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By Arielle Gerard, MD, MS, MPH
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What Is Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)?
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)  is a condition in which areas of your gastrointestinal (GI) system become chronically inflamed. Ulcerative colitis (UC), Crohn’s disease (CD), collagenous colitis, and lymphocytic colitis are types of IBD, with ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease being “classic” forms.
Ulcerative col...
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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.
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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 pain and som...
By PJÂ Letourneau -Â Autism and Plant Medicine Blogger, Senior Software Engineer, and Neurodiverse Human
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Cannabis has had a profound influence on my ability to connect with others as someone on the autism spectrum.
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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 her.
Until I burned out and ...
By Alex Mitchell - Certified Cannabis Coach & Educator
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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 had planned...
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Hosted by Michelle Diston - Certified Cannabis Coach with Guest Nikki LawleyÂ
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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 a medicine. But w...
Sound Bites Podcast:Â Episode 213 Hosted by: Melissa Joy Dobbins
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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 America affecting 42....
By Jay Jay O’Brien - Certified Cannabis Coach and Educator
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My spouse lost a friend to a Glioblastoma multiforme about 2 years ago. Glioblastoma multiforme is one of the most common, aggressive, and deadly forms of brain cancer.Â
They were committed to the treatment and to the prognosis offered by their doctors. 6-18 months was what was offered. At that point, all other options were discarded ...
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