Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia may be triggered by reduced concentrations of chemicals known as endocannabinoids in the human brain. These are naturally-occurring cannabinoids, of the type found in marijuana and cannabis.
Researchers say that a link between cannabinoids and appetite has been ... |
1 November 2011
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Experts know that the human brain is more prone to experiencing deterioration as people progress in age, but new studies are beginning to reveal mechanisms that the body uses to repair damage and defective structures. These investigations could pave the way for new therapies and treatments that could eventually lead ... |
13 July 2011
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A new study carried out by an international team of immunologists, concluded that cannabis compounds trigger a suppression of the body's immune functions, and actually promote cancer growth.“Cannabis is one of the most widely used drugs of abuse worldwide and it is already believed to suppress immune funct... |
25 November 2010
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The circadian rhythm is without a doubt the main element influencing the way humans lead their lives. Everything in the human body, from the desire to eat to the time when more proteins are created, and when intestinal activity drops is controlled through this rhythm, which gives us a sense of time. A new research sh... |
31 July 2010
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Investigators have proposed over the years that the light drug marijuana may play an important role in tempering, or even reducing the effects of the neurodegenerative condition Alzheimer's. But now, Canadian researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC), and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Insti... |
8 February 2010
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Marijuana has over recent years been advocated as one of the ways people suffering from chronic diseases could keep their pain under control, and has as such been prescribed by doctors to their patients. But a new scientific study comes to show that a class of chemicals found in cannabinoids, the active ingredient in... |
14 August 2009
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According to a new study involving colon cancer, the development of the tumors could be stopped and even reversed with the help of a chemical usually found in marijuana, although the drug itself would need some additional chemical compounds in order to work. The discovery was made by researchers of the University of ... |
2 August 2008
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