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September 14, 2012
09/14/2012
Little-Known Cannabinoid May Treat Epileptic Seizures

Little-Known Cannabinoid May Treat Epileptic Seizures

Epilepsy is a serious medical condition noted chiefly for recurrent brain seizures, affecting many millions of people across the world. Typical pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, often...
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September 13, 2012
09/13/2012
Cannabis Anti-Convulsant Shakes Up Epilepsy Treatment

Cannabis Anti-Convulsant Shakes Up Epilepsy Treatment

Ben Whalley at the University of Reading, UK, and colleagues worked with GW Pharmaceuticals in Wiltshire, UK, to investigate the anti-convulsant properties of cannabidivarin (CBDV), a little-studied chemical found in...
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