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CBD Shows Health Benefits in Estrogen-Deficient Mice that Model Postmenopause

September 15, 2022 by Captain Organic Planet

A Rutgers study points to cannabidiol (CBD), a major component of hemp and medical marijuana used to treat conditions such as chronic pain, inflammation, migraines, epilepsy, autoimmune diseases, depression, and anxiety, as a possible treatment for postmenopausal women, whose ovaries no longer make estrogen. In a study published in Frontiers in Pharmacology, scientists reported that when estrogen-deficient mice […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: CBD, estrogen, postmenopause

CBD reduces plaque, improves cognition in model of familial Alzheimer’s

October 22, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

A two-week course of high doses of CBD helps restore the function of two proteins key to reducing the accumulation of beta-amyloid plaque, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, and improves cognition in an experimental model of early onset familial Alzheimer’s, investigators report. The proteins TREM2 and IL-33 are important to the ability of the brain’s […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Alzheimers, brain, CBD, disease, marijuana

High fat foods can increase oral cannabidiol absorption into the body

May 5, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

While oral cannabidiol (CBD) capsules were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in patients with seizures in 2018, very little was known about the effect of food on CBD absorption. A University of Minnesota study, published in Epilepsia, examined whether eating high-fat foods after taking CBD increased the body’s absorption of […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: cannabidiol, CBD, fat

CBD may help avert lung destruction in COVID-19, research suggests

April 9, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

Cannabidiol, or CBD, may help reduce the cytokine storm and excessive lung inflammation that is killing many patients with COVID-19, researchers say. While more work, including clinical trials to determine optimal dosage and timing, is needed before CBD becomes part of the treatment for COVID-19, researchers at the Dental College of Georgia and Medical College […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: CBD, COVID-19, cytokine storm, immune system, lungs, SARS-CoV-2

Compound derived from marijuana may benefit children with epilepsy

February 23, 2019 by Captain Organic Planet

In recent years, cannabinoids — the active chemicals in medical marijuana — have been increasingly touted as a potential treatment for a range of neurological and psychiatric disorders. In a Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology review, investigators compare their efficacy with antiepileptic drugs for children with epilepsy. One cannabinoid, called cannabidiol (CBD), has the most evidence of […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: antiepileptic, cannabidiol, cannabinoids, CBD, marijuana

THC amounts identical in most cannabis strains

October 17, 2018 by Captain Organic Planet

A rose by any other name is still a rose. The same, it turns out, can be said for cannabis. Newly published research from UBC’s Okanagan campus has determined that many strains of cannabis have virtually identical levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), despite their unique street names. “It is estimated that there are […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: cannabis, CBD, THC

Can Cannabinoids Be Used To Treat Cancer?

November 7, 2017 by Captain Organic Planet

When cannabinoids activate signaling pathways in cancer cells they can stimulate a cell death mechanism called apoptosis, unleashing a potent anti-tumor effect. Yet cannabinoids, which have also shown strong activity against human tumor tissue grown in animal models, have undergone minimal testing in patients. Their potential use as anti-tumor drugs and/or to boost the effectiveness […]

Filed Under: Cancer Tagged With: cancer, cannabidiol, cannabinoid, cannabis, cannabis oil, CBD, disease, marijuana

Cannabidiol (CBD) Offers A Host Of Medicinal Uses

January 11, 2016 by Captain Organic Planet

Cannabidiol (CBD), an active substance in the cannabis plant, offers a host of medicinal uses. There are at least 85 active cannabinoids present in the cannabis plant.  CBD doesn’t have psychoactive effects, meaning you won’t get high by ingesting it. It is a major phytocannabinoid, accounting for up to 40% of the plant’s extract. CBD is considered […]

Filed Under: Cancer Tagged With: cancer, cannabidiol, cannabis, CBD, crops, disease, health, marijuana, medicine, organic, plants, research, study, THC

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