by idgadvertisingold | Feb 14, 2017 | CBD, Medicine, Science
As readers know, we’ve written about IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) multiple times, specifically in response to its high prevalence. IBS occurs more than 200,000 times in the US each year. Partially spurred by processed foods, IBS is naturally more common in developed...
by idgadvertisingold | Jan 28, 2017 | Science, Medicine
In pop culture, perhaps because cannabis is often placed in the same group as other recreational substances, stoners get a bad rap for being slow, under-performers. In the now-famous film Fast Times at Ridgemont High, one of the main characters, Jeff Spicoli, typifies...
by idgadvertisingold | Jan 10, 2017 | CBD, Medicine, THCA
We’re living in exciting times; human knowledge of cannabis, cannabinoids, and the endocannabinoid system is surging. If the sheer number of medical journal papers related to cannabis/cannabinoids is any indication, more researchers than ever are choosing to invest...
by idgadvertisingold | Nov 15, 2016 | Endocannabinoid System, Medicine, Research, Science
Estimating the number of individuals suffering from sleep disorder is difficult if only because of the variety of sources. While sleep can be interrupted by chronic pain, as is often the case for arthritis patients, other sources such as gastrointestinal activity,...
by idgadvertisingold | Nov 4, 2016 | CBD, Endocannabinoid System, Medicine
Cannabinoid receptors are known to be located all throughout the body. Although most abundant in the central and peripheral nervous system and in immune system cells, cannabinoid receptors are also thought to reside in other types of tissues. However, due to the...
by idgadvertisingold | Oct 17, 2016 | Endocannabinoid System, Medicine, THCA
As it stands, cannabis has proven beneficial to one’s health in too many ways to list. The cannabinoids contained in cannabis exert their myriad of health effects in particularly gentle ways, and unlike most other pharmaceuticals, cannabis appears to have no...