A National Epidemic of Opiate Abuse Chronic prescription opiate pain pill abuse has been recognized by the CDC as a national epidemic.(5) Deaths from opiate pain pills have quadrupled since the early 1990’s, when doctor’s prescribing practices fundamentally changed. Why did they change? The drug industry launched a campaign to convince doctors that patients with […]
How Does Cannabis Kill Cancer Cells Part Two
How Does Cannabis Kill Cancer Cells ? Part Two by Jeffrey Dach MD As described in part one, the cancer cell is a mutated, primitive cell that has lost the cell signalling mechanism for Programmed Cell Death. Perhaps PCD (programmed cell death) has been intentionally silenced by the evil cancer cell. If we could somehow […]
How Does Cannabis Kill Cancer Cells ?
How Does Cannabis Kill Cancer Cells ? by Jeffrey Dach MD An Exciting Time for Medicinal Cannabis This article is part one. For part two click here. It is an exciting time for medicinal cannabis, now legal in twenty three states as of June 2014, and widely used by ordinary people as a home cancer […]
Pediatric Cancer and Cannabis Oil Five Case Reports
Pediatric Cancer and Cannabis Oil Five Case Reports A three day conference entitled, Marijuana for Medical Professionals 2014, was held in Denver last month. Perhaps the most impressive presentation was five pediatric cancer case reports by Mara Gordon, the owner of Aunt Zelda’s. Another excellent presentation was by Dr. Margaret Gedde on the use of High […]
Cannabis Oil for Acute Leukemia
Cannabis Oil for Acute Leukemia, Case Report by Jeffrey Dach MD The following case report appeared in the November 2013 Journal of Case Reports in Oncology.(1) Left Image : Blast cells on blood smear in acute leukemia courtesy of Wikimedia commons. This article is part four of a series. For part one, part two, part […]
Medical Cannabis for Epilepsy Part Two
Medical Cannabis for Epilepsy Part Two by Jeffrey Dach MD A remarkable development has the news media buzzing, a neurology journal, Epilepsia, has just published the Case for Medical Marijuana in Epilepsy, May 22, 2014.(1-4) Header Image: Matt Figi, Charlotte, Max, Charlotte’s twin sister Chase Figi and Paige Figi (left to right) courtesy of Army […]
Marijuana Refugees and Medicinal Cannabis for Seizures
Marijuana Refugees and Medicinal Cannabis for Seizures by Jeffrey Dach MD link to article Sanjay Gupta, being a neurosurgeon, is acutely aware of the medicinal properties of cannabis for neurological disorders and brain tumors. His television documentaries, Weed and Weed 2 brought national attention to the medicinal properties of cannabis (medical marijuana). Above image: Family […]
Endometriosis Natural Treatments by Jeffrey Dach MD
Endometriosis Natural Treatments by Jeffrey Dach MD Endometriosis is a chronic and incurable gynecological condition causing pelvic pain, menstrual irregularities, infertility and misery affecting 6-10% of women in the United States.(1)(7) The worldwide incidence of endometriosis is estimated to be between 0.1 and 0.3%, or about 150 to 200 million women.(17) Medical treatments are largely […]
Green Tea EGCG for Skin Cancer Prevention
Green Tea EGCG for Skin Cancer Prevention by Jeffrey Dach MD My friend, Jim, showed up with a band-aid on his face. Oh, he said, “the dermatologist just burned off another small skin cancer”. When Jim ventures outdoors, he avoids the sun and always wears a large hat to protect himself from the Florida sun. […]
Cannabis Oil Brain Tumor Remission by Jeffrey Dach MD
Cannabis Oil Brain Tumor Remission by Jeffrey Dach MD Dr. William Courtney was interviewed by the Huffington Post and talked about an 8 month old baby suffering from a malignant brain tumor (see MRI images at left).(2) The parents declined conventional treatment with chemotherapy, and used cannabis oil (medical marijuana) instead. Miraculously, after two months […]
Alysa Erwin Cannabis Oil Remission from Malignant Astrocytoma
Alysa Erwin Cannabis Oil Remission from Malignant Astrocytoma by Jeffrey Dach MD This is part two of a series, for part One, Click Here. for part three click here. Here is the story of a young Michigan teenager, Alysa Erwin, diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, with MRI documentation, After she failed conventional treatment and […]
Marijuana Cannabis Research Suppressed
Medicinal Marijuana Cannabis Research Suppressed by Jeffrey Dach MD Although cannabis was a medicinal plant for thousands of years, its medical use was suppressed and banned throughout most of the 20th century. Banned in England, Canada and the US in the 1930’s, medical cannabis represents the first casualty in a war against natural medicine waged […]