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Mother Of Epileptic 15-Year-Old Urges Government To Provide Medical Cannabis On NHS

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08
Sep

Charlotte Caldwell pleads with health secretary Matt Hancock to ‘intervene and stop this torturous ordeal’. The mother of a 15-year-old boy who can suffer from hundreds of seizures a day has called on the health secretary Matt Hancock to intervene and allow him a prescription for medical cannabis on the NHS. Charlotte Caldwell’s son Billy […]

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Parents Hail 10-Month-Old’s Response to Cannabis Oil Treatment as ‘Amazing’

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24
Aug

The parents of a baby girl who suffers severe seizures claim medicinal cannabis is saving her life. Three weeks ago, the 10-month-old was in ICU and doctors were preparing to put her into a coma and remove half her brain. Baby Luella has a rare type of epilepsy called West syndrome which causes her to […]

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Epilepsy and Cannabis: The Latest Research

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21
May

It’s now a widely-held and recognized belief that cannabis helps patients with epilepsy maintain a better quality of life and find respite from seizures. With the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) citing that epilepsy affects over 3.4 million Americans, identifying a key function in the disease’s ability to target certain parts of the body gives […]

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