Science related (Medical)A Marijuana Compound Could Become a Diabetes Treatmentby Sofia Vida December 06, 2018According to a doctor out of Marin County, California, who is researching medical marijuana, there is a compound of the drug that could be a treatment for diabetes patients. Dr. Michael Moskowitz, President of Bay Area Pain Med...
Science related (Medical)Inhaling Vaporized Marijuana Gets You More High Than Smoking It Says Studyby Sofia Vida December 01, 2018According to new research, scientists have proven that inhaling vaporized marijuana will get you higher than smoking the exact same amount. Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit in Baltimore cond...
Science related (Medical)Marijuana Can Help Women With Their Menstrual Crampsby Sofia Vida November 24, 2018One of the worst ailments a woman experiences is her monthly menstrual cycle as for many it comes with menstrual cramps. These cramps can often times be debilitating and very hard to deal with. Marijuana has been used to help a...
Science related (Medical)Doctors Advise Pregnant Woman and Nursing Women to Stay Away from Marijuanaby Sofia Vida November 16, 2018According to a Reuters article, U.S. doctors are still recommending that pregnant women and nursing women avoid marijuana. “This recommendation is based on evidence for potential harm including decreased birthweights of fetus...
Science related (Medical)Study Shows Females May Get Higher Than Males When Smoking Marijuanaby Sofia Vida November 14, 2018According to a new series of studies on animals, when men and women smoke marijuana together, its the females who may get more high. “The study’s application to humans is largely unreasonable,” Dr. Jordan Tishler who has ...
Science related (Medical)Study Says Marijuana May Change Decision Making Part of Teenagers’ Brainsby Sofia Vida November 09, 2018A new study done on rats has found that using marijuana during teenage years may change the decision making part of the brain. Study coauthor Eliza Jacobs-Brichford spoke at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience on...
Science related (Medical)Marijuana is Connected to Type 1 Diabetes Complications Says Studyby Sofia Vida November 07, 2018According to researchers who studied 450 patients in Colorado, marijuana users had around twice the risk of experiencing ketoacidosis, a serious complication related to diabetes. Without treatment, ketoacidosis can lead to seve...
Science related (Medical)More Women are Smoking Marijuana While Pregnant According to Federal Databy Sofia Vida November 06, 2018While it may be a good thing that fewer women are now smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol while pregnant, it may not be good that they are using marijuana instead. According to a research letter that was published this week...
Science related (Medical)Cognition for Adolescents Improves Fast When They Give up Marijuanaby Sofia Vida October 31, 2018According to a study that was published this week in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, it looks like adolescents who stop using marijuana can have their cognitive ability improve. The study has found that even if the adolesce...
Science related (Medical)Liverwort Chemical Holds Similar Characteristics to THC in Marijuanaby Sofia Vida October 27, 2018Scientists have found that chemicals in the liverwort plan have similarities to marijuana's primary ingredient THC. Using over 100 mice in experiments, the scientists were able to find that the plan had produced four of the sam...
