Category: Health Care

The adjunctive use of cannabis is associated with symptom mitigation and improvements in ADHD patients’ quality of life, according to case reports published in the journal Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoids. Canadian researchers documented improvements in three male ADHD patients, ages 18, 22, and 23, following the integration of cannabis into their treatment regimen.  Following the use of cannabis, … Continue reading Case Reports: Cannabis Associated with Symptom Improvements in ADHD Patients

Nearly one-third of practicing family physicians in Colorado acknowledge issuing medical cannabis authorizations to their patients, according to survey data published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. A pair of researchers with the University of Colorado School of Medicine surveyed members of the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians on their experiences with and attitudes … Continue reading Colorado: Nearly a Third of Family Physicians Acknowledge Recommending Patients Use Medical Cannabis

Patients with sleep disorders respond favorably to the co-administration of CBD and melatonin, according to data published in the Italian journal La Clinica Terapeutica.  A team of Italian researchers assessed the short-term administration of a sublingual compound consisting of 15mgs of melatonin and 2.5 mgs of plant-derived CBD in a cohort of middle-aged to older adults (ages 43 … Continue reading Study: Insomnia Patients Respond Favorably to Concurrent Use of CBD and Melatonin

The inhalation of CBD provides anti-cancer activity in animals with glioblastoma, a highly aggressive form of brain cancer. A team of investigators affiliated with Augusta University in Georgia and with the Georgia Cancer Center assessed the effects of inhaled CBD on GBM (glioblastoma) tumor growth in mice.  Authors reported that CBD administration limited tumor growth and also … Continue reading Study: Inhaled CBD Limits Tumor Growth in Animal Model

A supermajority of practicing US physicians believe that cannabis possesses medical value, according to survey data published in the journal Cureus. A pair of researchers anonymously surveyed 539 US physicians attending the 2018 American College of Emergency Physicians’ Annual Conference. The conference is the largest gathering of emergency medicine physicians in the country. Seventy-one percent of survey respondents “believed … Continue reading Survey: Over 70 Percent of US Physicians Believe Cannabis Has Medical Value

The long-term use of cannabis extracts containing high percentages of CBD and low percentages of THC is associated with reduced symptoms in adolescent patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to data published the Journal of Cannabis Research. Turkish investigators reported on the use of CBD-dominant extracts in a cohort of 33 adolescent subjects diagnosed … Continue reading Study: CBD-Dominant Extracts Associated with Behavioral Improvements in Children with Autism

Numerous minor cannabinoids found in the cannabis plant possess therapeutic properties that may hold clinical significance, according to a review paper published in the journal Frontiers of Pharmacology. A team of US investigators affiliated with the University of South Carolina and Doane University in Nebraska summarized data on the potential therapeutic applications of a number of secondary cannabinoids, … Continue reading Review: Minor Cannabinoids Acknowledged to Possess Therapeutic Properties

Trauma patients who test positive for the presence of cannabis upon their admission to the hospital possess a decreased risk of death as compared to controls, according to data published in the journal The American Surgeon. Researchers with the University of California, Los Angeles compared in-hospital mortality outcomes in a cohort of over 141,000 trauma patients. Consistent with other … Continue reading Analysis: Trauma Patients with a History of Marijuana Use Possess Decreased Risk of In-Hospital Mortality