Alternative Medicine News

Children whose mothers used cannabis during pregnancy are at a higher risk for autism compared with children whose mothers did not, according to a study published in Nature Medicine.

A clinical trial recently launched in Canada is the first of its kind to collect real-world data on the use of validated medical cannabis products.

Mayo Clinic has been ranked the No. 1 hospital nationwide by U.S. News and World Report, the fifth consecutive year that the hospital in Rochester, Minn., has received the top spot on the publication’s Best Hospitals Honor Roll list.

Most patients in a small cohort used medical marijuana in lieu of other abortive medications to alleviate migraine pain, according to recent findings.

In this video, Christina L. Szperka, MD, MSCE, director of the Pediatric Headache Program and a pediatric neurologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, discusses migraine care and treatment strategies in the era of COVID-19.

In newly issued guidelines, the American Gastroenterological Association did not recommend using probiotics for most digestive conditions.

Cannabis users were 3.5 times more likely to have a fungal infection than nonusers, according to an analysis of more than 20 million insurance claims published in Emerging Infectious Diseases. Although researchers were unable to establish causality between cannabis use and fungal infections, they said that their study adds to a growing body of evidence showing a link between the two.

Yoga as an add-on therapy was superior to medical therapy alone for adults with migraine, according to a prospective, randomized, open-label trial published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Mindful yoga, which researchers defined as yoga that includes awareness of the body’s posture and breathing, improved androgen levels and reduced depression and anxiety in women with polycystic ovary syndrome, according to the results of a small randomized controlled study published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.

Many studies that evaluate the use, therapeutic effects and characteristics of cannabidiol, or CBD, are produced by authors with conflicts of interest that tie them to the industry and potentially lead to bias, according to research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.