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Oct 16, 2024 | 
weedworthy.com | Frank Schuler
1 minute reading time (71 words) Topical Cannabis Cream Mitigates Pruritus In Thai Clinical Trial Cannabis NewsOctober 16, 2024 Pruritus is a medical term for ‘itching.’ While pruritus can develop for a multitude of reasons, it is fairly common among patients with chronic kidney disease.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
420intel.com | Frank Schuler
Pruritus is a medical term for ‘itching.’ While pruritus can develop for a multitude of reasons, it is fairly common among patients with chronic kidney disease. According to a June 2024 study, the worldwide prevalence of pruritus is 39.8%. The number of people suffering from chronic kidney disease around the globe is roughly 800 million people according to a study from 2022, although it is unknown how many of those suffering patients also suffer from pruritus.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
cannatechtoday.com | Andrew Ward |Frank Schuler
For many years, cannabis-based research was either outright prohibited in many parts of the world, or at the very least greatly hindered.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
cannatechtoday.com | Andrew Ward |Frank Schuler
Colombia’s emerging legal cannabis industry is growing with every passing year, and according to a recent study, the nation’s climate and environment could give the cannabis produced there an edge over other parts of the world. A team of researchers based in Colombia, Germany, and the United States recently examined terpenes in cannabis cultivated in Colombia. Terpenes are aromatic compounds that determine the smell of many plants and herbs, including cannabis.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
cannatechtoday.com | Andrew Ward |Frank Schuler
The cannabis plant contains a number of different cannabinoids, with the two most well-known cannabinoids being tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD). A growing number of medical and adult-use cannabis products contain both cannabinoids, leading to new questions about how THC and CBD interact with each other. A team of researchers based in the Netherlands and the United States recently conducted a study examining the effects of combined THC and CBD usage.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
cannatechtoday.com | Andrew Ward |Frank Schuler
Insomnia is a major issue around the world, with an estimated one-third of adults worldwide having symptoms of insomnia, and roughly ten percent of adults globally are diagnosed with insomnia. Insomnia occurs when the sufferer has difficulty falling asleep and/or remaining asleep. The negative effects of suffering from insomnia are significant – increased chances of depression, fatigue, memory issues, mood issues, and weight gain (among many other problems).
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
cannatechtoday.com | Andrew Ward |Frank Schuler
How much THC in a person’s system is too much when it comes to safely operating a motor vehicle? Due to the complexities of human biology, that question is far more difficult to answer than many policymakers would lead the public to believe. An infrequent user can consume very little cannabis and be significantly impaired, and a frequent consumer can refrain from consumption for multiple days and yet still have a considerable amount of metabolized THC in their system.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
cannatechtoday.com | Andrew Ward |Frank Schuler
Anyone who has battled cancer or has a loved one who has battled cancer knows firsthand how awful it can be. Undergoing chemotherapy treatment is often necessary but is also very difficult for cancer patients to have to endure. A common side effect of chemotherapy treatments is refractory nausea. Refractory nausea is a condition that occurs when nausea and vomiting don’t respond to treatment. When a cancer patient experiences it, it makes a difficult situation even worse.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
cannatechtoday.com | Andrew Ward |Frank Schuler
The cannabis plant is arguably the most dynamic plant on earth, possessing tremendous wellness benefits for suffering patients. Researchers are slowly but surely unlocking the cannabis plant’s full potential, including which delivery methods are best for certain conditions. One form of cannabis consumption involves drinking it via cannabis-infused tea preparations. Many patients prefer cannabis-infused tea when available because it is a smoke-less cannabis delivery method.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
cannatechtoday.com | Andrew Ward |Frank Schuler
One of the most common talking points for cannabis opponents is that ‘cannabis is bad for human brains.’ Many older cannabis observers will attest that this talking point is as old as cannabis prohibition itself. Such cannabis opponents will cherry-pick public mental health data and present it out of context to try to ‘prove’ their point. Unfortunately for them, and fortunately for compassion and logical reasoning, proper scientific research demonstrates that cannabis opponents are wrong.
