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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. Ibogaine is a psychedelic that causes powerful hallucinations and can last for hours. 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

Medical Xpress

What is known is that special cells in the eye called intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) detect blue light and send signals to the SCN to reset the clock. But what happens inside the SCN after receiving this light signal has remained largely mysterious—until now.

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CMS Finalizes Guidance on Medicare Part D Manufacturer Discount Program

FDA Law Blog

As part of this change, the Coverage Gap Discount Program (CGDP), a program that has existed since 2011, will sunset on December 31, 2024, and be replaced by the Medicare Part D Manufacturer Discount Program (the “Discount Program”). Manufacturers must sign the agreement by March 1, 2024, to participate in the 2025 plan year.

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New South Family Medicine and MedSpa Offers Next Level Care

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

We follow ALL VACCINATION GUIDELINES set forth by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Medicine! in-the-know/our-specials":{"type":"Static","pageId":"u7hat"},"./schedule":{"type":"Static","pageId":"tg6i2"},"./medspa":{"type":"Static","pageId":"hr7g7"},"./meet-the-team":{"type":"Static","pageId":"w0jmf"},".

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Optimizing Nutrition in Aging: A Podcast with Anna Pleet, Elizabeth Eckstrom, and Emily Johnston

GeriPal

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Now there’s evidence for some more specialized hormonal conditions. You can also put it into as you’re discussing other, like at an annual visit, like, oh, have you been sleeping well, you know, have you been vaccinated? Go on, Anna.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

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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Podcast Episode: Febrile Seizures

PEMBlog

Updated 2024 Jan 19]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Common variants associated with general and MMR vaccine-related febrile seizures. 2024 Feb 11:S0196-0644(24)00017-9. Vaccines don’t cause autism, but they might cause febrile seizures. Febrile Seizure. In: StatPearls [Internet].

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