There Are 17,000 Medical Marijuana Patients in the UK and Many of Them Still Use the Illicit Market for Weed?

[ad_1] It is currently estimated that 17,000 people in the UK have received legally prescribed cannabis to treat various ailments, including chronic pain, depression, sleeplessness, and Parkinson’s. But many people continue to use the black market either because they are ignorant of the 2018 legal change or because drugs are inaccessible in their location.   Recently, A Crohn’s disease-afflicted South Wales mother of one described how she had hardly enough energy to care for her…

"There Are 17,000 Medical Marijuana Patients in the UK and Many of Them Still Use the Illicit Market for Weed?"

Study trains AI to predict optimal anti-seizure meds for new epilepsy patients

[ad_1] An international study led by Monash University has done what could be the world’s first demonstration of an AI model that can predict the optimal anti-seizure medication for newly diagnosed epilepsy patients. WHAT IT’S ABOUT The research team has trained a deep-learning prediction model using clinical information from around 1,800 patients in five health care centres in Australia, Malaysia, China and the United Kingdom. The model is designed by the Monash Medical AI Group…

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Product preferences among medical cannabis patients

[ad_1] A new study of medical cannabis patients finds considerable variability in product choice – even among those with the same condition – suggesting a lack of consistent clinical guidance. Until now, understanding what products medical cannabis patients use for various conditions has mostly come from survey responses due to a lack of publicly available data. In a new study, USC Schaeffer Center researchers have established a clearer picture by analysing point-of-sale data from nearly…

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