Watch: Hinanit talks about cannabis & ovarian cancer
Last month I went to CannMed 23, a conference about all aspects of medical cannabis production, research, and therapeutic use. Hinanit...
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A documentary short about Cannabis and Cancer
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- Feb 6
- 1 min
Cannabis and ovarian cancer: continuing Michelle Kendall’s legacy (plus a podcast!)
A new article about Michelle and our research has been published in Cannabis Health News. It's a well written summary by Sarah Sinclair,...
- Nov 30, 2022
- 1 min
Michelle’s Legacy of Research, Advocacy, and Change
Hinanit and I were recently interviewed for the publication Cannabis Patient Care. The interview covers Michelle's story as well as our...
- Nov 4, 2022
- 5 min
Cannabis kills ovarian cancer!
In summer 2020, Michelle and I decided to fund research into cannabis and ovarian cancer. There were no existing studies that accounted...
- Nov 3, 2022
- 3 min
Secret Science
I just discovered this message from Michelle in the "Drafts" section of the blog, written in summer 2021. Apparently, she started it to...
- Oct 7, 2022
- 2 min
Biden's big move
Thank you to everyone who has been sending me news reports about Biden's announcement pardoning those Federally convicted of marijuana...
- Sep 5, 2022
- 1 min
Cannabis and ovarian cancer stem cells
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a biochemically distinct subtype of cancer cells that seem to be particularly important in tumor growth and...
- Jul 28, 2022
- 1 min
Quick update on the marijuana research bill: more action needed
The Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act has passed in the US House of Representatives with strong bipartisan...
- Jul 26, 2022
- 1 min
Take action: the Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act
I realize that I've been absent from this space for far longer than I promised, and I apologize. I've been struggling with motivation...
- May 3, 2022
- 3 min
Illicit Oncology
As you well know from reading this blog and watching her movie, Michelle was intensely frustrated by the paucity of rigorous research on...
- Apr 30, 2022
- 2 min
Showing up and reconnecting
Dear friends, it’s been been far too long since I’ve posted here. There are a number of things that I’ve been wanting to share for...
- Feb 17, 2022
- 7 min
Michelle's obituary
Michelle's obituary is now online at the Santa Barbara Independent, and will be in this week's print issue. I wanted to share here an...
- Feb 8, 2022
- 1 min
A dark morning
Six years ago today, in the pre-dawn darkness of an Oxford winter, Michelle awoke screaming with pain in her abdomen. Convinced it was...
- Nov 7, 2021
- 5 min
Remembering Michelle
It has been 6 weeks since Michelle said farewell to this world. I am still grieving terribly, even though she is in my heart and giving...
- Sep 29, 2021
- 2 min
Farewell Michelle
On Sunday afternoon Michelle threw her last party. A small group of family and close friends gathered in our back yard, and over a couple...
- Sep 25, 2021
- 2 min
To be or not Doobie
Unfortunately the internal bile stint didn't work. I went back to UCLA 2 weeks ago for an external bile drain, which should have been...
- Aug 24, 2021
- 2 min
UCLA Onc Ward
Last Tuesday I had a telemedicine “second opinion” consultation with Dr. Konecny, an oncologist at UCLA. He thought that my failing liver...
- Jul 31, 2021
- 5 min
Dying Wishes
I wish this post was four decades too soon. I'd even settle for four years too early. But unfortunately sharing my "Dying Wishes" blog...
- Jun 27, 2021
- 5 min
Lives begin and lives end
I have not written in weeks because there was just a dribble of this and that, nothing warranting a blog post. I will get into the bits...
- Apr 28, 2021
- 3 min
Complications, side effects, and drugs for my drugs.
There have not been too many days during this 5 year hell of fighting ovarian cancer that I have felt like I was dying: 1.The few days...
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