Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is not only characterized by strongly encoded traumatic memories, but also by disrupted coordination across brain networks. New research shows that treatment with psychedelic drugs triggers a large-scale…
Category: 8. Health
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Psychedelics may aid PTSD recovery by repairing brain myelin, study finds
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Online doctors popular but price-sensitive for young people, study finds
Young adults are more likely to consume health care when it is available via health care apps, and even more so if they do not have to pay patient fees. This has been shown in a study carried out at the University of Gothenburg.
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Open source cancer database created for easier disease study
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and The Johns Hopkins University have created a novel database structure that allows investigators anywhere to more easily study multiple types of cancer data—including laboratory results,…
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Enhancing myelination may help sustain therapeutic effects of psychedelic-assisted PTSD treatment
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is not only characterized by strongly encoded traumatic memories, but also by disrupted coordination across brain networks. New research shows that treatment with psychedelic drugs triggers a…
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How cocaine rewires the brain to drive relapse
When a cocaine addict relapses, it isn’t a matter of personal failure—it’s the biological result of their brain’s rewiring, new research finds. Michigan State University scientists have found that cocaine changes how the hippocampus functions,…
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Beating, 3D-printed heart model developed for surgical practice
Washington State University researchers have developed a 3D-printed model of the left side of the heart that contracts and beats, offering the chance for surgeons and medical students to rehearse important heart surgeries on a model that acts…
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Microbe exposure may not protect against developing allergic disease
The “hygiene hypothesis” suggests exposure to diverse types of microbes may protect against developing diseases caused by allergens, but a new study in mice reveals that adults’ exposure to diverse microbes and allergens may in fact worsen…
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Good vibrations: Playing music to cells reduces laryngeal cancer aggressiveness in lab tests
The continuous movement of the vocal cords weakens and eventually stops as laryngeal cancer progresses. Researchers have, for the first time, discovered that restoring cellular vibration reduces the aggressiveness of advanced vocal cord cancer….
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Novartis And Henrietta Lacks’ Family Reach A Settlement
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the startup that wants to treat Alzheimer’s with microrobots, medical groups push back on RFK Jr.’s vaccine changes and more.
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Gaps in lung cancer treatment persist, study finds
In recent decades, lung cancer treatment has been transformed—new surgeries, new radiation techniques, and dramatically improved outcomes. But according to new research from Yale, published in JAMA Network Open, one thing has barely changed:…
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