Medical

After medical payments

PORT RICHEY — When Ryan Naylor damage his ankle throughout kickball observe in Could, he did what many would do: He Googled it.

Ice and an Epsom salts bathtub did not work. Seems there isn’t any surefire dwelling treatment for a ruptured Achilles tendon.

Naylor, 26, did not have medical insurance. So he stayed dwelling for 36 hours till he could not take the ache anymore.

His fiance, Brittany Nolan, took him to the emergency room at HCA Florida Trinity Hospital the place medical doctors wrapped his ankle in a splint. They informed him to see a specialist. The hospital invoice and the one for surgical procedure got here out to $14,000.

Associated: Tips on how to recuperate from medical debt

The couple, who have been saving for a fall marriage ceremony, have been devastated. They’d no means of understanding that Naylor was days away from a medical emergency that

Read more
Medical

Should You Grind Cannabis For Edibles?

Are you ready to make a recipe but feel confused, thinking, “should I grind the cannabis before making edibles?” Read on to learn more about when you should or should not grind the cannabis before cooking and why it matters.

A picture of a pink cannabis grinder on a pink tray with text that says should you grind cannabis before making edibles?

Features

  • Answers for when you should and shouldn’t grind
  • Reasons why you should not grind before infusions
  • Tips and tricks for making better-tasting edibles

Why You Will Love This Guide

Recently a member of my Well With Cannabis Community asked me whether or not she should grind her cannabis flower before making edibles.

My answer? It depends on your final goal and your personal preferences!

What are you trying to make? How do you want it to taste?

Answering

Read more
Medical

Can Weed Help Me at the Gym?

For those hoping to make the gym a new habit, you might want to consider turning to cannabis if you haven’t already.

Used by a wave of trainers and gym members, cannabis is reported to help benefit in an array of physical and mental fashions. I had seen positive personal returns from using it when I returned to the gym in 2017 and 2018. During that period, smoking pot pre-workout helped me reach modest fitness goals, like running my first sub-10 minute mile and feeling less fatigue and soreness after workouts.

If pot helped a schlub like me, I wondered how many others, including high-performing individuals, were finding similar gains.

During the pandemic, I kept up with the pot-fitness combo. But after a while, I often became distracted by something during my at-home bike and resistance band routines. If it wasn’t what was on TV or Spotify throwing me off,

Read more
Medical

Passes Bill To Expand Medical Weed Sales

Local lawmakers in Washington, D.C. last week passed legislation to expand medical marijuana sales, giving the city’s popular but unlicensed weed gifting shops a path to the regulated market. The bill, which was approved by the D.C. district council on December 20, comes after Congress included an existing prohibition on regulated adult-use cannabis sales in the nation’s capital as part of a spending bill approved last week.

The bill significantly expands Washington, D.C.’s medical marijuana program, lifting a cap on dispensaries and increasing the number of authorized cultivation facilities. The legislation also creates licenses for new types of cannabis businesses, including marijuana delivery services, online sales, educational programs such as cooking classes, and cannabis consumption areas at dispensaries. Half of the new licenses will be reserved for social equity applicants, which are defined as D.C. residents who have a low income, have spent time in prison, or are related to

Read more
Medical

Pediatric association against allowing medical pot

The use of medical marijuana by students, the subject of a study waiting for Gov. Charlie Baker’s signature, is not being backed by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

“The AAP opposes medical marijuana outside the regulatory process of the US Food and Drug Administration,” an academy spokesperson told the Herald Tuesday.

The state Legislature sent the governor a host of changes to the state’s weed laws Monday, including a proposal to study giving students access to medical marijuana during the school day, as the Herald first reported.

“The cannabis control commission, in consultation with the department of elementary and secondary education and the department of public health, shall conduct a study on the possession, administration and consumption of medical marijuana, as defined in chapter 94I, at public or private schools in the commonwealth as it relates to students,” the proposed law reads.

The association of children’s doctors says that so

Read more
Doctor for Health
Add your widget here