The Abatin team traveled to Israel to learn how they integrate medical cannabis into their hospitals and care facilities.Numerous studies show that medical cannabis has a beneficial effect on Alzheimer's patients. In one of the most extensive studies conducted so far, Sikorin and Klein followed the ...

Charlotte Figi was having 300 grand mal seizures a week. The child's doctors were out of options, so the family decided to try medical marijuana. Many families with similar situations are opting for moving to Colorado to offer their children treatment with legalized medical marijuana in the state.

As medical marijuana gains acceptance around the world, Israel is drawing interest from investors for its “botanical high-tech” medical cannabis.A Canadian producer has already entered into a partnership with an Israeli producer, Tikun Olam, for a cannabis variety that helps reduce the seizures of e

There's a medical marijuana plant that has parents moving to Colorado to help their children. The strain of marijuana is called "Charlotte's Web," and it's named after a young girl in Colorado previously reported on by CBS4. The strain, converted into oil, has drastically changed Charlotte Figi's li...

Some children battling epilepsy have seen a drastic turnaround and reduction of seizures after using Charlotte's Web, an oil made from marijuana plants very low in THC and high in a chemical called cannabidiol, or CBD. Lindsay Watts reports.

Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel: Seven thousand cubic meters of concrete were poured to form the base of the world's largest emergency underground hospital. For 36 hours running, shifts of 70 workers and 80 cement mixers worked to lay the foundation of the emergency facility, which is design...

A small place making a big difference. By Rabbi Ephraim Shore Directed by Shoot East, Israel has received 22% of all Nobel Prices, while only represents 0.2% of the world population. Israel is the only country that had gains in trees, including in the dessert where they use drinkable water from the ...

We visited the "Love the Golden Rule" Clinic in Saint Petersburg, Florida to follow up on a story that started 30 years ago when Dr Bob Wallace, the medical director of the clinic help save the life of a patient in the operating room. They had to give him a blood transfusion which resulted in the p...

If your country was a house, what would it look like? Project Interchange provides a forum for people from all over the world to exchange ideas and Israel is providing this opportunity for innovators. Israel is often portrayed as a dark and hostile place - militaristic, aggressive and war-torn. But,...

In this episode of Ask Dr Bob as part of COFL science section, Dr Bob Wallace explains his experience as an openly gay physician trying to combat stigma. The UF College of Medicine alumnus and St. Petersburg physician is no stranger to breaking down barriers. Wallace believes he was one of the first...