“Turns out that in spite of the late-night pizza binges and countless bags of Doritos they consume, the average marijuana user is actually less likely to be obese than the general, non-pot-smoking public.”
“Cannabis Tea… Other names: Pot Tea, Weed Tea…Translations: Kaņepes Tēja, Kanapių arbata, Ceai de canabis, Kanabis Tea, Cần sa trà, Cannabis urządzenia, कैनबिस चाय, Chá de Cannabis, Каннабис чай, Η κάνναβη Τσάι, القنب الشاي, 대마초 차, Cannabis Čaj, Cannabis Teh, 大麻茶, Cannabis para preparar té, Cannabis Čaj, קנאביס תה, Канабис чај, 大麻コーヒー, Cannabis Te, Cannabis per a preparar te, Каннабіс чай, Kannabis Tea, Канабис чай” http://www.foodista.com/food/3HJ8KNK6/cannabis-tea#
“Tea Ingredient Fights Leukemia” http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20050404/tea-ingredient-fights-leukemia
“Green tea fights cancer” http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Nutrition/Food/green_tea_fights_cancer_0514120548.html
“Green tea fights ovarian cancer” http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/2/Cancer/green_tea_fights_ovarian_cancer_0508120840.html
“Could Green Tea Help Fight Prostate Cancer?” http://healthyliving.msn.com/nutrition/could-green-tea-help-fight-prostate-cancer
“Cheap tea ‘may pose health risk'” http://uk.news.yahoo.com/cheap-tea-may-pose-health-risk-160304199.html?.tsrc=lgwn#w5HMWLW
“People who smoke marijuana–even heavy, long-term marijuana users–do not appear to be at increased risk of developing lung cancer…
Marijuana smoking also did not appear to increase the risk of head and neck cancers, such as cancer of the tongue, mouth, throat, or esophagus, the study found.
The findings were a surprise to the researchers. “We expected that we would find that a history of heavy marijuana use–more than 500-1,000 uses–would increase the risk of cancer from several years to decades after exposure to marijuana,” said the senior researcher, Donald Tashkin, M.D., Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in Los Angeles.”
More: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/05/060526083353.htm
“A compound found in cannabis may prove to be effective at helping stop the spread of breast cancer cells throughout the body.”
“Processed Meat Raises Risk Of Dying From Cancer And Heart Disease, Study Finds” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/07/processed-meat-cancer-heart-disease-death-risk_n_2829092.html
“Chicago ‘Hot Dogs Cause Butt Cancer… Meat Under Fire for Causing Cancer, Death” http://abcnews.go.com/Health/chicago-hot-dogs-butt-cancer-billboard-highlights-colon/story?id=15920567
“Bad diet a significant cause of preventable cancer” http://www.ingredientsnetwork.com/news-content/full/bad-diet-a-significant-cause-of-preventable-cancer
“Processed meat ‘linked to pancreatic cancer'” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16526695
“Red meat increases death, cancer and heart risk, says study” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17345967
“Cancer risk from BBQ meat. Tips for safer and healthier grilling, from the Harvard Health Letter” http://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/cancer-risk-from-bbq-meat
“Scientists warn consumption of processed meat linked to cancer” http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jun/15/processed-meat-bacon-bowel-cancer
“Drinking Lots Of Milk Can Cause Ovarian Cancer” http://news.peacefmonline.com/health/201307/169595.php
“I guess I was a bit excited when I wrote this and my first article on the subject “Marijuana VS Migraines: Modern Medical Miracle” in Salem-News.com June 30th 2008. Then I was excited about it because the best treatment I had used was Demerol and Benadry injections which knocked the patient out for at least a whole day. This is much better.
Recently in Salem-News.com, a story appeared by Dr. Dianne Stafford, October 3rd 2012 entitled, “Not Just A Headache: Eleven Ways Not To Treat A Migraine”. I hoped that it would be some good stuff but it was a fizzling blah. She didn’t mention one treatment which was a good idea because there are some 20 different pharmaceuticals most of which don’t work for most people. For a migraine sufferer her list is worthless.
I don’t consider myself any great stuff about migraine therapy but I had a real opportunity in this regard when Oregon legalized marijuana for about 10 diseases including severe pain, spasms ( of smooth muscle such as blood vessels in the brain), and nausea and vomiting. Cannabis/marijuana works well for all of these. I must have ended up with about 50 migraine patients who had previously been prescribed or given dozens of poorly working drugs.
At the time no other physician/pharmacologist had published that cannabis/marijuana was effective for migraines, so I published my article. I received 32 responses on 8 pages from July 1st, 2008 till September 1st, 2011. Some are quite short but others are long extolling the effectiveness of cannabis/marijuana therapy. You can read my article and comments. I will reprint a few of the shorter ones:”
More: http://salem-news.com/articles/october112012/marijuana-migraine-pl-2.php
“Does marijuana have medicinal value for migraine headaches and other maladies?
“There is no question that cannabis is beneficial medicinally,” Bearman says. With migraines, “some people say it makes the pain go completely away or can prevent migraines from coming on. Others say it lessens the pain and allows them to focus on other things to get their work done.”
What cannabis does to alleviate migraines is complicated and not completely understood. “But it works on serotonin and dopamine receptors, and has anti-inflammatory activity,” says Russo, who is just finishing a paper for the Journal of Cannabis Therapeutics.
“Basically, it is a multi-modality agent that works on various aspects of migraine in a way that’s really unique. And it’s not just the THC — tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive chemical — that does it. It appears now that it’s the result of the interaction of a combination of other cannabinoids and also the essential oils in the plant.”
Unlike most headache medications, cannabis is unique in that it works as both a preventive agent and an analgesic. “At any point in the migraine, they could use cannabis by smoking, vaporizer, etc., and about 80% of these people get significant or total relief,” he says. “And, if someone has a chronic migraine, daily use in whatever form will often lead to a complete remission.””
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/health/doctor/lhdoc227.htm
“Pharmacological preparations of cannabinoid compounds have a variety of therapeutic uses in medicine, including different pain syndromes, but have not been previously reported as beneficial for cluster headache.We present a patient with cluster headache who was refractory to multiple acute and preventive medications but successfully aborted his attacks with recreational marijuana use; subsequent use of dronabinol provided equally effective pain relief. The beneficial effect may be related to the high concentration of cannabinoid receptors in the hypothalamus, which has been implicated as a site of dysfunction in neuroimaging studies of patients with cluster headache.
The plant Cannabis sativa has a long history of medical use in the treatment of pain and spasms, the promotion of sleep, and the suppression of nausea and vomiting. However, in the early 1970s cannabis was classified in the Narcotic Acts in countries all over the world as having no therapeutic benefit; therefore, it cannot be prescribed by physicians or dispensed by pharmacists. In the light of this contradictory situation, an increasing number of patients practice a self-prescription with cannabis products for relieving a variety of symptoms.
The majority of patients used natural cannabis products such as marihuana, hashish, and an alcoholic tincture; in just 5 cases dronabinol (Marinol) was taken by prescription…
…this survey demonstrates a successful use of cannabis products for the treatment of a multitude of various illnesses and symptoms. This use was usually accompanied only by slight and in general acceptable side effects…”
“A new study conducted by researchers at the Roskamp Institute in Florida, and published in the journal Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, has found that cannabis can slow the effects of Alzheimer’s Disease, and may in fact be able to halt it entirely.”
“According to Corbin Bachmeier, Ph.D – who’s the lead researcher of the study – Alzheimer’s Disease is “the result of impaired Aβ [Amyloid-β protein] clearance from the brain”. According to this study, cannabis can solve this problem, making it a potential treatment…
This research validates past studies (including some presented earlier this year, as well as a 2006 study), though is the first to actually explain why cannabis can be beneficial to the disease.”
More: http://thejointblog.com/new-study-cannabis-can-slow-cure-alzheimers-disease/#more-7683