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Discover helpful insights on health, wellness, and medical cannabis in our blogs. Explore practical articles covering general medical cannabis info, tips for staying well, and how medical cannabis can assist with specific health conditions.

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Beyond the prescription: Simple steps to enhance your bedtime routine with medical cannabis

Sleeping Disorders | Releaf | Medical Cannabis | General

It’s World Sleep Day 2025 - a day dedicated to promoting sleep health. In honour of this important date, we’re taking a look at how medical cannabis patients can best enhance their sleep routine - and potentially their treatment - with an effective dosing regime.

6 min read
14.03.2025
Emily Ledger

What is the difference between medical cannabis and CBD?

CBD is a cannabinoid sourced from cannabis and hemp plants. CBD products that contain less than 1 mg of THC (the psychoactive cannabinoid) per container are legal for over-the-counter sale. Prescribed cannabis-based medicines can contain the same levels of CBD but are legally allowed to contain higher levels of THC.

4 min read
30.04.2024
Sam North

The complexities of medical cannabis clinical trials

Successful clinical trials are paramount in advancing modern medicines and care. They ensure efficacy and safety, raise the profile and awareness of these new treatment options, and ultimately, if their findings are positive, improve access to the therapy being trialled.

9 min read
29.04.2024
Lucy MacKinnon

Multiple sclerosis week: Exploring cannabis-based treatments for MS

This week is Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Week, where we shine a spotlight on this chronic disease that affects more than 130,000 people in the UK (and millions worldwide), and see how the change to UK medical cannabis laws is opening up new treatment options.

11 min read
26.04.2024
Sam North

How medical cannabis may help endometriosis patients

Endometriosis is estimated to affect around 10% of those with a womb between puberty and menopause, but still, effective treatments, and research into the condition itself, are severely lacking. This can, understandably, be extremely frustrating for those affected.

9 min read
25.04.2024
Lucy MacKinnon