October 14, 2023 Higher risk for incident events seen over seven years of follow-up THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Adults with cannabis use disorder (CUD) have a higher risk for incident adverse cardiovascular disease (CVD) events when compared with matched adults without CUD, according to a study published online Sept. 27 in Addiction. […]
Newswise: Respiratory Diseases and Disorders | October 15, 2021 It may be worth exploring further the use of cannabidiol (‘CBD’) oil as a potential lung cancer treatment, suggest doctors in BMJ Case Reports after dealing with a daily user whose lung tumour shrank without the aid of conventional treatment. The body’s own endocannabinoids are involved […]
— Better sleep may be driving satisfaction in chronic pain patients, study suggests by Judy George, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today March 3, 2020 NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Chronic pain patients expressed high satisfaction with medical cannabis despite clinically insignificant changes in pain scores, a prospective study showed. Of a subset of chronic pain patients […]
Reuters Health News | September 28, 2018 Cannabinoid drugs may reduce or prevent pain by producing small increases in pain thresholds, rather than by reducing the intensity of experimental pain that is already being experienced, researchers say. “We meta-analyzed the results from every available experimental pain trial, and found that numerous aspects of pain were […]
August 28, 2017 Annals of Internal Medicine TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The authors of this systematic review evaluated the benefits and harms of using cannabis preparations for the treatment of chronic pain. There is limited evidence to support the efficacy of cannabis for neuropathic pain in select patients but little evidence to support the use of cannabis […]