Researchers looking for risk factors of heart disease tested the lung function of 5,115 young adults over the course of 20 years. Tobacco smokers lost lung function over time, but pot users actually showed an increase in lung capacity. It’s possible that the increased lung capacity may be due to taking a deep breaths while…
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A new drug derived from marijuana just became the first of its kind to get the green light from the US government. Called Epidiolex, the drug is designed to treat two rare forms of childhood epilepsy using a cannabis compound called cannabidiol (or CBD). British-based GW Pharmaceuticals makes the drug. It does not contain THC, the well-known…
All Natural Health Certifications – Marijuana Doctors There are now over 200,000 patients in the Florida medical marijuana registry with many many more coming. Yet marijuana’s official designation in the US as a Schedule 1 drug— something with “no currently accepted medical use” — means it has been pretty tough to study. Despite that, a growing…
All Natural Health Certifications The devastating toll of deaths from opioid addiction keeps growing. All round the country – in the heartland, on the coasts, in cities and rural areas, death rates from overdoses of heroin or prescription opioid pain medications like OxyContin are shocking. At the beginning of this year – January, 2016 –…
Florida marijuana doctors and users claim the drug helps relieve pain and suppress nausea — the two main reasons it’s often used to relieve the side effects of chemotherapy. Researchers at Harvard Medical School suggested that that some of the drug’s benefits may actually be from reduced anxiety, which would improve the smoker’s mood and act…
All Natural Health Certifications The change in attitudes toward cannabis and in legal access to marijuana around the US over the past several years is staggering. As of last fall, 57% of adults in the US said they thought marijuana should be legal, with only 37% taking the opposing view — which is essentially a…
In an article written by the sun sentinel: A judge who sided with sick patients and saying plaintiffs likely won’t win on the merits of the case, an appellate court on Tuesday refused to allow dispensaries to allow smokable medical marijuana while a legal fight continues to play out. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the 1st…
All Natural Health Certifications – Florida Marijuana Doctors Medical marijuana users claim the drug helps relieve pain and suppress nausea — the two main reasons it’s often used to relieve the side effects of chemotherapy. Researchers at Harvard Medical School suggested that that some of the drug’s benefits may actually be from reduced anxiety, which would…
All Natural Health Certifications – Marijuana Doctors Medical Marijuana is full speed ahead in Florida. There are now over 175,000 patients in the Florida medical marijuana registry with many many more coming. Yet marijuana’s official designation in the US as a Schedule 1 drug— something with “no currently accepted medical use” — means it has been pretty…
All Natural Health Certifications Medical Marijuana is full speed ahead in Florida. There are now over 160,000 patients in the Florida medical marijuana registry with many many more coming. Yet marijuana’s official designation in the US as a Schedule 1 drug— something with “no currently accepted medical use” — means it has been pretty tough to study….