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“Medical Marijuana” Takes On New Meaning for Metastatic Breast Cancer
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert...cancer, you may have considered the use of “medical marijuana” at some point during your... Read more »
Cannabis Use May Cause Early Onset Psychosis
By Paul Ballas , Health ExpertIt's been long known that marijuana use can cause certain symptoms of psychosis. Among the most... Read more »
Multiple Sclerosis Treatment: The Medical Marijuana Controversy
By Mandy Crest , Health Expert...MS patients and advocates that the use of medical marijuana provides relief from nerve pain,... Read more »
Smoking & Schizophrenia
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert...Yet other forms of smoking, notably cannabis and marijuana, are implicated in the onset of... Read more »
Marijuana Might Help Cure Allergic Contact Dermatitis (a.k.a. Poison Ivy)
By Kevin Berman, MD, PhD , Health ExpertAs most of us know, the medicinal use of marijuana is very controversial from a political and moral... Read more »
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Multiple Sclerosis: Drug Treatment
...low doses in both drugs and may cause epileptic seizures.Cannabinoids. Cannabinoids are compounds in marijuana (cannabis), which may have properties that protect nerve cells. Cannabis has been... Read more »Marijuana intoxication
... Signs and tests Read more »Glaucoma: Medications
...eyes similar to those of epinephrine.Experimental TherapiesCannabinoids. Cannabinoids, compounds in marijuana (cannabis), are being studied for their effects on glaucoma. For example, oral or... Read more »Epilepsy: Medications
...fluorofelbamate, safinamide, brivaracetam, and seletracetam.Cannabinoids. Cannabinoids are compounds in marijuana (cannabis) that may have properties that protect nerve cells. In a 2003 report,... Read more »Alzheimer's- Diagram of the Brain
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a degenerative disease of the brain from which there is no recovery. The disease slowly attacks nerve cells in all parts of the cortex of... Read more »Related News
Drug Use Highest In U.S.
July 07, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research reveals despite strong drug policies, the United States has the highest levels of cocaine and cannabis use among... Read summary »
Children Looking to Enhance Performance too
July 13, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Some kids are willing to do anything to excel in sports. A new study reports more than one in 100 11-year-olds admit to using... Read summary »
Study: Marijuana does not treat acute pain
October 03, 2008Oral cannabis (a type of medical marijuana) is not an effective treatment for some kinds of acute pain, Austrian researchers say, and it may even... Read summary »
Cannabis drug may help fight obesity
October 02, 2008Could the marijuana--or cannabis--plant hold the key to a new weight-loss drug? British researchers think so. Marijuana is known for stimulating... Read summary »
Cannabis chemicals may fight prostate cancer
August 20, 2009Chemicals in cannabis have been found to halt the growth of prostate cancer cells in the laboratory, a new study has found. Researchers found that... Read summary »
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