Almost every day appear new scientific studies on the medicinal properties of cannabis. Most studies are published in journals unknown and largely ignored by the major media. Here we discuss five new studies on cannabis that deserve attention. Traumatic brain injury Patients with traumatic brain injury who use cannabis have a greater chance of survival than those who do not use. According to research published in the journal American Surgeon. Scientists analyzed data of 446 cases of traumatic brain injury. 97.6 percent of patients who used cannabis managed to survive the operation. Of the patients who tested negative for cannabis, survived only 88.5 percent. Previous studies have shown that certain constituents of cannabis help protect after trauma, the brain of animals, said the lead researcher in a press statement. Cannabigerol (CBG) The cannabinoid cannabigerol fights cancer and stop tumor growth, according to a study in the journal Carcinogenesis. Researchers from the University of Naples looked at the effect of CBG colon cancer. They came to the discovery that the constituent apoptosis (programmed cell death) and the growth of colorectal cancer cells slows down. Parkinson People with Parkinsons disease show after show significant improvements. Treatment with cannabinoids Researchers from the University of São Paulo in Brazil, writing in the Journal of Psychopharmacology on the effects of the cannabinoid cannabidiol (CBD) on 21 subjects with Parkinsons. After the study, the well-being and quality of life of the group that received daily 300 mg CBD was significantly better than the group who took a placebo. Withdrawal symptoms from opiates The consumption of cannabis is associated with relief of the symptoms of withdrawal from opiates, according to a study in The American Journal on Addictions. Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia looked at the influence of cannabis on 91 subjects who were dependent on opiates. Through the use of cannabis, the symptoms were less severe, the researchers said. Crohns disease The inhalation of cannabis softens the symptoms of Crohns disease, as evidenced by medical examination in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Israeli scientists studied for eight weeks the effect of cannabis on 21 people with Crohns disease. Our data show that treatment with THC-rich cannabis - not the placebo - leads to a softening of the symptoms. The researchers reported Five of the 11 patients in the group cannabis were, after the treatment is in remission. Moreover, the treatment had no significant side effects.
Posted on: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 23:01:47 +0000
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