You may have heard the statistics about opioid addiction in the United States. If not, these numbers may surprise you: Roughly 2 million Americans 12 and older have a prescription pain reliever substance abuse problem (2015 statistics) Opioid prescriptions have risen by 300 percent Four out of five heroine users start out by using prescription…
DetailsDr. Edward Bach was just another scientist and medical doctor in London when, in the late 1920’s, his life and work took a drastic detour. Shortly after joining the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital, he dropped out of city life and relocated to the Wales countryside near Mount Vernon in Oxfordshire. It was there that he…
DetailsBy now you have probably heard a story or two about how medical cannabis helped heal cancer. This may have even been your experience or the experience of a loved one. Cannabis has proven to be effective against cancer in many ways, from reinforcing the endocannabinoid system to boosting the immune system and cutting inflammation.
DetailsHope you had a nice 4th of July weekend. Did you have too many hotdogs? Upset stomach? We’ve all had a little bit of heartburn, gas or bloating when we “overdo it” now and again.
DetailsHave you ever heard the saying, “Laughter is the best medicine?” Surely whoever spoke these words was referring to the cathartic effect we feel when we have a good guffaw, because only until recently have researchers put this age old adage to the test.
DetailsDid you know tinctures were once the most popular form of cannabis medicine? In fact, until prohibition began in the late 1930s, cannabis tinctures were available at most pharmacies.
DetailsIn February 2017, a Los Angeles television news team broke a story that caused immediate ripples of concern across the medical cannabis community in California. The team collected 44 cannabis flower and vape cartridge samples from 15 different dispensaries, then sent them out to Steep Hill Labs for testing.
DetailsMaryland Conference Agenda DAY 1 – Friday, June 2, 2017 9:00 am – 9:10 am – WELCOME – United Patients Group 9:10 am – 10:25 am – FOUNDATIONS IN CANNABIS – Dr. Stephen Holt, MD 10:25 am – 10:45 am Break – (20 minutes) 10:45 am – 12:00 pm – PHARMACOLOGY…
DetailsSixteen million Americans are currently living with a diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates up to another 11 million people have the disease but have not yet been formally diagnosed with it.
DetailsMedical cannabis education leader United Patients Group, in cooperation with the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, will spearhead a comprehensive bipartisan seminar on the science of cannabis on Capitol Hill on Monday, May 15th.
DetailsA 1,000 thanks to United Patients Group for giving me the key to defeating my Stage 4 Metastatic Melanoma residing in the 3 lobes of my right lung, my right liver, and the largest lesion above my heart near the aorta. I have been fighting this new challenge since 2013, when 6 lesions were found…
DetailsLet’s face it…we are ALL feeling stress now more than ever. Financial stress. Relationship stress. Stress about the state of the world in general.
DetailsWhen we think of pain relief from cannabis, we often think of rolling up a joint, turning on our favorite show, and waiting for the pain to melt away in a haze of smoke. But with the fast-growing trend of cannabis topicals, we might need to start rethinking the role that cannabis plays when it…
DetailsHow do you know that the edible you are about to consume (in the portion you are about to consume it) is right for you?
Details“In 2013, I had been diagnosed with dementia, and I could tell I was disappearing. I couldn’t even remember how to make myself coffee—or tell you how I take that cup of coffee.”
DetailsA single serving of this superfood supplies the body with fiber, magnesium, essential fatty acids, phosphorus, calcium, protein, and much more.
Details…Chocolate in the form of raw cacao powder that is. Raw cacao, consumed for hundreds of years in many tropical regions of the world for its stamina-enhancing properties, is a powerhouse of cancer-healing substances.
DetailsDid you know as many as 450,000 people in the United States alone are living with a spinal cord injury?
DetailsIn 2014, a ground-breaking pre-clinical study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease proved that small amounts of THC can help reduce (and in some cases, even reverse) the symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease.
DetailsDid you know the skin is the largest organ in the human body? It also happens to be one of the most important.
DetailsAnother healing modality that most conventional sources dismiss is called Energy Medicine; one of the strongest modalities in this broad range of techniques is Emotional Freedom Technique, or EFT.
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