By: Amy Abernethy, M.D., Ph.D., Principal Deputy Commissioner, and Lowell Schiller, J.D., Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy Amy Abernethy, M.D., Ph.D. Science forms the basis for decisions at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is paramount when it comes to making decisions that will impact the health and […]
Fight of Kylee Facebook Page Authorities located a mother that abducted her teenager daughter to avoid cancer treatment in Nevada. Christina Dixon fled with her daughter earlier in the week to prevent scheduled surgery from treating her daughter’s liver cancer. Police in Oregon issued a missing and endangered bulletin after […]
HAYSVILLE, Kansas (Reuters) – A growing number of U.S. farmers battered by low grain prices and the threat of a prolonged trade war with China are seeking salvation in a plant that until recently was illegal: hemp. A cousin of cannabis plants that produce marijuana, hemp is used in products […]
Korean researchers have observed increased efficacy in a cancer-fighting agent when it was combined with cannabidiol (CBD), according to a new article published in the scientific journal Cancers. Oncology researchers at Korea University College of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea, paired CBD with a common colorectal cancer treatment. The […]
(Image: BodAustralia.com ) Cannabis healthcare company Bod Australia Limited has announced that its cannabidiol oil formulation, MediCabilis 5% CBD ECs315 (MediCabilis™), will be used in a landmark twelve-month trial for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, as a possible treatment for the debilitating condition. “Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is widespread […]
A new report from WHO/Europe, “European tobacco use – trends report 2019”, offers confirmation that tobacco use remains a public health issue of utmost importance. This is particularly true in the WHO European Region, which has the highest proportion of tobacco use in the world, with an estimated 209 million […]
For a veteran, the fight against post-traumatic stress disorder can sometimes seem like a lonely one. Some isolate themselves from those who can help. Some don’t know where to turn. However, for many of those who are seeking treatment where counseling or support groups might not be enough, or who […]
Cannabidiol, or CBD, has been receiving a lot of attention lately as a potential treatment for everything from epilepsy to anxiety. Now, researchers report it might also help curb the cravings that come with opioid addiction. Like marijuana, CBD comes from the cannabis plant. Unlike pot, it does not produce […]
Interest in using marijuana to treat the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease has grown in recent years as 33 states and the District of Columbia have legalized it for medical use. Although the federal government has not approved medical marijuana itself, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized some therapies […]
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