A University of Colorado Cancer Center study presented at the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting 2019 shows that while 73 percent of surveyed oncology providers believe that medical marijuana provides benefits for cancer patients, only 46 percent …
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Cannabis use among older adults rising rapidly
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Cannabis use among older adults is growing faster than any other age group but many report barriers to getting medical marijuana, a lack of communication with their doctors and a lingering stigma attached to the drug, …
Read More »Study shows vaping is linked to adolescents’ propensity for crime
Credit: CC0 Public Domain UTSA criminal justice professor Dylan Jackson recently published one of the first studies to explore emerging drug use in the form of adolescent vaping and its association with delinquency among 8th and 10th grade students across …
Read More »Synthetic version of CBD treats seizures in rats
CBD from extracts of cannabis or hemp plants could be used to treat epilepsy and other conditions. UC Davis chemists have come up with a way to make a synthetic version of CBD and showed that it is as effective …
Read More »Early life exposure to nicotine alters neurons, predisposes brain to addiction later
A stained micrograph of a mouse purkinje neuron, a type of brain cell that releases the GABA neurotransmitter, and which is affected by nicotine exposure. Credit: Cell Image Library, NCMIR Neonatal exposure to nicotine alters the reward circuity in the …
Read More »Canada’s legalization of weed edibles is another global social experiment
Cannabis edibles will be legal in October. Is Canada ready for it? Credit: Shutterstock This October, cannabis-infused edibles will be fully legal on the Canadian market. Despite claims that broader cannabis legalization would change the social, economic and cultural fabric …
Read More »Legal marijuana reduces chronic pain, but increases injuries and car accidents
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The legalization of recreational marijuana is associated with an increase in its abuse, injury due to overdoses, and car accidents, but does not significantly change health care use overall, according to a study by researchers at …
Read More »CBD—it’s everywhere, but does it work?
(HealthDay)—You would have to be living in a cave to have missed the CBD craze that is sweeping across America: New products are cramming store shelves as the market explodes for what many Americans believe to be a miracle cure-all. …
Read More »Inhibitory synapses grow as ‘traffic controller’ at busy neural intersections
At the spot where an axon (green) crosses a dendrite (red), the researchers activated four synapses (blue dots, left). The yellow spot in the right-hand picture shows that a new synapse has formed at that intersection. Neurons pass on information …
Read More »Program takes on alcohol, e-cigarette use by children
Dr. Martha Tingen and her team at the Murphey Middle School. Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University The bottom line is to help children grow up safer and healthier and to increase parents’ ability to help them do that, …
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