Author: Erin Elizabeth

A low-fiber diet not only makes digestion that much more difficult but it also causes fiber-eating microbes to dwindle and that opens up space for “mucus munchers” that make our intestines more vulnerable to infection. And you thought it was your nose that was full of mucus! Turns out, mucus is a major player in our guts, as well. Eric Martens, a microbiologist at the University of Michigan says, “There’s antimicrobial peptides and proteins that are present in there. Bacteria live in there and forage on the carbohydrates. And it’s a lubricant, it helps sweep contents down the GI tract,...

Cannabichromene, or CBC, is one of the major cannabinoids found in cannabis. Studies have shown it safely and effectively provides a variety of therapeutic benefits, including improving pain, reducing inflammation, relieving depression and anxiety and inhibiting fungus growth. Overview of CBC Cannabichromene (CBC) is an often-overlooked cannabinoid found in cannabis. Despite being abundant in certain strains of cannabis, it’s the least studied of all major cannabinoids. Findings: Effects of Cannabis on Effects of CBC While CBC hasn’t demonstrated groundbreaking therapeutic benefits like THC or CBD, research shows that it does have analgesic, antidepressant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anti-proliferative, anti-anxiety, and bone...

A new report by consumer and business analyst group MindMetre Research believes that more research is needed to assess the harmful effects on oncology healthcare staff of administering cytotoxic drugs and whether enough is being done to protect them. The risks to pharmacy staff who prepare hazardous drugs are well documented and regulated but the risk of potentially harmful exposure to the people administering those drugs seem to have been overlooked. There have been a number of US and European studies indicating that oncology nurses administering chemotherapy experience symptoms, like hair loss and an unusually high rate of miscarriage, assumed to...