Study: Marijuana Eases Traumatic Memories
Scientists have known for years that the brain makes substances almost identical to the active ingredient in marijuana, but the function of these "cannabinoids"...
MMJ & Migraine Treatment
Results of a review underscore the rise in use of medical cannabis among migraineurs.
Results of a literature review published in Cureus revealed medical cannabis...
Cannabinoids And Huntingtons Disease
Nabilone Could Treat Chorea and Irritability in Huntington’s Disease
Adrienne Curtis, B.A., B.Sc. and Hugh Rickards, M.D., M.R.C.Psych., Department of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham,...
Antibacterial Cannabinoids From Cannabis Sativa
Giovanni Appendino,*†‡ Simon Gibbons,*⊥ Anna Giana,†‡ Alberto Pagani,†‡ Gianpaolo Grassi,§ Michael Stavri,⊥ Eileen Smith,⊥ and M. Mukhlesur Rahman⊥
Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Alimentari, Farmaceutiche e...
Prenatal Marijuana Use And Neonatal Outcome
Day N, Sambamoorthi U, Taylor P, Richardson G, Robles N, Jhon Y, Scher M, Stoffer D, Cornelius M, Jasperse D.
Department of Psychiatry, University of...
Cannabinoids And Multiple Sclerosis
Cannabinoids inhibit neurodegeneration in models of multiple sclerosis
Gareth Pryce*,1, Zubair Ahmed*,1, Deborah J. R. Hankey*,1, Samuel J. Jackson1, J. Ludovic Croxford1, Jennifer M. Pocock1,...
Medical Marijuana’s Many Benefits
There are few subjects that can stir up stronger emotions among doctors, scientists, researchers, policy makers, and the public than medical marijuana. Is it...
Cannabis As A Psychotropic Medication
K. Chaturvedi
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent ST6 5UD, UK
I considered Arseneault et al's (2004) search for evidence of the association between cannabis...
Finding The Dose Window For Optimal Pain Relief From Cannabis
Dose-dependent Effects of Smoked Cannabis on Capsaicin-induced Pain and Hyperalgesia in Healthy Volunteers
Abstract
Background: Although the preclinical literature suggests that cannabinoids produce antinociception and antihyperalgesic...
Diabetes & Marijuana
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes mellitus is a group of autoimmune diseases characterized by defects in insulin secretion resulting in hyperglycemia (an abnormally high concentration of glucose...
Marijuana And Alzheimer’s Disease
Lisa M. Eubanks, Ph.D., et al. stated in an Aug. 9, 2006 Molecular Pharmaceutics journal article titled "A Molecular Link Between the Active Component...
Medical Marijuana: Headaches/Migraines
A review of The Merck Manual 1999 Edition indicates that the causes of Headaches and/or Migraines are by no means settled and The Manual...
MMJ: National MS Society Takes Half-Step Toward Recognizing Therapeutic Uses
The National MS Society has released an expert opinion paper that marijuana has the potential to treat MS symptoms and limit the progression of...
Medical Benefits Of Marijuana
According to the National Institutes of Health, people have used marijuana, or cannabis, to treat their ailments for at least 3,000 years. However, the...
Sickle Cell Disease And Cannabis
Some 70,000 Americans suffer from Sickle Cell Disease. Sickle Cell is a genetic blood disorder that primarily affects African Americans, Latinos, and those of...
Does Cannabis Hold The Key To Treating Cardiometabolic Disease?
Paul E Szmitko; Subodh Verma
Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2006;3(3):116-117. ©2006 Nature Publishing Group
Obesity, particularly visceral adiposity, and its related metabolic and cardiovascular disorders,...