Consistent with prior research, results “indicated significant improvements in global sleep quality scores” following patients’ use of medical cannabis.
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“These findings expand the limited evidence on the use of cannabis-based medicines in elderly patients and complement previous clinical and observational studies on cannabinoids in pain medicine.”
“Children who were exposed to cannabis in utero have similar well child care attendance and ED use, and similar developmental outcomes,” researchers concluded.
Researchers identified no changes in patients’ enzyme levels in a manner that would be indicative of liver damage.
While all three interventions improved sleep quality, cannabis preparations provided additional improvements in patients’ overall health-related quality of life.
Spontaneous regression of HCC typically occurs in fewer than one-half of one percent of all cases.
The study is among the first to characterize terpene interactions with CB2 receptors.
“Medical cannabis increased overall survival rates among patients,” investigators concluded. “Our findings support the integration of medicinal cannabis into palliative care.”