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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 […]

07/16/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Researchers develop a faster and safer way of measuring cannabis potency

Producers are on the lookout for fast and efficient ways of measuring the potency and quality of cannabis products, especially with the pending legalization of cannabis in Canada. And it looks like researchers from the University of British Columbia‘s (UBC) Okanagan campus have the answer. The research team has unveiled a new method of measuring phytocannabinoids, the primary bioactive molecules in cannabis. This […]

08/06/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Scientists admit they really have no idea what 75% of human genetic code is actually used for

A new study has found that three-fourths of the human genome is non-functional or “junk DNA,” which might mean it doesn’t do anything … or it could just mean that scientists have no idea what it is used for yet. They do know, however, what it doesn’t do: These garbled sequences of nucleotides do not […]

05/03/2017 / By Mike Adams

Watch this fascinating CBD analysis lab science walkthrough by the Health Ranger (VIDEO)

Have you ever wondered exactly HOW hemp extracts are analyzed using laboratory instrumentation to determine the concentration of cannabinoids such as CBD, THC, CBD-A and more? In this video, the Health Ranger narrates a fascinating (and highly technical) screen capture walkthrough of a mass spec laboratory analysis of hemp extracts. This video covers: Retention time […]

01/04/2017 / By Mike Adams

Now you can HEAR chemistry: Health Ranger translates molecules into music in stunning video demonstration that will blow your mind (and your ears)

What you are about to witness is something I first performed live in Dallas at The Truth About Cancer symposium in 2016, in front of an audience of tens of thousands of people (live + online streaming). It was so astonishing to the audience — truly jaw-dropping — that people couldn’t stop talking to me […]

11/28/2016 / By hempscience

Science Revisited: Will Using CBD Hemp Oil Lead to a Positive Drug Test for THC?

You may recall part one of our now two-part series that explores whether a person using CBD hemp oil could test positively for THC or marijuana. The study cited concluded the following: Article by PlusCBD Oil “…a consumer who uses a high-quality, scientifically vetted hemp-based product at the standard serving size is highly unlikely to […]

11/16/2016 / By hempscience

Hemp can’t get you high, but it can get high-tech

Marijuana is an ancient plant with borderline mystical properties — just ask the 266 million people who smoke it every year. Hemp, the industrial strain of Cannabis sativa, has been used for many purposes — food, fuel and textiles among them — for tens of thousands of years. Unlike its sister strain, hemp can’t get […]

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