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

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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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Rewiring the body clock: Deep brain imaging reveals unexpected complexity in jet lag adjustment

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This achievement is the result of an interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers in life science, physics, and computer science. Dr. Po-Ting Yeh, the studys first author, explains the challenge: "It is difficult to study the basic physiological functions controlled by the hypothalamus, which lies deep inside the brain.

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A Vitamin K Deficient Bleeding AKA Hemorrhagic disease of the newborn podcast

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Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. They perceive that the intramuscular vitamin k is a vaccine. Improving the vitamin K status of breastfeeding infants with maternal vitamin K supplements. 1997 Jan;99(1). Kher P, Verma RP. Hemorrhagic Disease of Newborn. Updated 2023 Jun 26]. In: StatPearls [Internet].

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

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Go back in your mind, November of 2020, COVID is at its peak, we don’t have vaccines quite yet. And in the omnibus bill that was last passed, the waiver was extended through the end of 2024. And CMS is now obligated to report to congress in September of 2024, about a year from now, on their experience with the waiver.

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Evidence v. Belief: What a Kennedy Appointment Could Mean to FDA and Public Health

FDA Law Blog

Incentives to motivate better nutritional choices and increase physical fitness would be welcome. Some insights come from an op-ed Kennedy wrote in the Wall Street Journal on September 5, 2024, setting forth some of his plans for a healthier America. Rates of chronic disease are high, as is obesity. Andrew J Shattock et al.,