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Background and Significance of the Proposed Project
Over 80% of Americans are exposed to a significant trauma sometime during their lifetime and approximately 7% will meet for a threshold diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder. PTSD is the most costly anxiety-related disorder and confers
BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE Pain is a common symptom in PD and is reported in up to 50 % of patients. Pain in PD has been classified as musculoskeletal, dystonic (particularly in OFF-periods), radicular and central pain, and is frequently associated with muscle rigidity, postural abnormalities and
Title of the project:
Efficacy of cannabinoids in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease
Question to be investigated:
The marijuana plant, Cannabis sativa has been used as a medicinal treatment for a variety of diseases. Cannabinoids have been reported to alleviate neurological conditions
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease of aging, affecting an estimated 5.2 million Americans and predicted to increase to 13.8 million by 2050. AD affects both cognition and emotion. Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in AD are a major cause of burden to patients,
Background: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Mexico and the world. Malnutrition is often associated with this type of cancer appearing in about 40-50% of patients the diagnosis made, affecting the quality of life and prognosis, as well as increased toxicity to cancer treatment.
Persons with Parkinson's disease (PD) have progressive disabling tremor, slowness, stiffness, balance impairment, cognitive deficits, psychiatric symptoms, autonomic dysfunction, fatigue and insomnia. Tremor may interfere with necessary daily and work functions. The disorder affects approximately
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), characterized by an inability to recover from a stress reaction to a traumatic event, is a widely prevalent disorder within the U.S. and across the world. Currently, several psychotherapies are empirically-supported for the treatment of PTSD. However, because of