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April is Irritable Bowel Awareness Month beta-caryophyllene cb1 cb2 cbd crohn's ecs inflammation pain thc topicals vaporization Apr 06, 2023

 

By Elisabeth Mack RN, BSN, MBA

This blog originally appeared on the Holistic Caring blog on April 1, 2022 and is being shared with their permission.

 

Spring is blossoming and flowers are blooming. How about the flora, or microbiome of your gut? April is irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) awareness month and we’re going to explain what that is and how it can be treated.

 

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Cannabis: A Life-Changing Solution for Misdiagnosed Crohn's Disease Sufferer
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Cannabis: A Life-Changing Solution for Misdiagnosed Crohn's Disease Sufferer anxiety candida crohn's depression h. pylori podcast suppository Apr 06, 2023

 

Cannabis Health Radio Podcast Hosted by: Ian Jessop and Corrie Yelland

Shared with the generous permission of Cannabis Health Radio. This episode originally aired in March of 2021.

 

At the age of 17 Nikki Jackson of British Columbia, Canada, began developing extreme digestive issues and back pain. By the time she turned 20, she, was on 15 different pharmaceuticals for digestive...

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Bridging the Gap: Cannabis Helps Nurse Improve Colitis crohn's ibd inflammation pain vaporization Apr 06, 2023

By Marisa Fratoni, BSN-RN

This blog originally appeared on the Holistic Nurse Mama blog and is being shared with their permission.

 

An Overview of Irritable Bowel Disease

Crohn’s disease and colitis are chronic inflammatory conditions of the gastrointestinal tract. These diseases can be lumped into the category of irritable bowel disease (IBD). It is estimated that 1.6 million...

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March 2023 Message from the Editors ecn team Mar 11, 2023

Welcome! Thank you for reading the Effective Cannabis Newsletter. Cannabis Coaches and Educators created this newsletter to inform you about how Cannabis works in the body. Each newsletter is carefully curated and has a specific theme that changes every month. For example, next month, in April 2023, we will explore Cannabis for a healthy gut.

The key to success with medical Cannabis is knowing...

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Top 5 Tips When Using CBD Oil For Alzheimerā€™s And Dementia brain cbd memory seniors Mar 11, 2023

 

By John Malanca Cannabis Educator and Founder of the United Patients Group

 

Medical studies published in the world’s top medical journals have shown that cannabidiol (CBD) can be used to reduce the effects of cognitive decline caused by conditions such as dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

Extensive human trials are still needed to determine how effective CBD...

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Looking Into My Wife's Eyes - How Cannabis Helped Me Connect autism depression Mar 11, 2023

By PJ Letourneau - Autism and Plant Medicine Blogger, Senior Software Engineer, and Neurodiverse Human

 

Cannabis has had a profound influence on my ability to connect with others as someone on the autism spectrum.

 

Throughout my marriage, I had found it difficult to relax and connect with my wife. I was frustrated much of the time that I didn’t feel aligned with...

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Medical Cannabis for Neurodegenerative Diseases: An Eye-Opening Review als alzheimer's/dementia brain cbd huntington's disease memory multiple sclerosis (ms) neurodegenerative disease parkinson's disease Mar 11, 2023

By Arielle Gerard, MD, MS, MPH

 

What Are Neurodegenerative Diseases? 

Neurodegenerative diseases are those which result mainly from dysfunction of the central nervous system (the CNS, made up of the brain and spinal cord) as a result of damage to neurons, the primary cells of this system that communicate with each other to send signals throughout the brain and body. Damage to...

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Dr. Thomas Henke, D.O. Discusses: Research on Cannabinoids & Cancer Treatments brain cancer video Mar 11, 2023

 

 

This is a video meant to speak to doctors and it includes captions that help the layperson understand.

We’ll be reviewing the evidence-based medical research on cannabinoids as a potential therapy of choice in modern neuro-oncology, their effects on tumor cells, the synergistic role they play in chemotherapy treatments, as well as their neuroprotective properties. We will...

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Breaking the Stigma: Cannabis and the Transformation of My Brain Health advocacy anxiety cbd cbg depression stigma thc Mar 11, 2023

By Alex Mitchell - Certified Cannabis Coach & Educator

 

Today, I am feeling better than I have in the past fifteen years. My life changed when I embraced Cannabis and used it to improve my mental and physical health.

Like many people, the pandemic beginning in 2020 drastically changed my life. In one week, I lost my job, welcomed a new puppy home, and began home-schooling my son. I...

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Cannabis Connecting The Dots: Nikki Lawley TBI Survivor's Story anxiety brain depression endocannabinoid system (ecs) traumatic brain injury (tbi) video Mar 11, 2023

 

Hosted by Michelle Diston - Certified Cannabis Coach with Guest Nikki Lawley 

 

 

Pain, hopelessness, and not feeling heard by her doctors are what Nikki went through after sustaining a traumatic brain injury (TBI) at work as a pediatric nurse.

A graduate of the D.A.R.E. program as a kid and a child of the "Just Say No" era, she never would have thought about Cannabis as...

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Sound Bites Podcast: Cannabis & The Brain with Guest Janice Bissex anxiety brain cbd depression inflammation ptsd seizures thc Mar 11, 2023

Sound Bites Podcast: Episode 213 Hosted by: Melissa Joy Dobbins

 

 

Cannabis, Mental Health & Brain Health

Nearly twenty percent of adults (or 50 million) experienced a mental illness in 2019. One in four adults with a mental illness reports an unmet need for treatment, and this number has not declined since 2011. Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in...

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Cannabis for Seizure Control: Dr. David Bearman and Patient Insights cbc seizures thc Mar 11, 2023

Hosted by Kandice Hawes-Lopez - Cannabis Educator with guests Dr. David Bearman M.D. and William Britt 

 

 

The off-label use of the cannabis plant in treating seizures has been known since ancient times. After many years of patient testimonials, clinical trials, and research, in 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Epidiolex, a cannabidiol (CBD) oral...

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