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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...
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...
This article is shared with the permission of Dr. Peter Grinspoon. This article originally appeared on the Harvard Medical School Blog on August 11, 2021.
Many of us have heard of some of the transmitter systems within our bodies, such as the sympathetic nervous system, which gives us our fight-or-flight response. Fewer have heard of the more recently discovered endocannabinoid system...
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