Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op A U.S. study exploring the impact of pre- and post cannabis use on liver transplant (LT) outcomes found that there weren’t any. Published this month in Clinical Transplantation, researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) acknowledge there are some differences. Although significant differences existed between cannabis users and non-users with respect to recipient ...

Article by Laura Lagano, The Fresh Toast via Growth Op Like many chronic lifestyle-related diseases, inflammation is at the core. Obesity may be no different. When it comes to obesity, doctors oftentimes prescribe medications to treat the accompanying co-morbidities, such as high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol and dysregulated blood glucose. Some note, however, that inflammation is at the root of high blood pressure, high cholesterol and high blood sugar. Substances called cytokines can create other health issues, ...

Article by Steve Darling, Proactive Nextleaf Solutions (CSE: OILS- OTCQB: OILFF) CEO Paul Pedersen joined Steve Darling from Proactive with news the company has been issued its 70th worldwide patent. This one covers the process for acetylating cannabidiol and subsequent refinement of CBD-O-Acetate using a proprietary extraction and distillation technique. Pedersen also shared with Proactive, Health Canada has granted the ...

Article by Julia Veintrop, Cannabis Life Network Have you ever wondered how long weed stays in the system? Ask An Expert! Dr. Markus Roggen will tell you all about it and more! This week is all about plant genetics and making sure you are getting the good stuff… into your system and out of it. Welcome to Season 2, Episode 5 of ...

Article by Meredith Fisher–Corn, Growth Op Whether or not your healthcare providers recommend medical cannabis, they need to know if you use cannabis. Only when clinicians are fully informed about a patient’s medical history, current medical issues, current medication regimen, and other aspects of a patient’s health, can they effectively advise a patient. A personalized discussion about cannabis therapy is ...

Article by Travis Cesarone, Cannabis Life Network A year into Covid-19 and no governing health organization has established a task force to study pre-existing medications in the prevention of Covid-19, according to Dr. Pierre Kory‘s testimony at a US Senate meeting. An anti-parasitic drug, Ivermectin, has shown unproven but ‘miraculous‘ results in large doses that are now accepted by many physicians. Despite positive clinical trials, a lack of negative studies, and its forty years of ...

Article by Sam Riches, Growth Op A new study published in Drug and Alcohol Independence suggests that cannabis use increases as the year progresses and peaks in the final months of the calendar year. According to researchers, on average, cannabis use is 13 per cent higher in the final months of the year than at the beginning. To better understand seasonal trends ...

Article by Growth Op In October 2018, the Canadian federal government legalized the use of cannabis for both medicinal and recreational purposes, and you may be one of the millions of Canadians who utilize cannabis or are considering it. So, do you actually need to talk to your doctor and other healthcare providers about cannabis? YES! In order to best ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op A U.S. study found that over half of patients who use medical marijuana for chronic pain had withdrawal systems during even short consumption breaks, a situation that could up the chance of developing cannabis use disorder (CUD) and that demands people better understand signs of withdrawal. Published in Addiction, researchers report the patients “experience clusters ...

Article by Angela Stelmakowich, Growth Op There appears to be no increased association between cumulative cannabis use and subclinical atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, which can increase the chances of heart attack or stroke. So suggests a new study out of the University of Bern in Switzerland, published last month in the American Journal of Medicine. “Future cardiovascular disease is often indicated ...