{"id":2799802,"date":"2022-09-15T11:48:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T15:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.futurity.org\/?p=2799802"},"modified":"2022-09-15T11:48:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T15:48:42","slug":"cannabidiol-cbd-postmenopausal-women-2799802","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.futurity.org\/cannabidiol-cbd-postmenopausal-women-2799802\/","title":{"rendered":"Can CBD treat postmenopausal women?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Cannabidiol, a major component of hemp and medical marijuana, may be an effective treatment for postmenopausal women, whose ovaries no longer make estrogen, a new study with mice shows.<\/p>\n
Cannabidiol (CBD) is already used to treat conditions such as chronic pain<\/a>, inflammation, migraines, epilepsy, autoimmune diseases, depression, and anxiety.<\/p>\n In the study in Frontiers in Pharmacology<\/em><\/a>, the researchers report that when they fed estrogen-deficient mice CBD, a non-intoxicating compound extracted from hemp, the mice showed marked improvement in several areas.<\/p>\n Their bloodstreams more readily disposed of glucose and they burned more energy. In addition, their bone density improved, they had less inflammation in gut and bone tissues, and they possessed higher levels of beneficial gut bacteria.<\/p>\n “This preclinical study is the first to suggest the therapeutic potential of CBD for alleviating symptoms of estrogen deficiency<\/a>,” says senior author Diana Roopchand, an assistant professor in the food science department in the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological 糖心视频s (SEBS).<\/p>\n “There is much anecdotal evidence of CBD’s health benefits for menopausal and postmenopausal women, but our study is the first to investigate some of the claims in an established preclinical model of postmenopause.”<\/p>\n Women spend about one third of their lifetime in the postmenopausal stage, defined as one year after the final menstruation, which occurs around age 51 among US women.<\/p>\n