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Marijuana Use During Pregnancy Affects Babies’ Brain Development (STUDY)
Using marijuana during pregnancy could affect a baby’s brain development by interfering with how brain cells are wired, a new study in mice and human tissue suggests. Researchers studied marijuana’s...
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Cannabis Isn’t the Only Plant with Incredible Health Benefits: A Closer Look...
You’ve heard us go on and on about the amazing health benefits of cannabis, including killing cancer cells, reducing epileptic seizures, reducing the risk of diabetes, and treating many other ailments...
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Surprising New Cancer Killer: Frankincense
Most people associate frankincense with the story of the three wise men who visited the baby Jesus in Bethlehem. But now the aromatic substance has a new claim to fame: Frankincense can kill cancer...
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Juicing Cannabis: The Freshest Medicine?
The NorCal medical cannabis community is abuzz with the latest trend in ingestion: juicing the cannabis plant. Dr. William Courtney is the leading advocate of this medication method, and he recommends...
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Cannabis Is More Than Skin Deep
You may have heard that your skin is your largest organ, and this is true. But did you know that it weighs about 8 lbs, and covers up to 22 square feet? The skin can connect us with and also protect...
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Tossing and Turning: Sleeplessness in America
There aren’t many people who are happy with their sleep: They get too little, they feel restless, they don’t wake up refreshed, they can’t stay asleep. In fact, most Americans admit to having erratic...
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Fighting Depression Using Cannabis: Research shows less is more!
The holiday season can be stressful for everyone. The pressures of traveling to see family, cooking feasts, and buying the perfect toys can get even peppy people down. But there’s one group of people...
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Is Cannabis the Solution to the Antibiotic-Resistant Staph and Superbug Crisis?
MRSA In the United States, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) kills about 18,000 of the 94,000 people it infects each year—a rate that has doubled in the last five years, according to...
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Why Not Make This Your New Year’s Resolution!
Every December, millions of people make New Year’s resolutions to improve their lives. Every February, millions of resolutions end up broken and forgotten. What happens in between? A deadly mix of...
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Are Cannabinoids as Effective as Albuterol for Treating Asthma?
Are Cannabinoids as Effective as Albuterol for Treating Asthma? Several AEA and THC Bronchodilator Studies Say Yes Ongoing research is proving cannabis-based medications effective for safely treating a...
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The Bountiful Benefits of Bone Broth
In this age of prepackaged, de-boned cuts of supermarket meat, we have forgotten something our ancestors knew for thousands of years: some of the most beneficial nutrients are found in the...
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Do You Know the Difference Between Ketogenic and Alkaline Diets?
At UPG, we get a lot of questions about diets and how they could benefit people living with serious ailments. Today, we look at two popular disease-fighting diets: the ketogenic diet and the alkaline...
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Fighting PTSD Using Cannabis
The holiday season is supposed to be full of glad tidings and good cheer, but for many people dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), it can trigger anxiety, depression, anger, and panic...
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Zinc is for More Than Just Colds – It’s also a Super Cancer Fighter By Dr....
Whenever my children had the sniffles growing up, they always knew the drill. Out would come the vitamin C tablets and the extra doses of zinc. Then I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer and dove into the...
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The Benefits of the B’s: The What, When and How of B Vitamins By Dr....
The word “vitamin” is a combination of two words- “vital” and “amine.” It was first coined by Polish chemist Casimir Funk with his discovery of a Vitamin B1 (thiamin) deficiency as the cause for the...
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Natural Selection: Cannabis Tea and Fighting the Common Cold
As cold and flu season makes its rounds this winter, people are looking for alternative methods to treat their symptoms. One of the more prevalent remedies is herbal tea, which offers both health...
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America is Experiencing a Prescription Pain Killer Epidemic – So Why Isn’t...
Cannabis as an entrance to illicit drug use – fact or fiction? The proponent/opponent debate on whether cannabis use at an early stage leads to addiction to more dangerous drugs rages on, and is almost...
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Need an Excuse to Eat Chocolate? You Got It! Dr. Veronique Desaulniers
…Chocolate in the form of raw cacao powder that is. Raw cacao, consumed for hundreds of years in many tropical regions of the world for its stamina-enhancing properties, is a powerhouse of...
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7 “Need To Knows” About Hemp Powerhouse Health Foods
Hemp is a nutritional powerhouse. A single serving of this superfood supplies the body with fiber, magnesium, essential fatty acids, phosphorus, calcium, protein, and much more. In fact, hemp...
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Debbie Wilson: The Journey Back from Traumatic Brain Injury and Dementia,...
“In 2013, I had been diagnosed with dementia, and I could tell I was disappearing. I couldn’t even remember how to make myself coffee—or tell you how I take that cup of coffee.” Debbie Wilson, Ph.D.,...
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