Worldwide, Cancer has Biggest Economic Impact of Any Cause of Death

September 19, 2010

" Cancer care costs are a financial burden to patients, their families, and

society as a whole. In 2006 medical expenses from cancer care in the United

States were an estimated $104.1 billion. As the population ages, costs are

expected to continue to increase as cancer prevalence rises. In addition, the

development of expensive, targeted treatment strategies that are becoming the

standard of care will most likely increase cancer costs. According to the World

Health Organization (WHO) between 2004 and 2030, global cancer deaths will

increase from 7.4 million to 11.8 million and cancer will be the leading cause

of death this year followed by heart disease and stroke. " Remainder of story:

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More on medical marijuana and its ingredients. This is the ingredient I think

Tracey was describing. The active ingredient in marijuana is

delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).

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(cancer) " … a cannabinoid-based therapeutic strategy for neural diseases devoid

of undesired psychotropic side effects could find in CBD [cannabidiol] a

valuable compound in cancer therapies along with the perspective of evaluating a

synergistic effect with other cannabinoid molecules and/or with other

chemotherapeutic agents as well as with radiotherapy. " Journal of Pharmacology

and Experimental Therapeutics, 2004.

Research.pdf

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Marijuana and its derivatives have been used in medicine

for many centuries, and currently there is a renewed interest

in the study of the therapeutic effects of cannabinoids. Cannabinoids

produce their effects by binding to specific plasma

membrane G protein-coupled receptors. To date, two cannabinoid

receptors have been characterized: the CB1 receptor,

expressed primarily in the brain and in some peripheral

tissues, and CB2 receptors, expressed by cells of the immune

system.

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FYI,

Lottie Duthu

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