Marijuana can be a useful for many patients, especially for pain and nausea relief, however it carries risk and side effects.
               First of all, Marijuana is a mood-altering drug that affects almost every organ in the body, due to its psychoactive ingredient cannabinol (THC). Cannabinol acts on specific brain receptors, causing possible mood changes, depression, suicidal thinking, memory issues, and disruption to normal learning abilities, and also may produce dependency. THC and other cannabinoids in marijuana are similar to cannabinoids produced by the body. These natural cannabinoids act like neurotransmitters that send chemical messages between nerve cells (neurons) throughout the nervous system, and affect brain areas involved in memory, thinking, concentration, movement, coordination, sensory and time perception, as well as Marijuana’s cannabinoids. The receptors that respond to these cannabinoids also react to THC, which can alter and disrupt normal brain function, including brain control memory creation and attention.
               Marijuana contains more than 120 compounds, which have different properties.
However, popularity of using Marijuana for medical purposes, brings the potential risks of cannabis negative health outcomes, particularly affecting the brain. One study, for instance, found that potent cannabis can cause damage to the brain's white matter, which is important in communication between brain cells.
               Researchers are concerned about a potential link between cannabis use and instances of psychosis, a condition which causes a person to become unable to distinguish between real and imaginary events.
In a new study, investigators from King's College London (UK), in collaboration with colleagues from other institutions, have been looking to confirm the presence of this link. The researchers have also sought to understand which cannabis users are most likely to experience an episode of psychosis. They find a strong association between drug potency and frequency of use and the risk of psychosis.
Although marijuana may have some benefits, its use could cause health issues for older people with cardiovascular disease, as well.
Some people use the drug recreationally, while some use it to relieve chronic pain and the impact of some mental health issues. However, experts state that there needs to be more research into the effects of marijuana in older people.
A new study finds, people who use marijuana may be three times more likely to die from high blood pressure than non-users of the drug.
The researchers indicate that marijuana use is a greater risk factor for poor cardiovascular health than cigarette smoking. Also, researchers assessed marijuana use might influence the risk of death from hypertension, heart disease, and cerebrovascular disease.
Research on cannabis is really just now ramping up because of legalization and work going forward will play an important role in investigating both the short-term benefits and potential long-term consequences of chronic cannabis use.

​Autoimmune disorders can affect any system and organs of our body, including our eyes.
Today found more than 80 different autoimmune disorders, and any of them may impact our vision.
If autoimmune disorder starts to involve eyes in a pathological process, patients begin to experience changes, such as cloudiness, blurriness, pain, dryness, or light sensitivity.
 “There are several areas of the eye that are involved in autoimmune disease,” says ophthalmologist Alan H. Friedman, MD, clinical professor of ophthalmology and pathology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. Probably, due to common building blocks, like proteins and sugars in various organs and system, in parallel with one affected area of our body can be affected other area, including our eyes also.
One of the areas, involved in autoimmune process, could be retina. In this case, autoimmune process causes inflammation of the blood vessels in the back of the eyes, which cause autoimmune retinopathy with following vision problem.
The main Autoimmune Disorders linked to Vision Health are:

• Lupus. Symptoms include blurred vision, headaches, sore eyes, dry eyes, and sensitivity to light.
• Multiple sclerosis (MS). Initial symptoms are often include optic neuritis, which is a gradual or sudden loss of vision due to inflammation of the optic nerve. However, a distinctive sheathing of the veins in the retina of some

patients afflicted with multiple sclerosis was described in 1941 and 1945 years. This was the first
time that this change had been ascribed to multiple sclerosis. Was found, that sheathing of the retinal veins occurring away from the optic disk and without visible cause appears to represent an entity worthy of being regarded as a retinopathy of multiple sclerosis. (RETINOPATHY OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS*t C. WILBUR RUCKER, M.D. Rochester, Minn).

• Psoriasis can cause redness and pain in the eyes (conjunctivitis).
• Reiter’s syndrome can cause inflammation of the front part of the eye.
• Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can cause dryness, inflammation of the white of the eye, thinning of the cornea, and other painful ocular conditions.
• Thyroid diseases with either high or low thyroid function increase the risk of glaucoma. With low-thyroid disorders, the eye may not be able to circulate its fluids effectively, causing pressure to build up from the inside.
• Type 1 diabetes can cause damage to the small blood vessels in the back of the eyes.
• Ulcerative colitis & Crohn’s disease can cause nonspecific inflammation of the eye.”
• Uveitis, an autoimmune disorder, which directly affects the pigmented cells of the iris in the eye, can cause inflammation, which can lead to blurred vision, “floaters,” and redness of the eye.

Vision Health and Autoimmune Disorder Treatments may also affect vision (as adverse effects), for example, long term use of Corticosteroids can cause cataracts and increase the risk of glaucoma. As well, was found that long term use of Interferon-beta in the treatment of multiple sclerosis may cause retinopathy with following vision problem.
               The development of cataracts of the eye is also associated with problems of the immune system. Even an age-related cataract is the result of a variety of patient's illnesses throughout his life, during which the immune system was involved.
               Any operation on the eyes, can cause changes in the immune system, which then leads to the development of cataracts. Cataract development in these cases is facilitated by hyper production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, recurrent activation of autoimmune reactions by lens components and retinal S-antigen, when patient has also changes in the retina.
So, even with perfectly performed operations immuno-pathological reactions may prevent achieving the desired therapeutic effect.
To prevent retaliatory pathological processes in the eyes in patients with immunological diseases or the prevention of post-operative complications, an important role is played the immuno-corrective therapy by immunomodulatory, which allow to increase the lowered parameters and to weaken the hyper-activity, to restore the broken links of immunity, without affecting the normal parameters.
The use of pharmaceuticals, which or strengthen or suppress immunity, requires a careful dosage adjustment to bring the indemnity rates back to normal.
Unlike them, natural herbal medicine often include both stimulating and overwhelming actions in one herb. So, these medicinal plants have a peculiar mechanism of correction

While the study, performed at Oslo University Hospital in Norway from October 2014 through May 2016, 59 participants were randomly assigned to 3 groups placed on diets containing gluten, fructans (a type of fermentable oligo-, di-, monosaccharides, and polyols), and placebo, concealed in muesli bars, for 7 days. Following 7 days were measured gastrointestinal symptoms according to scale irritable bowel syndrome (GSRS-IBS) version. The final conclusion was: most of the symptoms were associated with the muesli bar containing fructan, while after the using of the bars with gluten and placebo (muesli bar without gluten) in the study didn’t show any significant difference between the reported symptoms.
So, why it was considered before that especially gluten consuming caused symptoms, named as Gluten Sensitivity? It could happen because foods with gluten often contain fructans.
Thus, summarizing all above, the results of the study may explain why people with irritated bowels often notice improvement, sitting on a gluten-free diet. However, this will not lead to a full recovery. Avoiding the use of wheat, these patients eliminate only a large part of the fructans from their diet, but they can also meet it in other foods (the same onion and garlic). Even some gluten-free products can contain fructans.
This recent scientific work was the first in which scientists carefully studied the relationship with these symptoms of those people who claim to be sensitive to gluten without celiac disease.
So, now researchers believe that, most likely, people who feel bloated and other inconveniences after certain dishes, in fact, react to fructan and take it for gluten intolerance.
By the way, fructan is also found in onions, garlic, asparagus, cabbage, and artichokes.
        Recent studies also point to a dangerous relationship between a low in gluten diet and a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Thus, the fashion trend of rejection of gluten can be considered a dangerous diet, and potentially more harm than good.
Choosing the gluten-free diet, when there doesn't diagnose Celiac disease, may have a negative effect on nutrient intake. Most foods that contain gluten also contain calcium, vitamin B, and iron. When that’s taken away, important essential nutrients are also will be taken away. Stick to natural foods as opposed to substituting options!
Anemia is common in runners who are on a gluten-free diet, especially women runners. Gluten-free food substitutes are typically not iron fortified. It’s important to find ways to replace the lost iron.
On the other side, Gluten-free diet, and possible in future Fructan free diet will take away all beneficial compounds for Good bacteria flourish throughout the colon. So, people must use probiotic, as food every day, for preventing trouble absorbing nutrients properly. Looks, like we will use only artificial food in future!
But the main problem is: "We completely forgotten natural medicine and proper treating our health problem!" Due to using natural medicine in the past, people didn't have so many problems as we today...
 
 
References:
 http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2017.10.040
November 01, 2017.

​Xenoestrogens are artificial estrogens, some chemicals, which specifically have estrogen-like effects, and are stored in our fat cells. It was found that xenoestrogens may cause various health issues, such as breast, prostate and testicular cancer, obesity, infertility, endometriosis, early onset puberty, miscarriages and diabetes, problems of immune and neurological systems, and even human development. Xenoestrogens can react with our hormones and stimulate the body to store excess abdominal fat.
We are constantly exposed to these substances in our daily life: for examples: fruits and vegetables sprayed with pesticides, plastic water bottles and Tupperware, nail polish, makeup, birth control, sunscreen lotions, food preservatives, Chlorine and chlorine by-products, and on and on!!!
For minimizing exposure to xenoestrogens, we have to:

• Avoid all pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides.
• Choose organic, locally-grown and in-season foods, or peel non-organic fruits and vegetables.
• Buy hormone-free meats and dairy products to avoid hormones and pesticides.
• Reduce the use of plastics whenever possible, do not microwave food in plastic containers and using of plastic wrap to cover food for storing or microwaving, and do not refill and leave plastic containers, especially your drinking water, in the sun.
• Avoid freezing water in plastic bottles to drink later.
• Avoid canned foods, which are usually packed in cans lined with plastic coating that contains bisphenol-A (BPA), a xenoestrogens.

It is better:

• Use glass or ceramics whenever possible to store food.
• Use chemical free, biodegradable laundry and household cleaning products.
• Choose chlorine-free products and unbleached paper products
• Use a chlorine filter on shower heads and filter drinking water
• Avoid creams and cosmetics that have toxic chemicals and estrogenic ingredients such as parabens (the most widely used preservatives), and stearalkonium chloride, which is used as an anti-static agent, a surfactant and an antimicrobial, and is an ingredient in some cosmetics and hair care products, particularly conditioners.
• Minimize your exposure to nail polish and nail polish removers.
• Use naturally based fragrances, such as essential oils.
• Use chemical free soaps and toothpastes.
• You must to read the labels on any products!

Fortunately, we have cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, kale, bok choy, cabbage, which contain very specific phytonutrients that help to fight these estrogenic compounds. As well, were found useful for it flax, lentils, pomegranate, apples, grapefruit, green tea, curcumin, etc.
Also, we have natural phytoestrogens in the plants, which may fight and block xenoestrogens in our body. However they can be prescribed only by specialists.

Antibacterial and antifungal agent Triclosan (5-chloro-2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)phenol) has been associated with several health dangers:

• Triclosan significantly decreases circulating concentrations of the thyroid hormone thyroxine (T4) and to a lesser extent triiodothyronine (T3)
• Triclosan causes fetal bone malformations
• Triclosan causes estrogenic activities in human breast cancer cells, which may stimulate the growth and development of cancer cells
• Triclosan impairs muscle function, and is linked to an increase in allergies among children
• Triclosan Links to Antibiotic Resistance, and may be contributing to the spreading of antibiotic-resistant bacteria to critically important antibiotics including erythromycin, ciprofloxacin, ampicillin, and gentamicin
• Triclosan has been shown to bioaccumulate in your body! It readily penetrates your skin and enters your bloodstream much easier than was once thought, and it is now having been found to be widespread in blood, breast milk and urine.
• Triclosan found in antibacterial soap; dish soaps and detergents, body washes, toothpaste and even cutting boards and… lipstick.

Alternatives to consider:

• Wash your hands with good soap and hot water.
• Eucalyptus and Tea Tree essential oils have been found to be potent antibacterial for use on household surfaces – add 20 drops of each to a spray bottle of water, shake well before use, then spray and wipe as usual.
• For disinfection you can also use misting 3% hydrogen peroxide followed by misting with vinegar killed virtually all Salmonella, Shigella, and E. coli bacteria on heavily contaminated food and surfaces. Using one after the other (separate spray bottles) was found much more effective than mixing them together.

This problem is doesn’t fully understood today. We may only relate it to some factors, such as: heredity, various medical conditions and using of some medications.


​So, what medical condition may cause hair loss?

•  Hormonal changes (as pregnancy, childbirth, onset of menopause or thyroid problems) may cause temporary hair loss
•  Autoimmune problems, when immune system attacks hair follicles and causes sudden non scaly patchy hair loss.
•  Infections of the scalp, as ringworm, cause scaly patches hair loss.
•  Other skin disorders, as lupus, sarcoidosis, lichen planus, may cause permanent hair loss at the scarred area.

Other causes of hair loss:

•  Drugs used for treating arthritis, cancer, depression, heart problems, high blood pressure, birth control pills, and vitamin A in high dosage.
• Physical or emotional shock
• Sudden weight loss
• High fever or surgery; and if scarring occurs there, hair loss could be permanent.

As a risk factors may be: family history, age, poor nutrition, some medical conditions (as diabetes and lupus), and stress.

Recommended Diet: 

• Omega-3 fatty acids
• Salmon (preferable wild Alaskan salmon)
• Sardines, herring or mackerel two or three times a week
• Two tablespoons of freshly ground flax-seeds per day on cereal or salads
• Walnuts.

And…we have herbs for this problem. It is possible to treat by the herb’s tincture for taking orally (by mouth), and topically by spraying or rubbing into scalp. I'm working on it!

It is popular houseplant, but almost unknown as medicinal plant, which leaf and stem contain significant chemicals bufadienolides, which are potential anticancer and insecticidal active compounds. Other its phytochemicals proved against parasitic and bacterial infections, possess antiulcer activity and may be used as antidepressant. 
Kalanchoe has potent anti-histamine activity, especially research demonstrates that its leaf juice is able to block histamine receptors in the lungs and so may be used as anti-allergic remedy.
In animal studies, Kalanchoe shown sedative and central nervous system depressant actions.
As antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory, Kalanchoe pinnata traditionally is used for treating upper respiratory conditions and coughs 
Its anti-inflammatory effects have been partially attributed to the immunomodulatory and immune suppressant effect.
As well, traditionally, Kalanchoe leaves are rubbed or tied on the head for headaches; leaf decoction usually taken to lower blood pressure, leaf juice used for earache, and it is used for rheumatoid arthritis, bruises, burns and ulcers.
And do you know? 
Kalanchoe pinnata is used also to make curls vitality, shine, stop hair loss, strengthen the hair bulb, facilitate combing and styling, and to make a thicker head of hair