Saturday, June 3, 2017

Schizophrenia: Nicotine to normalise impairments in brain activity discovered

http://www.newsnation.in/lifestyle/others/schizophrenia-nicotine-to-normalise-impairments-in-brain-activity-discovered-article-158994.html

The study found that when mice with schizophrenic characteristics were given nicotine daily, their sluggish brains activity increased within two days. Within one week it had normalised. "Basically the nicotine is compensating for a genetically determined impairment. No one has ever shown that before," causes of said Stitzel.

Marijuana may be a miracle treatment for children with autism

https://www.leafly.com/news/health/how-does-cannabis-consumption-affect-autism

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/25/marijuana-pot-treatment-children-autism-cannabis-oil/100381156/

Noa is part of a study that began in January at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. It involves 120 children and young adults, ages 5 to 29, who have mild to severe autism, and it will last through the end of 2018.
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 He said that changed about a year ago after studies in Israel showed that cannabis helped children with epilepsy by drastically reducing seizures and improving behavior for those who also have autism. Epilepsy afflicts about 30% of autistic children, Aran said.

http://www.ebay.in/itm/Earth-Natural-Botanical-100-PURE-ORGANIC-HEMP-SEED-Unrefined-Cannabis-sativa-/252841592588?hash=item3ade88870c:g:HX8AAOSwmgJY4T-C 

The Shelter Home in the Nilgiris

https://www.rediff.com/news/special/the-shelter-home-in-the-nilgiris/20220404.htm