Vaping cannabis products with rich THC content leads to drug-seeking behaviors in animal models.
Exercise during pregnancy stimulates the production of brown adipose tissue in the developing fetus. This can help reduce the risk of childhood obesity.
Cannabis reduces the severity of symptoms by more than half in the short-term for people suffering from PTSD. Using cannabis reduces recurring thoughts of a traumatic event by 62%, flashbacks by 51%, irritability by 67%, and anxiety by 57% for those with PTSD. However, the reduction of symptoms is not permanent.
Where you live has a significant impact on whether you will live to become a centenarian, a new study reports.
Astrocytes could be as important as neurons when it comes to regulating sleep.
People with OCD reported a reduction in the symptoms within four hours of smoking cannabis, a new study reports.
Increasing time spent sleeping immediately following a traumatic event can help to significantly reduce the effects of trauma.
Female rats exposed to vaporized cannabis for 30 days developed a blunted response to stress. The effect was not seen in male rats. Findings shed light on how chronic cannabis use affects males and females differently.
People who frequently travel more than 75 miles from home report being 7% happier than those who travel infrequently, or who don't travel at all.
Exposure to unpleasant stimuli that might make you feel queasy or disgusted may be evolution's way of keeping us healthy and helping us to avoid infection.
Night-shifts destroy the natural 24-hour biological rhythm in the activity of certain cancer-related genes, resulting in more vulnerability to DNA damage and causing a mistiming in the DNA repair mechanisms in shift workers.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on stress in both pregnant and postpartum women. Researchers say this is concerning as prenatal stress can hamper fetal brain development.