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Calif. University Leading Landmark Trial Testing Cannabis as Migraine Treatment
A team at UC San Diego Health is conducting the first known randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial looking at cannabis as a potentially effective treatment for acute migraines, and researchers put out a call today for participants.
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‘Queer Eye' Star Karamo Brown Opens Up About His Migraine Battles and Using Dance Therapy to Lift His Mood
Karamo Brown is known for helping others learn the value of self care on Netflix’s hit show “Queer Eye.” The reality star is now opening up about his own struggle with migraines and how dance has helped carry him through this tough year.
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‘Playing Through the Pain': Serena Williams Recounts Long Struggle With Migraines
Serena Williams has revealed that she was often defeating two opponents at once while achieving tennis greatness during her legendary career. Williams, 38, told People she has been struggling with periodic migraines since her 20s, often playing through them on her way to 23 Grand Slam singles titles. She even hid mention of them to her father, Richard, who served as her coach for...
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Is Pot Safe When Pregnant? Study Seeks Answer, Draws Critics
Pregnancy started out rough for Leslie Siu. Morning sickness and migraines had her reeling and barely able to function at a demanding New York marketing job, so like rising numbers of U.S. mothers-to-be, she turned to marijuana. “l was finally able to get out from under my work desk,” said Siu, who later started her own pot company and says...
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More Women Are Using Cannabis Before and During Pregnancy Study Shows
The Kaiser Permanente study examined over 250,000 women living in California before the legalization of cannabis.
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King Bio Adds More Than 50 Adult Products to National Recall; 32 Kids' Medicines Already Recalled Over to Contamination Concerns
King Bio has announced it is pulling all of its water-based products across all brands, amounting to more than 50 products intended to treat virtually every ailment from migraines to allergies, amid a national recall over concerns about possible purity issues.
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Veterans Are Key as Surge of States OK Medical Pot for PTSD
It was a telling setting for a decision on whether post-traumatic stress disorder patients could use medical marijuana. Against the backdrop of the nation’s largest Veterans Day parade, Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this month he’d sign legislation making New York the latest in a fast-rising tide of states to OK therapeutic pot as a PTSD treatment, though it’s illegal...
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Leech Therapy Gaining Popularity in South Florida
The healing powers of a blood-sucking worm: South Florida medical practitioners are using leeches to treat patients suffering from a variety of medical conditions.