Clinical Takeaway Retired professional athletes from high contact team sports show elevated rates of depression, anxiety, and cognitive concerns compared to the general population, with contributing factors including repetitive head trauma, abrupt...
Endocannabinoid System Research: Cannabinoids in Pediatrics
Clinical Takeaway Cannabinoids have been studied across a range of pediatric medical conditions, with evidence spanning interventional trials, observational studies, and patient surveys. The current body of research supports cautious clinical consideration...
`Cannabinoid Clinical Trials: Cannabis for Chronic Back Pain`
Clinical Takeaway In this phase 3 randomized controlled trial, 820 adults with chronic low back pain were treated with VER-01, a full-spectrum cannabis extract, over a 12-week blinded period followed by up...
Cannabis industry overhaul under way to unlock multibillion-rand sector – Business Day
✦ New CED Clinical Relevance #35 Clinical Context Background information relevant to the evolving cannabis medicine landscape. PolicyResearchHempIndustry Why This Matters South Africa’s cannabis sector expansion and research facility development could improve...
Youth and cannabis: What’s the risk? – The Lewiston Tribune
✦ New CED Clinical Relevance #72 Notable Clinical Interest Emerging findings or policy developments worth monitoring closely. PediatricsMental HealthSafetyResearch Dr. Caplan’s Take “We have enough longitudinal evidence now to say with confidence...
Smoking Cannabis May Reduce Alcohol Cravings, New Study Finds – Food & Wine
✦ New CED Clinical Relevance #72 Notable Clinical Interest Emerging findings or policy developments worth monitoring closely. ResearchMental HealthTHCSafety Why This Matters This finding is clinically relevant because alcohol use disorder remains...
Study: Cannabis use among older adults does not accelerate mental decline
✦ New CED Clinical Relevance #75 Strong Clinical Relevance High-quality evidence with meaningful patient or clinical significance. AgingMental HealthResearchNeurology Why This Matters This finding is clinically significant because cognitive decline concerns have...
Study: Adolescent cannabis use linked to doubling risk of psychotic and bipolar disorders
✦ New CED Clinical Relevance #82 Strong Clinical Relevance High-quality evidence with meaningful patient or clinical significance. Mental HealthResearchPediatricsNeurologySafety Why This Matters Clinicians should counsel adolescent patients and their families that cannabis...
New study reveals surprising benefit of GLP-1s that has nothing to do with weight loss
✦ New CED Clinical Relevance #45 Clinical Context Background information relevant to the evolving cannabis medicine landscape. ResearchMental HealthSafetyNeurology Why This Matters Clinicians prescribing GLP-1 receptor agonists should be aware that these...
Youth and cannabis: What’s the risk? – The Lewiston Tribune
✦ New CED Clinical Relevance #65 Notable Clinical Interest Emerging findings or policy developments worth monitoring closely. ResearchSafetyPediatricsMental HealthPolicy Dr. Caplan’s Take “We simply don’t have the longitudinal data we need to...