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Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction

Medical Xpress

The law directs Texas universities and hospitals to lead the research. A 2024 study published in the journal Nature Medicine found that military veterans with brain injuries saw major mental and physical improvements after just one ibogaine session. In Brazil, the therapy has helped thousands.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

And so I began to think about the training that I had and that there was no mental health condition that was diagnosed. Really, only thing that I think was really in the biomedical health services literature at that time was probably Carla’s paper on loneliness. .”

IT 99
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Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

GeriPal

Haider is a physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the VA in Boston. And then once I came to the United States, I saw this whole different dimension of pain, because I started residency in 2011, this was really at the peak of the opioid prescription epidemic, if you may. Welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Haider.