A UK company that makes medicines from cannabis has raised nearly $90m on New York’s Nasdaq stock exchange to develop a treatment for childhood epilepsy. GW Pharmaceuticals already sells a marijuana-based drug across Europe as a treatment for multiple sclerosis and believes the plant’s properties have potential for use in... read more →
Jan
10
Jan
09
At 87 years old, a Kansas City icon is still devoted to helping and serving others. Former mayor, Dr. Charles Wheeler, was in the right place at the right time Monday afternoon and didn’t hesitate to help a woman in need. Dr. Wheeler was leaving a St. Luke’s medical building... read more →
Jan
09
Liz and Anthony Sinclair are hosting a 12-hour relay swim on Sunday in Yeppoon to raise money and awareness for their five-year-old son Cooper who suffers from Dravet Syndrome. There are currently only about 400 cases of Dravet Syndrome in Australia. After countless seizures, sleepless nights, surgeries and numerous trips... read more →
Jan
09
here's long been concern that certain drugs taken to control seizures might be unsafe for use by pregnant women, due to potential effects on the fetus. Now, new British research suggests that the drug levetiracetam does not pose a major risk to the neurological development of the fetus, although there's... read more →
Jan
08
A mother has hit out at Cornwall Council after the authority refused to provide a taxi service for her epileptic daughter to attend an exam at Truro College. Kayleigh Wilton, 16, suffers from the debilitating condition and attends college three times a week, travelling from her Wadebridge home in a... read more →
Jan
08
THE leader of North East Lincolnshire Council has denied claims the controversial block paving in Grimsby’s town centre and Freeman Street could prove hazardous to health. A spokesman for North East Lincolnshire Falls Collaborative said the group had “real areas of concern” about the potential risks to the disabled and... read more →
Jan
06
New York to Join the Likes of Washington and Colorado? Medical marijuana is looking set for application in a number of hospitals across New York. According to advocates briefed on the latest plan of action, Governor Andrew Cuomo intends to permit specific hospitals to treat select patients with medical marijuana.... read more →
Jan
06
A man has decided to take on a challenge of a lifetime as he attempts to break a world record by rowing 3,600 miles across the Indian Ocean. Ashley Wilson, from Wickham, wants to beat the record of 85d 2h 05min to raise awareness for three charities — Macmillan Cancer... read more →
Jan
04
A two-year-old boy said goodbye to his family seconds before suffering a fatal seizure on Christmas Day. Ollie Johnson smiled happily at his family, including 18-month-old twin brothers Harley and Hayden, before bidding them farewell. But “bye” was to be the little boy’s last word as moments later at 6pm... read more →
Jan
04
A marijuana-derived substance believed to help control seizures in children would become legal in Alabama under a bill expected to be introduced this afternoon. Sponsored by state Rep. Mike Ball, R-Madison, the bill would allow parents of children with certain neurological and epileptic disorders to possess CBD, or cannabidiol –... read more →