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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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Time to Talk Day: Personalised care for mental health during menopause

Psychiatric | Medical Cannabis | Wellness

The 6th of February is the UK’s annual Time to Talk Day, an awareness event that aims to kickstart conversations around mental health. In honour of this important date, we’re discussing the importance of awareness of the mental health struggles commonly encountered during menopause. Personalised care is crucial in effectively managing menopause symptoms and achieving adequate relief - and medical cannabis could play a surprising role.

5 min read
05.02.2025
Emily Ledger

How Releaf patients buy medical cannabis online in the UK

In the UK, medical cannabis has been a legal treatment option since November 2018 (just over six years). Even so, a large proportion of the population remain unaware of how prescriptions for cannabis-based treatments are issued, and how patients buy medical cannabis in the UK.

11 min read
17.11.2024
Lucy MacKinnon

Understanding names for cannabis: From medical terms to colloquial slang

Weed, ganga, pot, kush, bud, sticky-icky, Mary Jane - whatever term you use, cannabis has been intertwined with the human experience for millennia, and has a rich history in traditional medicine globally. But as the world modernises, cultures clash, and science advances, it has become somewhat of a polarising topic.

9 min read
16.02.2024
Sam North

International Epilepsy Day: epilepsy's influence on medical cannabis in the UK

With International Epilepsy Day just passing us by (on the 12th of February), we decided to take a look back at how medical cannabis treatment has added to epilepsy treatment options, the role epilepsy played in essentially forcing medical cannabis to become a legal reality here in the UK, and a look forward to what the future may hold for medical cannabis and epilepsy treatment in the UK.

13 min read
13.02.2024
Sam North

Sinking our teeth into medical cannabis and dentistry

To celebrate National toothache day, we thought it would be appropriate to sink our teeth into the topic of dentistry in the landscape of medical cannabis, and discuss how cannabis use can affect and impact oral health.

9 min read
09.02.2024
Lucy MacKinnon