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Feeding and Eating Disorders

Jan 01
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A hunger for hunger: a review of palliative therapies for cancer-associated anorexia.

By | Anorexia, Behavioral Health, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Palliative Care

Authors: Daniel S. Childs, Aminah Jatoi
Annals of Palliative Medicine, January 2019
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Cancer-associated anorexia, or loss of appetite, is prevalent, distressing to patients and their families, and associated with poorer outcomes in patients with advanced cancer. A well-defined therapeutic strategy remains to be defined. We present here a review of appetite loss…

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Jul 01
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Clinical Endocannabinoid Deficiency Reconsidered: Current Research Supports the Theory in Migraine, Fibromyalgia, Irritable Bowel, and Other Treatment-Resistant Syndromes.

By | Anorexia, Behavioral Health, Brain Disorders, Clinical Endocannabinoid Deficiency, Digestive System Diseases, Headache Disorders, Immune System Diseases , Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis, Nervous System Diseases, Parkinsonian Disorders, Stress Disorders - Post-Traumatic

Authors: Ethan B. Russo
Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, 1 July 2016
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Medicine continues to struggle in its approaches to numerous common subjective pain syndromes that lack objective signs and remain treatment resistant. Foremost among these are migraine, fibromyalgia, and irritable bowel syndrome, disorders that may overlap in their affected p…

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Jun 23
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Cannabinoids for Medical Use: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

By | Anorexia, Behavioral Health, Eye Diseases, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Glaucoma, Medical Cannabis, Muscle Spasticity, Muscular Diseases, Pain, Tourette Syndrome

Authors: Penny F. Whiting, Robert F. Wolff, Sohan Deshpande, Marcello Di Nisio, Steven Duffy, et al
JAMA, 23 June 2015
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IMPORTANCE: Cannabis and cannabinoid drugs are widely used to treat disease or alleviate symptoms, but their efficacy for specific indications is not clear. OBJECTIVE: To conduct a systematic review of the benefits and adverse events (AEs) of cannabinoids. DATA SOURCES: Twenty…

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Dec 01
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Lower levels of cannabinoid 1 receptor mRNA in female eating disorder patients: association with wrist cutting as impulsive self-injurious behavior.

By | Behavioral Health, Feeding and Eating Disorders

Authors: Marc Schroeder, Christian Eberlein, Martina de Zwaan, Johannes Kornhuber, Stefan Bleich, Helge Frieling
Psychoneuroendocrinology, December 2012
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The cannabinoid 1 (CB 1) receptor as the primary mediator of the endocannabinoid (EC) system was found to play a role in eating disorders (EDs), depression, anxiety, and suicidal behavior. The CB 1 receptor is assumed to play a crucial role in the central reward circuitry with…

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