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The Latest Cannabis Science The Mainstream Media Doesn’t Want You to Know
Five new cannabis-centric studies that warrant major attention.
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Scientific revelations are published almost daily in regard to the healing properties of the cannabis. But most of these findings appear solely in obscure, peer-reviewed journals and go largely unnoticed by the major media. Here are five new cannabis-centric studies that warrant mainstream attention.
Marijuana Use Is Associated With Decreased Mortality In TBI Patients
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients with a history of cannabis use possess increased survival rates compared to non-users, according data published this month in the journal American Surgeon. UCLA Medical Center investigators conducted a three-year retrospective review of brain trauma patients. Data from 446 separate cases of similarly injured patients was assessed. Of those patients who tested positive for the presence of marijuana, 97.6 percent survived surgery. By contrast, patients who tested negative for the presence of pot prior to surgery possessed only an 88.5 percent survival rate.
“Previous studies conducted by other researchers had found certain compounds in marijuana helped protect the brain in animals after a trauma,” the study’s lead author said in a press release. “This study [is] one of the first in a clinical setting to specifically associate THC use as an independent predictor of survival after traumatic brain injury.”
Source: http://philosophers-stone.co.uk/wordpress/2014/10/the-latest-cannabis-science-the-mainstream-media-doesnt-want-you-to-know/
