Drinking tea or coffee every day in middle age keeps you stronger in older age, study finds

By |2023-10-25T03:11:46+01:0025 October 2023|

A study involving 12,000 participants over 20 years has found that those who enjoy caffeinated drinks such as tea or coffee daily have less chance of experiencing frailty in old age.  Researchers from the National University of Singapore wished to examine the potential association between drinking [...]

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UK government to permit electronic prescribing of cannabis medicines

By |2023-10-25T03:09:22+01:0025 October 2023|

The UK Home Office has backed proposals to allow cannabis-based medicines to be prescribed electronically.  The Minister for Crime and Policing, Chris Philp MP, has accepted advice from the Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) on NHS England’s proposals to allow the e-prescribing of [...]

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Alzheimer’s and medical cannabis: a new hope for patients?

By |2023-10-25T03:09:09+01:0025 October 2023|

In the second extract from the Principles of Cannabinology Handbook, Viola Brugnatelli and Fabio Turco, explore how medicinal cannabis may offer new hope for patients with Alzheimer’s disease. The medical use of cannabis and its derivatives among the elderly has seen a remarkable 300% increase in [...]

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