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THC May Help To Reduce Damage In Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) appetite cb1 cb2 crohn's depression ecs ibd inflammation nausea pain sleep thc Apr 06, 2023

By Arielle Gerard, MD, MS, MPH

 

What Is Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)?

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)  is a condition in which areas of your gastrointestinal (GI) system become chronically inflamed. Ulcerative colitis (UC), Crohn’s disease (CD), collagenous colitis, and lymphocytic colitis are types of IBD, with ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease being “classic” forms.

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The Endocannabinoid System: Essential and Mysterious by Dr. Peter Grinspoon appetite ecs inflammation memory pain ptsd sleep Dec 28, 2022

This article is shared with the permission of Dr. Peter Grinspoon. This article originally appeared on the Harvard Medical School Blog on August 11, 2021.

 

Many of us have heard of some of the transmitter systems within our bodies, such as the sympathetic nervous system, which gives us our fight-or-flight response. Fewer have heard of the more recently discovered endocannabinoid system (ECS), w...

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