Lisa Smith’s 14-year-old daughter, Haley, had run out of options. She was having roughly two dozen seizures a day and had tried “17 or 18” different pharmaceutical regimens, different diets, and an ...

Alyssa Loeffler plays with her 2-year-old son, Ozias, on May 31 at their home in Cedar Rapids. She says Ozias is a happy and energetic boy now that he uses CBD oil to quell his seizures. Use of the ...

The administration of oral cannabis extracts is associated with the mitigation of seizures in adolescents with epilepsy, according to clinical data published this month in the journal Epilepsy & ...

CBD is a chemical found in marijuana and some studies have shown it helps reduce seizures in people with severe forms of epilepsy when taken in combination with other medications. It's not yet clear ...

Houston now has an unlikely new pot dealer. Well, sort of. This month, Texas Children’s Hospital will break new ground in medical marijuana research, starting an FDA-approved clinical trial of ...

Topical cannabidiol (CBD) gel, added to antiseizure medication, may help reduce seizures and improve quality of life in children with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies, according to the ...

How can cannabidiol (CBD) be used to treat epilepsy? This is what a recent study published in Neuropsychopharmacology hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated the potential for using CBD ...

Amid all the attention on the government shutdown, the U.S. Senate quietly advanced language in the continuing resolution that would do something deeply harmful, and entirely unrelated to the shutdown ...

With its reputed ability to manage medical issues like chronic pain and mood disorders, cannabidiol (CBD), has become an informal cure-all for life’s curveballs. Yet given its unregulated status by ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Virginia is now asking hospitals and health care providers to immediately report when a child is hospitalized from exposure to THC or CBD. The Virginia Department of Health wants ...

Within the white, clinical walls of a nondescript UNLV lab, a small team of neuroscientists are working on a project with ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — The 4-year-old boy struggled to balance while walking through the living room. His mother’s eyes attentively followed his every move. Then a seizure knocked him to the ground, the ...