by Sylvain Delisle | Sep 19, 2019 | Medical Cannabis, Parkinson's Disease, Research
The following is an interview with Lisa Ducharme, a Nurse Practitioner working with Canada House. Lisa is a primary healthcare nurse practitioner (PHC- NP) and has been working with Canada House clinics since 2018. She has over 23 years of clinical nursing experience...
by Sylvain Delisle | Aug 27, 2019 | Medical Cannabis, Research
As we’ve said before, the spread of legalization is helping researchers study the cannabis plant. Proof of this is the fact that Yang Qu, cannabis health research chair at our partner institution the University of New Brunswick, has just been awarded a grant of...
by Sylvain Delisle | Aug 26, 2019 | Medical Cannabis, Research
One of the biggest challenges of studying the cannabis plant has clearly been the fact that it’s illegal in much of the world. The next biggest challenge is the plant is extremely complex and can’t be studied like pharmaceutical drugs. The cannabis plant contains...
by Sylvain Delisle | Aug 12, 2019 | Crohn's Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Medical Cannabis
Approximately 15-20% of inflammatory bowel disease patients in the United States and Canada are using cannabis to treat their symptoms. What is Crohn’s disease? Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes inflammation in your digestive system....
by Sylvain Delisle | Aug 2, 2019 | Clinic Opening, Medical Cannabis
Our goal at Canada House is to make medical cannabis more accessible for all Canadians. We have taken another step towards reaching that goal by opening a new clinic in Nova Scotia’s capital city, Halifax, this summer. The clinic is located at 6960 Mumford Road in the...
by Sylvain Delisle | May 6, 2019 | CBD, Medical Cannabis
You know you’ve made it to the mainstream when you’re invited to Kim Kardashian’s baby shower. Of course, we’re talking about CBD. The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star threw a CBD-themed baby shower for her upcoming fourth child. The cannabinoid (officially called...
