By Marc Kaufman, Washington Post Staff Writer | Friday, May 26, 2006 The largest study of its kind has unexpectedly concluded that smoking marijuana, even regularly and heavily, does not lead to lung cancer. The new findings “were against our...
This 60-page report is an evidence-based literature review of marijuana, based only upon research that followed well-accepted research designs, included strong statistical and procedural controls and passed a careful review by independent scientists. Commissioned by...
“Cannabinoids possess … anticancer activity [and may] possibly represent a new class of anti-cancer drugs that retard cancer growth, inhibit angiogenesis (the formation of new blood vessels) and the metastatic spreading of cancer cells.” So concludes a...
Cannabinoids Cannabinoids have a favorable drug safety profile.[1-4] Unlike opioid receptors, cannabinoid receptors are not located in the brainstem areas controlling respiration; therefore, lethal overdoses due to respiratory suppression do not occur. Because...
Cancer, and cancer therapies and their side effects, may cause a variety of problems for cancer patients. Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, and anorexia and cachexia are conditions that affect many individuals with cancer. Nausea and Vomiting Some anticancer...