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Natural Approaches to Taming Anxiety

American Adults Express Increasing Anxiousness in Annual Poll; Stress and Sleep are Key Factors Impacting Mental Health. For the last several years, the American Psychiatric Association’s annual mental health poll has shown that U.S. adults, according to The 2024 results, are feeling increasingly anxious. In 2024, 43% of adults sayRead

Addressing the Pervasive Dangers of Stress

Chronic stress is linked with a range of serious diseases—how CBD can ease stress and anxiety, enhance sleep, support immunity and promote overall wellness. Stress isn’t just inconvenient or unpleasant—it affects every aspect of the human body, playing a pivotal role in anxiety disorders, mood disruptions, sleep disturbances, immune issuesRead

Balance the Endocannabinoid System to Soothe Gut Health

The answer to a healthy gut may lie in having a healthy endocannabinoid system. Endocannabinoids are endogenously produced ligands that act on cannabinoid, vanilloid, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors. The two primary endocannabinoids are anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol. Endocannabinoids, their receptors, enzymes, and downstream signaling targets make up the endocannabinoid system. ExogenousRead

A Good Night’s Sleep—Essential for Full Body Restoration

When looking at the word restoration, REST is the first four letters of this essential pursuit. As clinicians treating patients with sleep disorders, we invariably look to restore homeostasis, whether it be hormone therapy, metabolic health, brain health, cardiovascular performance, musculoskeletal function, or stress/adrenal dysfunction. Research shows poor sleep isRead

Data Links Cannabis Use to Decreased Dementia Risk

Subjective cognitive decline (SCD), “the self-reported experience of worsening or more frequent confusion or memory loss,” affects about 11% of adults over 45 years of age. Because it involves a personal perception of mental decline before the appearance of objective cognitive issues, it is often the earliest noticeable symptom ofRead

Cannabis and Women’s Health: Across the Lifespan

Women have historically used cannabis for menstrual pain, labor pain, hyperemesis gravidarum, appetite, urinary problems, uterine prolapse, postpartum hemorrhage, mastitis, migraine, nervous excitability and menopausal symptoms. While there is a lack of formal, contemporary research into effects of cannabis on women’s health (both pre-clinically and clinically) women have been theRead

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