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The drug company Atai Life Sciences is spending millions to research the compound, and congressional lawmakers from both parties have been pushing the government to promote ibogaine research for substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health problems. For Dr. Deborah Mash, a professor of neurology at the University of Miami who began studying […]

The drug company Atai Life Sciences is spending millions to research the compound, and congressional lawmakers from both parties have been pushing the government to promote ibogaine research for substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health problems. For Dr. Deborah Mash, a professor of neurology at the University of Miami who began studying

A coroner hears hospital staff failed to give Zachary Taylor-Smith’s mum antibiotics during labour. Source link

But the doctors’ union is concerned about patient safety because of a new law regulating those roles. Source link

Eleven people were hurt in a single day after trying to climb over a wall that separates Mexico and the United States and falling on the San Diego side, the latest such injuries since the wall was heightened to deter illegal crossings. Source link

Researchers have pinpointed iron deficiencies as a key factor in prolonged recovery from COVID-19, commonly referred to as long COVID. Source link

People who are on weight-loss journeys should not rely solely on anti-obesity medications, according to a statement from a national nutrition association. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics released the statement on March 4, which is World Obesity Day. “The academy calls on the medical community, including pharmaceutical manufacturers of anti-obesity medications, obesity medicine providers

Mary Bartlett Bunge, who with her husband, Richard, studied how the body responds to spinal cord injuries and continued their work after his death in 1996, ultimately discovering a promising treatment to restore movement to millions of paralyzed patients, died on Feb. 17, at her home in Coral Gables, Fla. She was 92. The Miami

The White House on Monday lifted its COVID-19 testing requirement for those who plan to be in close contact with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their spouses, bringing to an end the last coronavirus prevention protocol at the White House. Source link

Why It Matters The medication, called Opill, which was approved for over-the-counter sale by the Food and Drug Administration last year, will be the most effective birth control method available without a prescription, research shows — more effective than condoms, spermicides and other nonprescription methods. Reproductive health experts said that its availability could be especially