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Medical Marijuana Liquid May Help Children with Severe Epilepsy

Written on April 24, 2015. Posted in Featured, Health News.

A liquid form of medical marijuana may show promise as a treatment for children with severe epilepsy that is not responding to other treatments, according to a study released April 9th, that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 67th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, April 18 to 25, 2015. For the 137 people who completed the 12-week study, the number of seizures decreased by an average of 54 percent from the beginning of the...

Chicken Pox Virus May Be Linked to Serious Condition of Elderly

Written on February 20, 2015. Posted in Featured, Health News, Science News.

A new study links the virus that causes chicken pox and shingles to a condition that inflames blood vessels on the temples and scalp in the elderly, called giant cell arteritis. The study is published in the February 18, 2015, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The condition can cause sudden blindness or stroke and can be life-threatening. The varicella zoster virus, of the herpes virus family,...