4 Signs the Marijuana Industry Will Keep Growing at a Lightning Pace Across...
Marijuana is going mainstream fast, and so is the marijuana industry. In a time of sluggish growth, the pot business is bursting with energy. It’s a weird mix of righteous exhilaration at the victory...
View ArticleBill Passes to Allow Medical Marijuana Oil in Virginia
Richmond, Va., (WSET) — Big news today for children and adults hoping to get a form of medical marijuana to treat epilepsy. The General Assembly has passed a bill allowing cannabidiol, or CBD, to be...
View ArticleResearchers Want to Pay You $560 to Vape Cannabis 30 Times
But there’s a slight catch, of course. Researchers at San Francisco General Hospital want to determine whether cannabis can help treat pain associated with sickle-cell disease, a hereditary blood...
View Article5 Reasons You Should Stop Smoking Cannabis And Start Juicing It
1. Cannabis leaf juice won’t make you high. But it will make you healthier! Cannabis juice has a number of incredible healthy properties to them like… 2. Anti-inflammatory properties. Cannabis is an...
View Article25 Real Symptoms of Fibromyalgia That Aren’t Just In Your Head
How many times have you’ve been told your symptoms are all in your head? Whether explicitly stated or indirectly implied, we’ve all encountered that one person (or in some cases – many persons) who...
View Article10 Things Your Family & Friends Need To Know About Fibromyalgia
Whenever someone is struggling to understand or empathize with what it must be like to live with fibromyalgia, I think to myself “you won’t get it until you get it.” In other words, you won’t...
View Article7 Tips for Supporting A Loved One with Fibromyalgia
Do you have a friend or loved one who suffers from an invisible illness like fibromyalgia? These invisible illnesses can wreak havoc on the lives of those that suffer from them – as well as on their...
View Article10 Herbs & Supplements to Try For Fibromyalgia Pain
While prescription pain medications can help take the edge off of fibromyalgia pain – they are not without their risks. Most prescription medications have a long list of adverse side effects. Opioids,...
View ArticleTop 5 Myths About Fibromyalgia That People Still Believe
You’ve probably heard them all before – you may have even believed some of them. Whether you know someone with fibromyalgia or suffer from it yourself, you’ve probably been exposed to myths about the...
View Article4 Traps to Avoid If You Have Fibromyalgia (As Told By Actual Sufferers)
Navigating life with an invisible illness like fibromyalgia is full of challenges and obstacles. Fibromyalgia can affect many aspects of your life – from your physical well being to your relationships...
View ArticleFibromyalgia Patients May Someday See a THC Patch Treatment
A new treatment is in being studied for fibromyalgia (FM) that delivers medication through a skin patch. The drug candidate is called ZYN001 and is under development by Zynerba Pharmaceuticals, based...
View ArticleFibromyalgia Distinguished from Lupus with 100% Specificity Using New Test
California researchers found that analyzing cell-bound complement activation products (CB-CAPs) ably distinguishes between systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and fibromyalgia (FM), and complements...
View ArticleHigh-pressure oxygen can effectively treat fibromyalgia
New treatment for pain syndrome reduces or eliminates need for medication Summary: Women with fibromyalgia, a chronic pain syndrome, were able to drastically reduce, or even eliminate, their use of...
View ArticleUAB researcher hoping to solve mysteries of fibromyalgia, help patients break...
Postdoctoral student Luke Parkitny, Ph.D. (center), and Jared Younger demonstrate a novel technique to assess immune system function and identify new biomarkers for chronic diseases. (Steve Wood/UAB)...
View ArticleOpting Your Kid Out of Vaccination? That’s Sickening
Photo by Peeradach Rattanakoses/Shutterstock (modified by Phil Plait) Hmmm, it’s been a while since I’ve posted on how anti-vaccination propaganda is making people sick and putting children needlessly...
View ArticleCould sourdough bread be the answer to the gluten sensitivity epidemic?
Sourdough prepared the old fashioned way, before added gluten and fast-rising yeast became the norm, may be one solution for those who can’t tolerate gluten would bet that if you took a dozen people...
View ArticleHow To Live Gluten-Free
With the rise in celiac disease and widespread availability of gluten-free products, many Americans are cutting gluten from their diets in an effort to improve their overall health. Here is The...
View ArticleWhen Athletes Go Gluten Free
Gluten-free diets are increasingly popular in the fitness community. But a new, carefully designed study of the effects of gluten-free diets on athletic performance suggests that giving up gluten may...
View ArticleHow Your Hidden Gluten Intolerance is Causing Chronic Pain (and How to...
Gluten intolerance is not “just another food intolerance.” In fact, it is one of the most common genetically predisposed chronic inflammatory diseases driven by food. It is also frequently...
View ArticleGluten-Free Diet Has No Benefit for Children With Autism, Study Finds
University of Rochester researchers also restricted casein in the diet and found no effect on behavioral symptoms A diet popular as an alternative treatment for autism doesn’t appear to improve...
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