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Cannabis found to be an effective treatment for headaches and migraine pain, say researchers

February 26, 2021 -

One particularly promising study, which was led by Carrie Cuttler Of Washington State University, is the first one to use data from migraine and headache patients using cannabis as a treatment in real time; past studies were restricted to asking patients to recall the effects of past cannabis use.

Cutler said her team decided to perform the study because a significant number of people have said they use cannabis to relieve migraines and headaches ...

Cannabis can help fight coronavirus, study says

May 23, 2020 -

“There’s a lot of documented information about cannabis in cancer, cannabis in inflammation, anxiety, obesity and whatnot,” said Dr. Igor Kovalchuk, who co-authored the study alongside his wife, Dr. Olga Kovalchuck, and a team of other researchers from Lethbridge. “When COVID-19 started, Olga had the idea to revisit our data, and see if we can utilize it for COVID.”

“It was like a joker card, you know, coronavirus. It just mixes up everybody’s plans,” Olga ...

Cannabis could be an alternative treatment for pain and sleeping troubles

February 15, 2020 -

The study, which was published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, involved 1,000 people who were taking marijuana legally within the U.S. A full 65 percent of people reported that they were taking cannabis for pain, and four fifths of those in this group said that it was either “very” or “extremely” helpful in addressing their pain.

In fact, 82 percent of the people in this group said they were able to stop taking over-the-counter pain meds altogether or ...

Cannabis shows great promise for treating chronic inflammation and pain

June 07, 2019 -

Almost every part of the cannabis plant sees use in one way or another, especially the flowers, leaves, seeds, stalks, and resin glands. Some of their applications include fiber material, food, fuel, and herbal medicine.

Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder provided the earlier documentation of the medicinal applications of cannabis roots in 77 CE. Many other traditional medicine systems from around the world mentioned preparations made from this particular ...

Cannabis beer? Researchers race to make recreational beverages from drinkable marijuana

June 04, 2019 - cannabis crafted beer in the world. TwoRoots' "CannaCrafted" drink took only 10 minutes to take effect after the first drink. Its intoxicating effect lasted for around 90 minutes, the same duration as alcohol. (Related: Can hemp extract with CBD boost your overall health and reduce stress levels?)New cannabis beers take effect faster and last around the same time as alcohol

Other American and Canadian companies are working on "sessionable" marijuana beer. The ...

Cannabis-based drug can ease muscle tightness in patients with motor neuron disease, study finds

June 02, 2019 -

Muscle spasticity often causes disability and lower quality of life in patients with motor neuron disease. The cannabis-based spray could serve as a complementary therapy for existing treatments.

A 2019 clinical trial held by Italian researchers tested the naximols spray on adult patients suffering from motor neuron disease who were already taking anti-spasticity drugs. After six weeks, participants who got the complementary therapy displayed reduced levels of ...

Cannabis is an effective alternative option for palliative treatment of cancer patients

March 06, 2019 -

The scientists concluded that cannabis seems to be an effective, safe and well-tolerated option in the palliative care of cancer patients suffering from pain and nausea brought about by the disease.

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Cannabis oil shows promising results in relieving symptoms of Crohn’s disease

March 04, 2019 -

The results of the Israeli study, which was presented at the United European Gastroenterology conference in 2018, suggest that "participants with Crohn’s disease saw symptoms dissipate after they began using cannabis oil."CBD and Crohn's disease

Crohn's disease is a painful and often debilitating condition that affects millions of people in the U.S. Dr. Timna Naftali, the study’s lead researcher and a specialist in gastroenterology at Meir Hospital and Kupat Holim ...

Cannabis can reverse the effects of alcohol-induced liver damage

March 01, 2019 -

The exact mechanisms as to why cannabis reduces liver disease risk remain unclear; however researchers suggest that it may have something to do with the proven anti-inflammatory properties of the plant.

The authors, who hailed from the University of Quebec, built on a previous study which showed that there was an inverse relationship between cannabis use and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). This 2017 study published in PLOS ONE concluded that ...

Cannabis found to reduce the symptoms of IBD

January 16, 2019 -

The study, which was published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, was conducted by researchers from the University of Bath and the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS).Cannabis and its effect on gut inflammation

According to cannabis users, the drug helps to relieve the symptoms of IBD. This inspired the researchers to verify the claims through this study on cannabis and gut inflammation.

The study findings suggest ...

Cannabis is good for business: Sales are booming on the high street since it came on the market in the U.K.

December 29, 2018 -

U.K.'s leading health retailer has 750 stores. Holland & Barrett announced that the latest product caused a surge in sales since it started flying off the shelves back in January. Sales went up by 37 percent.

Cannabis oil, which comes from "a natural compound found in the cannabis plant," is sold for £19.99 (US$27.79). Among those eager for the retailer's newest offering are campaigners who believe that cannabis oil can benefit multiple sclerosis ...

Cannabis is a revolutionary, healing plant

November 05, 2018 -

Cannabis and hemp offer a wide variety of uses both as medicine, as material and as a path towards healing our planet. Science continues to demonstrate that the cultivation of hemp and cannabis plants is good for the environment, and studies have consistently confirmed the plant's medicine uses.Cannabis can heal the planet

As Derek Henry, founder of Healing The Body, explains in a new video for Brighteon.com, the cannabis plant has ...

Cannabis drug found to reduce risk of seizures by half in people with treatment-resistant epilepsy

July 22, 2018 - cannabis drug or placebo in addition to their usual treatment every day for 14 weeks. The patients or their caregivers wrote down the number and types of seizures, medication use, and side effects every day.

Results showed that the participants who received cannabis drug had a 43.9 percent lower risk of drop seizures, in comparison to the 21.8 percent decrease in those who did not receive cannabis drug treatment. Moreover, the cannabis drug ...

Cannabis proven an effective alternative form of pain relief for elderly patients, allowing many to quit taking dangerous meds, research finds

March 09, 2018 - cannabis could be the answer. Authors of the study observed around 3,000 elderly patients suffering from chronic pain brought about by various conditions including cancer, Parkinson’s disease, and multiple sclerosis, among other things. More than 60 percent of patients were prescribed medical cannabis to alleviate their pain.

The researchers saw that in only six months, 93 percent of patients reported a significant reduction in the amount of pain they felt....

Cannabis over chemo: Woman says the oil cured her aggressive breast cancer in 5 months

February 14, 2018 -

She decided to take cannabis oil after researching natural cancer remedies online. She said she took one drop inside a capsule every night before going to bed because she didn’t care for the taste or texture of it on its own. Four months after her original diagnosis, her cancer had reduced significantly, and her doctors gave her the all-clear in August, just five months after starting cannabis oil.

She continues to take it to this day and says she ...

Cannabis found to reduce alcohol-induced liver disease, according to new study

January 29, 2018 -

Alcohol abuse is a serious issue in America, causing around 88,000 people to die each year. It’s also behind around a third of all our nation’s traffic fatalities, which is a further 10,000 deaths annually. Nevertheless, alcohol consumption is actually increasing in the U.S., with one out of every eight Americans now estimated to be alcoholics.

The team of researchers, which was headed up by the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Adeyinka Charles Adejumo, wanted ...

Cannabis more effective than prescriptions: Seventy-year-old grandmother threw out all her pills, says smoking cannabis manages her ailments

January 03, 2018 - Vancouver resident Carol Francey, 70, attributed cannabis use of more than five decades to her excellent health today. According to Francey, she smoked cannabis to alleviate various conditions such as arthritis, sciatica, and insomnia. Francey added that her previous medications used to affect her balance and slurred her speech. However, the use of various forms of cannabis proved helpful in relieving her conditions without the unwanted side effects from ...

Cannabis oil for chronic fatigue: A teenager says it cured his debilitating illness, has totally regained his quality of life after years of suffering

January 04, 2018 -

Weak and bed-ridden, the young man stopped growing and his eye muscles didn’t function properly, causing blurred vision. Nothing seemed to help, and he told his mother that he no longer wished to live.

According to his mother, he had no energy and appeared to be in a complete “brain fog.” Falling as many as 20 or 30 times per day, his poor memory left him unable to breathe correctly. After failed medications including antidepressants, his desperate mother turned to cannabis ...