Commentary Two-panel faculty meeting scene; left, a male professor in a white coat asks ‘Shouldn’t we teach the ECS? I know it’s about a lot more than cannabis’; right, a sweating administrator looks anxious and repeats ‘Shouldn’t we teach the ECS…’; bottom banner reads ‘Let’s start asking the uncomfortable questions!’ with the ECS.education logo and ‘Join the movement!’

Let’s Start Asking the Uncomfortable Questions about the ECS

Posted on By Stefan Broselid

A half-century of medical curricula has overlooked one of human physiology’s master regulators—the endocannabinoid system (ECS). But the conversation is shifting. In faculty rooms across the world, one question is changing the temperature: “Shouldn’t we teach the ECS?” Educational omissions translate directly into gaps in patient care. Closing both is imperative. Every revolution…

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Announcements Illustration announcing “Peer‑review passed” for a publication in the journal “I JCMCS: International Journal of Clinical & Medical Case Studies,” with a facing page reading “Bridging the gap: Integrating the endocannabinoid system into medical education” beside cartoon figures of a lab‑coated clinician holding a clipboard and a person at a laptop, green molecular icons and a cannabis leaf in the background, and a footer line stating “The ECS.education community has a milestone to celebrate.”

From Preprint to Peer Review: ECS.education Paper Accepted in IJCMCS

Posted on By Stefan Broselid

The ECS.education community has a milestone to celebrate: our manuscript, “Bridging the gap: Integrating the endocannabinoid system into medical education,” has passed independent, double‑blind peer review and is now published in the International Journal of Clinical & Medical Case Studies (IJCMCS). Built around three cornerstone ECS.education analyses, the paper consolidates…

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Commentary llustration showing rows of scientists in lab coats and blindfolds standing in a tunnel filled with laboratory equipment, mathematical formulas, and the words “fatty acids” and “anti-inflammatory” written on the walls. Light shines at the end of the tunnel, symbolizing limited vision or awareness. On the right, the text reads “How inflammation research ignores the endocannabinoid system (ECS): When scientific tunnel vision becomes institutional blindness.” The ECS.education logo appears at the bottom right.

How Scientific Tunnel Vision in Inflammation Research Ignores the Endocannabinoid System (ECS)

Posted on By Stefan Broselid

When scientific tunnel vision becomes institutional blindness Lessons from history’s scientific blind spots Science has a troubling habit of missing the forest for the trees. For decades, gastroenterologists dismissed the idea that bacteria could cause stomach ulcers—until Barry Marshall proved Helicobacter pylori was the culprit by infecting himself. Geologists ridiculed…

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Endocannabinoid System (ECS) Illustration showing the link between obesity and dysfunction in the endocannabinoid system (ECS). The image includes a silhouette of an overweight person, a fingerprint, a brain with a cannabis leaf symbol, and a chemical structure with the text 'ECS.education'

Obesity’s metabolic fingerprint is characterised by ECS Dysfunction!

Posted on By Stefan Broselid

Obesity isn’t just about extra weight—it imprints a unique metabolic fingerprint deep within your body. New research reveals that this signature is marked by endocannabinoid system (ECS) dysfunction, driven by dietary fat balance and energy surplus. Learn how what you eat tunes your ECS, shapes your health risks, and why fixing the “input side” of nutrition could help fade the metabolic fingerprint of obesity.

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Critical analysis Illustration depicting a mother breastfeeding her infant, surrounded by icons of BMI, omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, a fish, green leaves, and a brain diagram, with the caption 'Maternal Obesity Disrupts Breast Milk PUFA Balance' from ECS.education

Maternal Obesity Disrupts Breast Milk PUFA Balance: New Insights into ECS Programming for Infants

Posted on By Stefan Broselid

Let’s dive right in. In my earlier posts on ECS.education, we’ve talked about how maternal adiposity shapes breast milk’s endocannabinoid system (ECS) and influences infant health. The May 23 piece on ‘The Adiposity Filter: How Maternal Body Fat Reshapes Milk PUFAs for Your Baby’s ECS‘ highlighted shifts in endocannabinoid profiles…

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