How Can Medical Cannabis Help Fight Breast Cancer?
October is breast cancer awareness month. The goal during breast cancer awareness month is to raise consciousness and educate people about a disease that affects nearly 300,000 new patients every year. While there are a number of different schools of thought when it comes to deterring the occurrence of cancer, it is not always preventable. […]
Read MoreThe Benefits of Medical Marijuana in Florida
Florida has a relatively inclusive list of conditions that are covered by medical marijuana; to include a clause that allows doctors to prescribe it at their discretion for outlying conditions similar to the ones already covered under Florida law. Florida’s new medical marijuana laws came into effect in 2016, and many new developments in the […]
Read MoreFinding the Right Medical Marijuana Doctor
With the somewhat recent unearthing of the benefits of medical marijuana as a treatment for a number of different conditions, comes a host of things patients need to know before seeking medical cannabis treatments. For instance, some states have still not cleared marijuana’s medical use, while others have lifted regulation of marijuana entirely. However, the […]
Read MoreHow Can Medical Cannabis Help Cancer Patients?
The battle against cancer is an ever-evolving struggle to provide patients with effective treatments for a wide array of cancer types and symptoms. More recently, medical marijuana has taken center stage as one of the most hotly debated, yet promising, treatments available to a large number of patients suffering from a variety of different illnesses. […]
Read MoreBrain Awareness Month and Medical Marijuana
June is Alzheimer’s and brain awareness month. It is a month to spread awareness and educate people about neurological disorders (such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s) that can affect cognitive function to a crippling degree, and often make autonomy difficult (or impossible) for patients who suffer from it. It is of the utmost importance that neurological […]
Read MoreMedical Marijuana: Myth vs Fact
Seeing that it was relatively a bold step (and breakthrough) in the medical field for treating a number of conditions, medical marijuana is a topic of great discussion when considering its efficacy, safety, and social impact at all levels. There are a number a reasons marijuana faced prohibition as early as the 1920’s; it was […]
Read MoreHow Does Medical Marijuana Work?
Medical marijuana is a relatively new therapeutic option in the medical field, prescribed for a number of different conditions today. Though much of the research is still in the early stages, there is no shortage of research showing positive results in the therapeutic treatment of patients, especially those who have exhausted all other options. More […]
Read MoreDr. Mark Hashim Guest on Popular Podcast to Discuss Benefits of Medical Cannabis
Recently, Dr. Mark Hashim of The Herbal Clinic, MD was invited to join an episode of New Consciousness Radio as an authority on the treatment of pain with medical cannabis. Dr. Hashim remarks: “I was honored to join them and am proud to take part in their mission of sharing the safe, effective benefits of […]
Read MoreMedical Marijuana for Chronic Pain
What is chronic nonmalignant pain? According to the International Society for the Study of Pain, pain is an “unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.” When it comes to chronic nonmalignant pain, or CNMP, the unpleasant and emotional experience associated with pain has lasted […]
Read MoreWhat is Glaucoma?
January is glaucoma awareness month, and increasing awareness of this eyesight-threatening disease is very important. It is currently estimated that there are more than 3 million people in America who are in some stage of vision loss associated with glaucoma, and, while some cases are more extreme than others, early identification and treatment are paramount […]
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