New York, NY: Parents and caregivers are increasingly turning to CBD products to mitigate autism symptoms in children, according to survey data compiled by Autism Parenting Magazine. Editors provided survey questions to more than 160,000 worldwide e-mail subscribers. Among US respondents, 22 percent affirmed having provided CBD to a child on the autism spectrum. Seventy-two percent of all respondents were parents while the remaining …
Cleveland, OH: Fully vaccinated persons with a clinical diagnosis of cannabis use disorder (CUD) possess a greater risk of COVID breakthrough infections than do to similar controls, according to data published in the journal World Psychiatry. Researchers with the US National Institutes of Health and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland evaluated whether those with a diagnosis of a substance abuse disorder (SUD) were …
Watford, United Kingdom: The daily consumption of cannabinoid extracts is associated with tumor regression in an elderly patient with lung cancer, according to a case study published in the journal BMJ Case Reports. British investigators reported on the case of a woman in her 80s diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in her lungs. She refused conventional anti-cancer treatments but reported ingesting cannabinoid extracts (21 …
Pullman, WA: Patients with ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) report that cannabis mitigates symptoms of the disorder and reduces some of the adverse side effects associated with their prescription medications, according to survey data published in the Journal of Attention Disorders. A pair of investigators with Washington State University conducted an online survey involving 1,738 students with ADHD. They reported: “Participants with ADHD who have used …
Marseille, France: Cannabis consumption is associated with lower rates of obesity among patients with hepatitis B, according to data published in the journal Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. A team of investigators affiliated with France’s National Institute of Health assessed the relationship between cannabis use and body weight in a cohort of 3,700 patients diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. After researchers adjusted …