As more and more states legalize medical cannabis for chronic pain, anxiety, seizure disorders and other common medical conditions, the question of efficacy becomes increasingly important. Recent studies show a lack of efficacy, but so far states are not modifying their list of approved conditions for medical cannabis. Many states approved cannabis for medical conditions […]
A MUM has detailed how she met a man online who went on to kill her baby daughter by violently shaking her to death. “Shaken Baby Syndrome” The mother of 16-month-old Nusayba Umar said in an impact statement the suffering her daughter endured would “haunt me forever”. Kamran Haider, 39, shook Nusayba leaving her with […]
New treatments give hope to people with epilepsy When Chicagoan Bobbi Packer, an interior designer and architect, started having episodes of unusual behavior — nausea, a blank look in her eyes, babbling mid-sentence — she dismissed them. She had no idea the episodes were short seizures and a form of epilepsy. “They only lasted 15 […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a sweeping global draft action plan for epilepsy and related disorders, including Dravet syndrome, that outlines goals — including reducing death rates and stigma — through 2031. Officially called the Draft Intersectoral Global Action Plan on Epilepsy and Other Disorders 2022-2031, the blueprint aims to, among other goals, mitigate the stigma, impact, […]
March 28 (Reuters) – Belgian biotech firm UCB SA (UCB.BR) said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved its drug to treat seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), a rare form of childhood epilepsy. The drug, branded as Fintepla, already has the U.S. approval to treat another form of childhood-onset epilepsy, Davet Syndrome (DS), […]
CBD (cannabidiol) and cannabis have been shown to help with conditions such as epilepsy, seizures, muscle stiffness, arthritis, autoimmunity, Parkinson’s, ALS, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, depression, inflammation, bacterial infection, pain, depression, GI ulcers, and mood. However, either CBD or cannabis makes some of our patients feel worse. This led us down a rabbit hole of research […]
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