marijuana, there’s an increased demand for answers about it: How safe is it? What are the long-term effects? Does it kill brain cells and cause a spike in teen pot smoking? For years, it was difficult Read More
04/03/2019
For many, cannabis is a drug to mellow out. Studies show that stress relief is one of the most common reasons people use marijuana. For others, marijuana can elicit the opposite effect, sending them into heart pounding panic and paranoia. How can cannabis naturally cause such opposing reac Read More
04/03/2019
Marijuana is undergoing a transformation in the 21st century that’s hard to miss. Once considered an illicit drug useful only for getting high, marijuana is becoming one of the hottest— and increasingly legal — natural remedies in the United States. That’s good news for people Read More
04/03/2019
With the opioid epidemic raging, you probably know someone affected by opioids, the class of drugs that includes prescription pain relievers such as oxycodone (Percocet, Oxycontin, Vicodin), synthetic opioids (fentanyl) and (illicit) heroin. Regular opioid use, even when prescribed by a do Read More
03/28/2019
Marijuana and cancer—it’s a subject with growing interest around the country. Cancer is a topic with high emotional resistance, and rightfully so. Just in the United States, an estimated 1,762,450 cancers will be in diagnosed in 2019, which equates to more than 4,800 new cases each day Read More
01/10/2019
This past year has seen some exciting developments in groundbreaking cannabis studies. As researchers continue to unlock the plant's incredible therapeutic potential, they help us deepen our understanding and see old misconceptions about cannabis die away. In this post, we will explore Read More
11/26/2018
Australian researchers will conduct the world's first clinical trial to examine cannabis and tumors. A team from Endeavour College of Natural Health plan to investigate whether marijuana medicine helps brain cancer patients. If they find positive results, we could move one step closer to c Read More
06/04/2018
We've covered small-scale studies on the impact of cannabis medicine such as the Connecticut Hospice's research and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia study on autism. But, due to research restrictions in the United States, not many researchers have had the chance to work with large s Read More
