Cannabis Research
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Is CBN Safe for Sleep? New Research Raises Questions
What happens when a cannabinoid becomes part of a nightly routine? For cannabinol, better known as CBN, that question deserves as much attention as whether it helps someone fall asleep. A useful sleep treatment needs to deliver benefits that last,…
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Why Trauma Care Should Ask About Cannabis Use
Cannabis and PTSD After Violent Injury: What a New Study ShowsCould asking about cannabis help healthcare teams recognize psychological distress after a violent injury? That question matters because recovery continues long after wounds close. Pain, disrupted sleep, and a persistent…
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Cannabis Dependence and Impulsivity: What Brain Scans Show
Brain scans can reveal patterns that people cannot feel or see. Understanding what those patterns mean, however, takes more than a striking image. For cannabis research, that distinction creates an opportunity to move toward clearer explanations of who may experience…
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CBD Reduced Post-Seizure Oxygen Loss in Rat Study
CBD and Epilepsy: Can Treatment Improve Recovery After Seizures?Could a cannabis-derived treatment help the brain recover after a seizure, even when it does not shorten the seizure itself? That question opens a different way of thinking about epilepsy care. Preventing…
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CBD and Childhood Epilepsy: What 63 Studies Reveal
When a child’s seizures become less frequent, what else changes? Can they participate more comfortably in daily activities, communicate more easily, or stay alert through a lesson? These questions help explain why counting seizures, although essential, cannot capture the entire…
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Cannabinoids and Anxiety: New Clues From the Amygdala
Why can cannabis feel calming in one situation and unsettling in another? Answering that question requires looking beyond whether a substance simply increases or decreases brain activity. Sometimes, reducing one signal allows another to become stronger.A study published in Nature…
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Plant Compounds and Asthma: Where CBD Fits
Could a plant-derived compound help control the inflammation that makes breathing difficult in asthma? Answering that question requires more than showing that a substance changes an immune signal. Researchers also need to establish whether it reaches the airways, improves their…
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CBD Liposomes Show Promise Against Radiation Lung Injury
Radiotherapy can damage cancer cells, but healthy tissue surrounding a tumour can also be affected. When radiation reaches the chest, the lungs may develop inflammation known as radiation pneumonitis. Finding ways to protect those lungs without weakening cancer treatment is…
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Eye Tracking Offers New Clues About Cannabis Attention Bias
A cannabis photograph can attract attention for many reasons: familiarity, curiosity, personal experience, or an urge to consume. Understanding which explanation applies is challenging, especially when the research tool captures only a quick button press.A new Dalhousie University study compared…
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Could CBD Reduce Stress-Linked Memory Deficits?
Stress during adolescence can influence how the brain develops, with consequences that sometimes persist into adulthood. Researchers are investigating whether those effects can be reduced by supporting the circuits involved in learning and memory. A new mouse study places cannabidiol,…
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CBD Boosts Sexual Motivation in Male Rats, Study Finds
Could CBD influence sexual desire without producing the intoxicating effects associated with THC? A new animal study offers a reason to investigate that possibility, while showing why the answer is unlikely to come down to simply taking more cannabidiol.Researchers found…
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Prenatal THC Exposure Linked to Child Attention Problems
Cannabis research during pregnancy often produces headlines that sound more certain than the evidence behind them. For parents, that can turn an already difficult subject into a choice between alarm and reassurance, with little guidance about what researchers actually measured.A…
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Cannabis and Palliative Care: Promise for Older Adults?
For an older person receiving palliative care, pain relief can mean being comfortable enough to share a meal, hold a conversation, or rest without constant distress. Those everyday goals help explain why cannabis continues to attract interest, even while questions…
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Does Disclosing Cannabis Use Affect ER Opioid Prescribing?
For someone arriving at an emergency department with a painful injury, mentioning cannabis use may come with an uncomfortable question: will this change how seriously the clinician takes their pain or what medication they receive?A new study offers a cautiously…
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How Cannabinoids Alter the Brain’s Threat Response
Cannabis can feel calming in one situation and unsettling in another. That apparent contradiction raises a useful question: what changes inside the brain when cannabinoid exposure makes a threatening experience feel harder to approach?A new study published in Nature Communications…
