According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in America. These disorders impact over 40 million adults in the US, which accounts for 18% of the population. The ADAA also states that “People with an anxiety disorder are […]
Glaucoma is the second leading cause for blindness globally, and according to the Glaucoma Research Foundation, most never see it coming. Around 50% of the people that have glaucoma don’t know they have it. That means over 30 million people worldwide don’t know they have a disease that […]
Pain is something we can all relate to. We have all probably experienced pain at some point in our life. In fact, according to the National Institutes of Health, almost 24 million Americans experience “a lot of pain”, while approximately 126 million adults (55.7% of the population) reported […]
So many professional athletes are using, many times wrongfully so, painkillers. A study published by Drug and Alcohol Dependence stated that 52% of 644 retired NFL players admitted to using prescription pain meds while they were still playing the game. 71% of those people admitted that they misused […]
Whether it be something in our personal life, school work, or our job, we have all had headaches or migraines that seem impossible to get rid of. We drink water, some of us take Tylenol, Advil, or some other over-the-counter medicine, while others resort to sleep or prescription […]
Melanoma causes more deaths than any other type of skin cancer worldwide. We probably all know someone that has suffered from skin cancer, and possibly even melanoma. The Skin Cancer Foundation even shows that someone dies of melanoma every 54 minute. Despite melanoma accounting for a very small […]
Most neuro-inflammatory disorders like Parkinson’s Disease, Huntington’s Disease, and multiple sclerosis have had more studies completed showing how cannabidiol (CBD) may help them. Because of the complexity of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), and the poor availability of animal models that are relevant to the human disease, this isn’t entirely […]
There has been a lot of smaller studies, individual testimonials, and even media coverage about CBD’s impact on seizures. The New England Journal of Medicine just published the results of a recent study showing the impact of CBD on Dravet Syndrome. Dravet Syndrome is a complex childhood epilepsy […]
There seem to be four groups of people in this world regarding cannabidiol (CBD). People either believe it has no beneficial health purposes, people don’t know what it is, people think it’s “too good to be true”, or people see the benefits of it and believe in its […]
Over 60,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) each year, while approximately 10,000,000 people worldwide live with the effects of this disease. PD is caused by a loss of brain cells in the substantia nigra, the part of the brain that produces dopamine (a chemical messenger). So, […]
