Cannabis

CHICAGO — Individuals with advanced cancer who received a two-component medical cannabis oil reported improvement in cancer-related pain, results from a randomized study showed.

Healio has launched a new special report on medical cannabis that summarizes the current scientific research and incorporates expert opinion.

Broader accessibility to and use of cannabis and cannabinoids has created formidable challenges for clinicians who treat people with cancer.

SAN DIEGO — A vaporized combination of THC and CBD was the most efficacious of four cannabis choices for acute moderate to severe migraine at 2 hours, according to an expert at the American Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting.

BOSTON — Girls and boys who experienced stress early in life were more likely than those with lower stress scores to use alcohol, nicotine and cannabis by age 13 years, according to a presenter at ENDO 2024.

NEW YORK — Factors across multiple domains, including demographic characteristics and parenting behaviors, appeared predictive of substance use initiation in early adolescence, according to study results.

Teenagers who use cannabis have a much higher risk for developing a psychotic disorder compared with their nonusing peers, according to research published in Psychological Medicine.

As healers, we are most comfortable and confident when we can rely on the long-established armamentarium of countless medications created by the American pharmaceutical industry.

SAN FRANCISCO — With rising rates of cannabis use and changing legalization throughout the United States, more and more patients and physicians have questions about cannabis use before, during and after pregnancy.

SAN FRANCISCO — Infertility was more prevalent among women who regularly used cannabis than among those who reported never using the drug, according to data presented at the ACOG Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting.