Cannabis and Cancer with Oncologist Dr. Donald Abrams

Dr. Ruscio Radio, DC: Health, Nutrition and Functional Healthcare

Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC

Medical, Health, Functionalmedicine, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 774 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Can cannabis improve cancer outcomes? Does it cause problems with memory? Is hemp-derived CBD as a good as marijuana? We will answer these questions and more in a very insightful conversation with integrative oncologist, Dr. Donald Abrams. https://drruscio.com/?p=27366

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dr. Rousho Radio, discussing the cutting edge in health, nutrition, and functional medicine.
0:15.2	To make sure you're up to date on this and other important topics, visit Dr. Rousso.com and sign up to receive weekly updates.
0:22.9	That's DRR-R-U-S-C-I-O.com.
0:26.9	The following discussion is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat
0:32.1	any disease.
0:33.2	Please do not apply any of this information without first speaking with your doctor.
0:37.1	Now, let's head to the show.
0:40.8	Hey, everyone, welcome to Dr. Rucho.
0:42.8	This is Dr. Rucho.
0:43.8	Today, I'm here with Dr. Donald Abrams.
0:45.8	And we'll be talking about cancer care.
0:48.0	We'll be following up on our previous episode.
0:50.5	And looking forward to diving deeper into this pool and hopefully offering people some more pearls and insights.
0:57.3	So Donald, welcome to the show and thanks for being here.
0:59.8	Thanks. It's a pleasure to be on.
1:01.8	Can you tell us a little bit about your background?
1:05.4	So me, so during my training to be an oncologist here at the University of California, San Francisco,
1:11.6	suddenly AIDS came out of the blue and I didn't know what it was or what to do about it,
1:15.2	and nobody did. So I was working with Harold Varmus, the guy who won the Nobel Prize for
1:21.2	discovering retroviruses in his lab when this disease appeared in the early 1980s.
1:27.7	So the beginning of my career as an oncologist was basically spent being an AIDS oncologist
1:33.9	taking care of people who had malignancies related to HIV.
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