Fatty Liver Disease and Cannabis Summary: The liver is one of the largest and most important organs in the body, performing over 500 functions. Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) is a major cause of liver disease and increased mortality. The number of cases continues to increase around the world, paralleling the increased rates of obesity and metabolic [...]
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Medical Marijuana (Cannabis) Summary: Attention Deficit Disorder, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD) is a biological, brain based condition that is characterized by poor attention and distractibility and/or hyperactive and impulsive behaviors. It is one of the most common mental disorders that develop in children affecting around 3-5% of children [...]
Rheumatologic Disorders (Rheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic Sclerosis, Osteoarthritis, Fibromyalgia) and Cannabis Summary. Rheumatologic disorders are a common cause of chronic pain and current pharmacological interventions are not always useful or safe for chronic use. Treatment with Medical Grade Cannabis has proven very helpful for management of Pain, Anxiety, Depression, Insomnia and has the additional benefit of [...]
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Cannabis Summary. Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a very common, but incurable, disorder primarily affecting the large intestine. It is the single most common functional gastrointestinal disorder with prevalence rates in the range of 10-15% of the entire world’s population! 60% of people have moderate or severe symptoms. It is estimated [...]
Here is a brief historical perspective as to why we do not have a large body of research data regarding medical cannabis. Early 1900’s. For many years, “Cannabis” was a part of almost all tinctures and medicines available at the time. Early 1900’s, post Mexican Revolution. Mexican immigrants brought “Marihuana” with them as it was [...]
Industrial Hemp CBD vs Cannabis-derived CBD Cannabidiol is also known as CBD and is one of the major Phytocannabinoids that helps activate the Endocannabinoid System (https://boorasmd.com/education/articles/clinical-endocannabinoid-deficiency/). CBD alone provides a wide variety of health benefits, but it works even better when combined with THC and the various Terpenes/Favonoids/Cannabinoids present in Cannabis (https://boorasmd.com/education/health-benefits-of-cbd/). “A significant safety [...]
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Medical Cannabis Summary: OCD is one of the anxiety disorders characterized by persistent and uncontrollable impulses that can be disruptive and debilitating. There is evidence that cannabis can help alleviate many of the symptoms caused by OCD, which affects 2.5% of the adult population. Anxiety can be quite severe and [...]
Bipolar Disorder and Medical Marijuana (Cannabis) Summary: The medical literature is difficult to evaluate, but people with bipolar disorder that are using cannabis tend to report benefits with use of cannabis. Personally, I feel one of the problems with evaluating response to treatment has been that most of the people involved in the reviews up [...]
There is evidence that cannabis can help alleviate many of the symptoms caused by menopause. Approximately 75% of women will have hot flashes while going through menopause. Symptoms can last many years, even into the 70 and 80th years of life!
Obesity and Cannabis Summary: Obesity, defined as a body mass index (BMI) greater than 30, is a major National health problem with a prevalence of 34% among adults in the US. This is contributing 13% to the total US rate of death. It is reasonable to hypothesize that cannabis use (defined as THC and CBD) [...]
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