Report Defines Impact of Cannabis on Health

A report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – published on 12th January, 2017 – consolidated all evidence published since 1999 regarding the health impacts associated with cannabis and cannabis-derived products, such as marijuana.In excess of  10,000 scientific abstracts were considered by the committee that carried out the study and wrote the […]

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Little Fighters Cancer Trust Pre-Loved Charity Shoppe

The Little Fighters Cancer Trust employs various methods of fundraising and getting donations of goods and services, including the establishment of a charity shop in Paarl last year. While we can only donate new clothing, toys etc. to Children with Cancer due to the fact that they have lowered immune systems and therefore a heightened […]

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Teen Cancer Fighter Miché Aces Matric

Miché Gertse aka Iron Girl, is a Little Fighters Cancer Trust Teen Fighter and Ambassador who has just, despite battling through overwhelming odds, attained TWO DISTINCTIONS and a university exemption. Although 17-year-old Miché , a matriculant from Bernadino Heights High, may not have been the Western Cape’s best matriculant, she was awarded the Ministerial Award […]

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Direct-To-Brain Chemo Better Than Systemic Drugs When Immunotherapy Is To Follow

In a recent study, Anti-PD-1 antitumor immunity is enhanced by local and abrogated by systemic chemotherapy in GBM, researchers at Johns Hopkins have found in experiments on mice with a form of aggressive brain cancer, that localised chemotherapy delivered directly to the brain rather than given systemically may be the best way to keep the immune system intact and […]

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Kindness of Strangers Brings Joy to Young Girl with Cancer

We are often so caught up in our own lives that we just completely ignore everyone else that we may pass by in the street; they are strangers after all, so why should we take note of them? The following story though, shows just how important something as small as a smile and a wave […]

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Get Wrapped Project 2016

If you are living in the southern hemisphere you will most probably have felt the chilliness of winter creeping in, especially at night time. The days are growing shorter and the evenings and early mornings are decidedly cold, and it will not be long before the days are the same and we will be fully […]

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