You can’t take high blood pressure lightly. It serves as a harbinger of many serious health problems, including heart attacks and strokes. As soon as you learn that your blood pressure is high, taking steps to lower it should become one of your main priorities. The sooner your blood pressure drops to a healthy range, […]

Many people who use CBD do so because they say it helps ease their anxiety, allowing them to function at a higher level and enjoy a better quality of life. While there’s no getting around the fact that CBD does ease anxiety symptoms, at this point, no one is completely sure why CBD is so […]

A common misconception in the world of cannabis is that hemp and marijuana are two different plant species. But they are actually two different names for the cannabis plant, a flowering plant in the Cannabaceae family. Both hemp and marijuana are Cannabis sativa, but hemp is bred and grown with industrial processes and materials in […]

By Lester Grinspoon, M.D. A native of Central Asia, cannabis may have been cultivated as much as 10,000 years ago.  It was certainly cultivated in China by 4000 B.C. and in Turkestan by 3000 B.C. It has long been used as a medicine in India, China, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, South Africa, and South […]

Marijuana is made from the dried leaves and buds of the Cannabis sativa plant. While the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hasn’t approved the use of the marijuana plant as medicine, many states have legalized marijuana use. The FDA has approved two drugs, dronabinol (Marinol, Syndros) and nabilone (Cesamet), made from synthetic forms of ingredients found in […]

Dr. Jacob Mirman is the Medical Director at Life Medical and also a doctor of internal medicine. He specializes in the following areas: Medical Marijuana Integrative medicine Homeopathic medicine Neuro research protocol/nutritional supplements Dr. Mirman enjoys treating patients who come to him to be certified in medicinal cannabis (marijuana). He has been thanked profusely and […]

Medical marijuana is a term for derivatives of the Cannabis sativa plant that are used to ease symptoms caused by certain medical conditions. Medical marijuana is also known as medical cannabis. Cannabis sativa contains many active compounds. The best known are delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD). THC is the primary ingredient in marijuana that makes people […]

Emerging evidence suggests that all plant compounds in cannabis work together synergistically—this is known as the entourage effect and can be thought of as: The whole of all compounds present in cannabis are more together than the sum of its parts. In other words, a special whole-plant synergy occurs when cannabinoids and terpenes are consumed […]

Emma Stone The unique musky, skunky, and pungent aroma of cannabis is unmistakable: Most people can smell it before they even see it. Terpenes, the aromatic compounds that determine the scent of many flowers and herbs, bestow cannabis with its distinctive odor and contribute to its flavor. Cannabis contains more than 150 types of terpenes. […]

A new study performed by Cannabotech has demonstrated that the company’s range of Integrative-Colon products may be an effective colon cancer treatment, killing 90% of colon cancer cells in a cell model study. Cannabotech is a biotechnology company pioneering oncological products comprised of cannabis and mushroom extracts. In a recent cell model study, the company has […]