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Transplant Denied To Med Marijuana Patient With Liver Cancer

Otherside Farms

A medical marijuana patient in Los Angeles with inoperable liver cancer has been removed from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s transplant list after testing positive for marijuana. Sixty-three-year-old medical marijuana patient Norman B. The letter also urges Cedars-Sinai to change its transplant eligibility policy.

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Cannabis Use In Active Athletes: Behaviors Related to Subjective Effects

Puff Puff Post

She placed 4th in the triathlon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and won the 2008 Ironman 70.3 She is a seven-time Olympic trials qualifier in three sports: marathon (three), triathlon (three), and swimming (one). Our results need to be replicated in larger studies and clinical trials. Study co-author Joanna Zeiger, MS, Ph.D.

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Cannabis Use In Active Athletes: Behaviors Related to Subjective Effects

Puff Puff Post

She placed 4th in the triathlon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and won the 2008 Ironman 70.3 She is a seven-time Olympic trials qualifier in three sports: marathon (three), triathlon (three), and swimming (one). Our results need to be replicated in larger studies and clinical trials. Study co-author Joanna Zeiger, MS, Ph.D.

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Cannabis for IBS: Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Medical Marijuana

Greencamp

The stress response in IBS patients causes abnormalities in the functioning of the sympathetic nervous system (one of the divisions of the autonomic or “subconscious” nervous system) and to the HPA axis. During a three-month period, 13 patients with long-standing IBS were given cannabis. How to choose the best strain for IBS?

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Why we haven’t cured cancer

Otherside Farms

abst – 2008). 2008] – PubMed result. Endocannabinoids in endocrine and related tumours (full – 2008). JunD is involved in the antiproliferative effect of Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol on human breast cancer cells (abst – 2008). abst – 2008). full – 2008).

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Goldfinch Bio Strengthens Leadership Team with Appointment of Jeff W. Jacobs, Ph.D. as Chief Scientific Officer

Cannabis Law Report

“We look forward to Jeff’s significant contributions heading into another year of continued growth and progress for Goldfinch Bio, including a planned interim data readout from TRACTION-2, the ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial of our lead precision kidney medicine candidate, in mid-2022.”. We aspire to save kidneys and end dialysis.

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Study: CBD “Promising” Therapy for Cocaine Addiction

CannaMD

Most studies were published in the last five years, while the rest were published between 1994 and 2008. Note: No human studies were found (with the exception of one clinical trial that was ongoing and therefore not selected); all studies focused on animals (i.e., mice/rats). CBD Protects Against Liver Damage Caused by Cocaine.

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