Hempire

Today on Hempire our host Eileen Karpfinger is joined by Christian Bogner MD. Dr. Bogner is a board-certified physician with clinical interests in nutritional research. Accomplishing longevity with health maintenance requires strategy, knowledge, spiritual research, inspired dedication, determination and proper detoxification. As a former Chief of Surgery, he has been trained to fix problems mechanically and understands the benefits of a healthy lifestyle to prevent unnecessary medical intervention. He has successfully worked with patients suffering from a variety of medical conditions, including autism, high cholesterol, obesity, diabetes and cancer. His utilization of adjuvant nutritional based therapy helps treat medical conditions. His commitment is exemplified by his accomplishment receiving his certificate in Plant Based Nutrition from Cornell University. Dr. Bogner has appeared on the Dr. Nandi TV Show about his theories on autism and cannabis. He also was a guest on numerous radio shows. His research interest lays in environmental toxins, autism spectrum disorders and the endocannabinoid system. His quest and goal is to find the source(s) for autism spectrum disorders and contribute to reversible and/or corrective solutions.

Today on Hempire Dr. Eileen Karpfinger is joined by Dr. Ester Aso. Dr. Aso has been working on the potential utility of cannabinoids for treating AD during the last 8 years. She has obtained promising results in animal models of the disease, suggesting that the combination of THC and CBD 1:1 at very low doses might reduce the progression of the disease. Now Dr. Aso setting up a phase II clinical trial funded by the Alzheimer's Association (USA) with Sativex in patients in the very early stages of the AD (mild cognitive impairment). She still has no date to the start of the recruitment period, but hopes it will be completed during 2018. It will be a small trial, with only 60 patients, but will give her primarily information about the safety and tolerability of this drug in this specific population and, secondarly, some evidence about its efficacy in halting the progression of the disease.

Today on Hempire Dr. Eileen Karpfinger is joined by Mara Gordon. Mara specializes in the development of cannabis extract treatment protocols for seriously ill patients in California. She is the co-founder of Aunt Zelda’s and Zelda Therapeutics. Prior to Aunt Zelda’s, Mara worked as a process engineer, helping Fortune 500 companies create intelligent software by utilizing the Rational Unified Process. This experience has enabled her to take a detailed and scientific approach to medical cannabis. Recognizing a need for patient focused software, Gordon founded CDRMed. With CDRMed, physicians and medical health professionals are able to make treatment recommendations based on the latest and highest-quality data. Gordon sits on the boards of Zelda Therapeutics, #illegallyhealed and New Frontier. She has presented at multiple CME-accredited medical conferences, along with inaugural medical cannabis conferences in Australia, Costa Rica, Chile, and the Czech Republic, as well as other events throughout the United States

Today on Hempire we are joined by Dr. Jordan Tishler from Inale MD. Dr. Tishler is a leading expert in the field of Medical Cannabis therapeutics. As an Emergency Physician, he has treated countless alcoholics and drug users. His observation that he had never seen a Cannabis overdose lead Dr. Tishler to delve deeply into the science of Cannabis safety and treatment. After years of research and learning, Dr. Tishler brings his knowledge, reason, and caring for patients here at Inhale Medical Consulting, and through his advocacy work at the local and national levels.

Dr. Tishler graduated from both Harvard College and then Harvard Medical School (affectionately known together as Preparation H), trained in Internal Medicine at the esteemed Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and has spent many years working with the underserved, particularly our Veterans. Dr. Tishler is also a parallel entrepreneur working for patients’ well being in the corporate space, helping to elevate dosing and safety profiles of medication, and helping to establish best practice for bringing new Cannabis products to market. Dr. Tishler is a frequent speaker and author on a variety of topics related to the medical applications of cannabis. He is the Treasurer and a Board of Directors member of Doctors for Cannabis Regulation (DFCR). He is also Regional Director for Society of Cannabis Clinicians.

Today on Hempire Dr. Eileen Karpfinger is joined by Chris Kleronomos who aims to “bring apitherapy out into the light.” Chris became interested in natural medicine while serving in the U.S. Navy. As a Corpsman he provided battlefield first aid and medical treatment to Force Reconnaissance where he learned of the value of plants for both survival and medicine. The USMC Force Recon Units are the Marines version of the Army’s Green Beret or Navy’s SEAL Teams and fall under the Joint Special Operations Command. After the service he followed this interest and studied for a master’s degree in Oriental Medicine, at the Midwest College of Oriental Medicine, and then completed a doctoral program focusing on oncology and chronic disease, at Bastyr University in Seattle. Chris Kleronomos is an activist. In the 2002 he worked in Cambodia for WildAid and Conservation International —which aims to end illegal wildlife trade, largely resulting from the trade in natural products (plant and animal) for medicine. He is an outspoken supporter of the value of natural healing in treating chronic pain and other disorders. And, as a newly elected board member of the AAS, he is working tirelessly to educate the public about apitherapy.

Today on Hempire we are joined by James E Tripp. James worked for several years as a land surveyor and then in support services for a local hospital as well as running his own computer service business until 2010. From 2005 to 2016 he was also personal a support worker for his mother and her husband, and as a result of his own experience, as well as treating his mother he is now a self-employed cannabis consultant assisting individuals in learning how to apply cannabinoid therapy to their daily routine.

His mother obtains her cannabis meds from a licensed producer in Canada that are shipped directly to the home . He has an ACMPR license and produces his own medicine in an indoor grow facility in his basement, as well as manufactures my own concentrates, tinctures, and topical creams. He uses his home production facility to teach others how to make their own medicines from raw bud and will even teach them how to grow and can even help build them the facility necessary.

Potential Therapeutic Effects of THC on Alzheimer's Disease Dr. Eileen Karpfinger speaks with Sharlene Mavor, the Director of Medical Cannabis Research Australia. Mavor explains," "We are just really keen to get clinical trials happening in Perth as it gets patients on medicinal cannabis within the trial setting, it will promote medicinal cannabis via the publicity even the announcement of a trial will cause, it will increase confidence in the medical community for its use and ultimately it will open up more qualifying conditions for general prescribing within Australia. Doctors are demanding good quality scientific evidence and this will provide it. My own involvement will be just to help facilitate the project(s) coming together in any way I can...whether it be will grant applications, fundraising, awareness raising - Whatever I can do.

I also really feel that Alzheimer's is a condition where there is just very few options for treatment right now. Nothing really works for the symptoms and I truly believe medical cannabis can provide help and hope for easing these patients pain, insomnia, depression, appetite, and there is hope for increasing their cognition as well. With such a safe medication as medical cannabis it's such a natural alternative to anything else.

Today on Hempire our host is joined by Frederik Polak, One of the most experienced and respected Dutch psychiatrists in the field of drug use. Frederik Polak worked as a consultant-psychiatrist at the Drug Department of the Community Health Services (GGD) for thirteen years (1994-2003) and is one of the most authoritative voices in the social and political debate on drug policy, in the Netherlands and beyond.

Today on Hempire our host is joined by Dr. Bob Melameade. Throughout Dr. Bob's life, he has been fascinated and amazed by life, always wondering what it is and how it works. Modern molecular biology and far from equilibrium thermodynamics have provided him with answers that he finds very satisfying. Simply and simplistically put, it is natural for the flow of energy and matter to act "creatively". This fact of physics serves as the central theme for all Dr. Melamead's knowledge and worldview. It provides a scientific basis for understanding life and death, health, and disease. His motto is Knowledge Saves Lives.

Mary from California is a parent of a 9-year-old treating her child with cannabis for ADHD. Mary is well versed in endocannabinoid therapy and has been involved in the industry for almost 15 years. In this interview, we discuss endocannabinoid deficiency and how to correctly apply endocannabinoid therapy to achieve the most efficacy. Mary talks about the biphasic effect and the importance of discovering your optimal dose.