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

Medical Xpress

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. Some studies suggest it may help people stop using opioids or other drugs, even after just one session. In Brazil, the therapy has helped thousands.

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. It used to be a much more complicated model. The article we discuss today, also published in JAMA , addresses these two gaps.

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The Nature of Suffering: BJ Miller and Naomi Saks

GeriPal

I mean, to me, the Buddhist concept that there are multiple forms of suffering, like there’s the suffering that’s due to pain and physical symptoms. I think there is a difference, too, between physical suffering, and we have to also give that its dignity. I think there is definitely a place, especially physical.

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What We Now Know About COVID Prevention and Treatment: A Podcast with Monica Gandhi

GeriPal

it was April, 2020. We’re actually lower of COVID deaths in this country than we’ve ever been since March of 2020. I’ve really looked into this because I partially feel responsible for masks because I wrote this article in March of 2020, and it was being reviewed. It was that day that I was totally deflated.