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Medical marijuana could save my daughter's life | Margaret Storey
My child doesn't want to get high, she wants to get better. She can't do that while weed remains criminalized in most of the USMy 10-year-old daughter has big blue eyes and is a serious fan of the Chicago Blackhawks. She loves music, fairy tales, and driving under city streetlights at night. She also cannot walk, talk or feed herself, thanks to the uncontrolled seizures that have resisted all attempts at treatment since she was three months old. Every day, she is at risk of SUDEP, or Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy.Just in the last year, something truly promising has appeared on the horizon for her and other children w...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 25, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Margaret Storey Tags: Comment theguardian.com United States Children Health Medical research Drugs Epilepsy Drugs policy Medicine Comment is free Source Type: news

Challenge to the Intestinal Mucosa During Sepsis
Conclusion The impact of sepsis on the gut is manifold, e.g., sepsis mediated alteration of the gut-blood barrier and increase in the intestinal permeability, which may correlate with the phenomena of bacterial translocation and lymphatic activation (“toxic-lymph”). Systemic consequences of sepsis are widespread and concern to the coagulative system, the microbiome as well as enzymes, such as pancreatic proteases, MMPs and IAPs. Nevertheless, the therapeutic approaches for modulating the mucosal immune system are still rarely effective in daily routine. Recent published studies showing that treatment with ...
Source: Frontiers in Immunology - April 29, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research