Health care refugees: Medical marijuana and new hope

By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical CorrespondentVideo produced by John Bonifield, CNN Updated 12:16 PM ET, Mon November 28, 2016   This is the second part of a series on health care refugees. Read the first part here. (CNN)Rich and Kim Muszynski know when their 5-year-old daughter, Abby, is about to have a grand mal …

One night in 1839….

One night in 1839, a woman knocked at the door of a British Army doctor named William O'Shaughnessy who was stationed in India. The woman's infant was having seizures and needed help. The doctor tried several 19th-century remedies, including opium and leeches, but the convulsions grew worse over several days until the baby stopped eating …

Miracle marijuana? 6-year-old California boy’s violent seizures dramatically subside with help of liquid marijuana

Child’s father said seizures were a daily nightmare before the medical marijuana treatment. But medical experts question risks of treating children with the drug. Comments (10) By Victoria Cavaliere / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 8:57 AM Jayden David's seizures have been reduced, and his life is far more normal, now that …