This site is intended for healthcare professionals
Micrograph of bone marrow rendered in pinks and purples

Find disease awareness content and relevant supporting materials

    Learning Zone Events News Drugs Trials Guidelines Journals
    Filter results
    Sort by:
    Relevance
    to
    African american mid adult female nurse using smart phone while holding clipboard in hospital
    Insight
    26/06/18

    Medical cannabis - a novel approach to pain control

    In the last 30 years or so there has been increased attention on the medical uses of cannabis and its constituent chemicals. Cannabis itself contains at least 60 active cannabinoids, one of which, cannabidiol (CBD)...

     
    Health Rounds: Cannabis drug superior to opioids for lower back pain-
    News
    03/10/25

    Health Rounds: Cannabis drug superior to opioids for lower back pain

    (This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.)By Nancy Lapid(Reuters) -An experimental cannabis-d

    Guidelines
    Guideline
    21/03/21

    Cannabis-based medicinal products

    This guideline covers prescribing of cannabis-based medicinal products for people with intractable nausea and vomiting, chronic pain, spasticity and severe treatment-resistant epilepsy.

    • Source: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
    Journals
    Journal
    02/03/19

    Association Between Cannabis Use and Complications Related to Crohn's Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study

    Background: Crohn's disease is an idiopathic inflammatory process that is occasionally associated with complications, which cause significant morbidity and mortality.

    • Source: Digestive Diseases and Sciences
    A smaller hand holds a larger hand in hospital
    Advocacy news
    26/03/18

    Cannabis compound may help curb frequency of epileptic seizures

    However, evidence to date confined to kids/teens and rare and serious forms of the condition.

    Blue test tubes arranged in a line, disappearing into the background
    Drug news
    27/06/18

    FDA approves first cannabis-derived drug Epidiolex for Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome.- GW Pharma.

    The FDA has approved Epidiolex (cannabidiol) [CBD] oral solution, from GW Pharma, for the treatment of seizures associated with two...

    Journals
    Journal
    14/11/17

    The Impact of Combinations of Alcohol, Nicotine and Cannabis on Dynamic Brain Connectivity.

    Alcohol, nicotine and cannabis are among the most commonly used drugs. A prolonged and combined use of these substances can alter normal brain wiring in different ways depending on the consumed cocktail mixture.

    • Source: Neuropsychopharmacology
    Human mammary gland cells under the microscope, pink overlay
    Congress highlights
    16/10/25

    ESMO Breast Cancer 2022 – Congress Highlights

    Follow all the latest developments with daily highlights from the European Society of Medical Oncology Breast Cancer Congress in Berlin, Germany, 3–5 May 2022.

    Blue test tubes arranged in a line, disappearing into the background
    Drug news
    23/04/22

    CHMP recommends change of approval of Keytruda in triple negative breast cancer.- MSD

    The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion recommending a change to the terms of the marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Keytruda (pembrolizumab) from Merck Sharp & Dohme for triple negative breast cancer.

    Human mammary gland cells under the microscope, pink overlay
    Congress highlights
    13/10/25

    Expert wrap up interview – Professor Nadia Harbeck

    Join Professor Nadia Harbeck, Director of the Breast Centre at LMU University Hospital in Munich, Germany, as she shares her insights on the key developments for breast cancer treatment that emerged at ESMO Breast Cancer 2022.

    See more