The active ingredient in cannabis can improve the appetites and sense of taste in patients with cancer according to a new study published online in the cancer journal, Annals of Oncology [1]. Loss of appetite is common among patients with cancer [2] either because the cancer itself or its treatment affects the sense of taste […]
Cannabis (i.e., marijuana) use appears to be associated with an earlier onset of psychotic illness, according to a meta-analysis of previously published studies posted online today that will appear in the June print issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
An international team of immunologists studying the effects of cannabis have discovered how smoking marijuana can trigger a suppression of the body’s immune functions. The research, published in the European Journal of Immunology, reveals why cannabis users are more susceptible to certain types of cancers and infections.
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