A number of mothers, each with a severely epileptic child, are today holding a vigil outside the offices of the Department of Health & Social Care, the London headquarters of NHSE, the Scottish Parliament, and the Welsh Assembly.
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From 1 November this year, a new cannabis exemption card will be available to protect medicinal cannabis patients from arrest and legal prosecution in the UK.
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As the disease worsens, non-motor symptoms become increasingly common. The symptoms generally come on slowly over time. Early in the disease, the most obvious are shaking, rigidity, slowness of movement, and difficulty with walking. Thinking and behavioral problems may also occur.
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Cannabis is not immune to addiction. Despite there is a debated topic in both journalism and social field. But it is not like that for the science.
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The fact that cannabis has a strong medical and therapeutic potential is not new. Indeed, the question we should ask is not about if medical cannabis works: the key question is how to get the maximum therapeutic benefit from cannabis and what combination of cannabinoids is the most efficient.
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The Scottish Medicines Consortium has announced that Epidyolex will be the first cannabis-based medicine to be approved for use on the NHS. The CBD-based drug is used to treat rare forms of treatment-resistant epilepsy in children.
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Medical cannabis use has been widely recorded throughout the world, and history, for the treatment of a huge array of conditions. In the ancient world, there is evidence that preparations of the plant were used to treat a variety of ailments, including epilepsy, and as an anaesthetic.
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Medical cannabis use has been widely recorded throughout the world, and history, for the treatment of a huge array of conditions. In the ancient world, there is evidence that preparations of the plant were used to treat a variety of ailments, including epilepsy, and as an anaesthetic.
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Sapphire Medical Foundation has announced its first patient has secured medicine funding for one year.
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The WA father and media personality-turned medical cannabis advocate is now hosting public workshops aimed at breaking down the barriers to therapeutic cannabis use. And he says his reasons for supporting the cause are as personal as they get.
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