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07/22/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Cannabis drug found to reduce risk of seizures by half in people with treatment-resistant epilepsy

A new study found that using cannabis, partnered with anti-epilepsy treatments, helped lower the risk of epileptic seizures of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome patients by almost 50 percent. The study was carried out by a team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital who looked at the effectiveness and safety of cannabidiol, which is found in marijuana plants, in Lennox-Gastaut […]

06/12/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

CBD confirmed to reduce seizures in patients with a severe form of epilepsy

Seizures are not only frightening for those who experience them and those who witness them; they can also be extremely dangerous when sufferers lose consciousness or control and fall down. Unfortunately, doctors have yet to find a way to stop them entirely. However, a new study is giving a lot of people hope after finding […]

03/08/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Cannabidiol found to dramatically decrease frequency of epilepsy seizures

Even as the pharmaceutical industry has continued to develop a steady stream of new drugs for treating epilepsy, not much has changed in terms of the overall number of drug-resistant cases of the neurological disease – suggesting that the drugs just aren’t working. This is why many people are now turning to all-natural cannabidiol instead. […]

06/02/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Study finds CBD greatly slashes seizures in severe epilepsy cases

Finally, it seems that the mainstream medical community is beginning to appreciate the significance of medical cannabis and its many medicinal uses. Recent research has shown that a compound taken from the cannabis plant, known as cannabidiol, can help to reduce the frequency of seizures in children with a severe seizure disorder, known as Dravet […]

04/27/2017 / By Tracey Watson

CBD oil helps autistic boy speak again

At first, when Kalel Santiago of Puerto Rico survived a rare form of cancer called neuroblastoma, his parents, Abiel and Gladys, were overjoyed that the two years of grueling surgery, radiation and chemotherapy treatments had worked, and their little boy was going to be okay. But while he was in the hospital, they started noticing […]

04/20/2017 / By Russel Davis

Cannabidiol (CBD) found to cut seizures in HALF among severe epilepsy patients, scientists find

Taking cannabis-based medicine may significantly reduce the number of seizures by half in children and adults with a severe form of epilepsy called Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS), according to a recent study. Researchers said Lennox-Gastaut syndrome starts in childhood, and that patients with LGS experience multiple kinds of seizures: drop seizures and tonic-clonic seizures. During a drop […]

02/28/2017 / By Natural News Editors

Young boy replaces 20 different epilepsy pills with cannabis oil

Perfectly healthy when he was born, little Jayden David was just like any other baby. He was smiley, brought joy to his parents, and he probably kept them up at night too. Somewhere around four months old, everything began to change. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what suddenly started causing the boy to experience abnormal, […]

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