Taking drugs like LSD and ecstasy can increase your risk of schizophrenia, according to new study Psychedelics have been growing in popularity across North America for recreational and therapeutic use, with celebrities like Kristen Bell and Aaron Rodgers publicly sharing their experiences. 11/13/2024 - 11:18 am | View Link
Health Check: Actinogen powers ahead with key Alzheimer’s disease trial Actinogen Medical (ASX:ACW) reports that its well-anticipated - and novel - Alzheimer’s disease clinical trial is on track, with an interim analysis expected by mid next year. 11/13/2024 - 1:39 am | View Link
Mt Barker personal trainer Sebastian Scott Adcock pleads guilty to drug dealing after dark web crime bust An Adelaide Hills personal trainer turned dark web drug dealer has confessed to his crimes in court in front of his family, with prosecutors agreeing the majority of his charges could be thrown out. 11/12/2024 - 8:07 pm | View Link
Health Check: Could the White House be about to welcome LSD and magic mushrooms into the Oval Office? The Trump administration is expected to liberalise research into psychedelic-assisted therapies – and Emyria investors have taken note. 11/12/2024 - 7:47 pm | View Link
Can ‘magic’ mushrooms help one of the most painful conditions? A former firefighter tried psilocybin in his backyard, and got amazing relief. Slowly, medical research is starting to support what cluster headache patients say about the benefits of psychedelics. 11/11/2024 - 9:09 pm | View Link
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta speaks to registered nurse Kate Carleton about her efforts to prepare schoolchildren to treat injuries suffered in a mass shooting.
These senior citizens have waited on the phone for hours, driven miles, set-up work stations so they could get a Covid-19 vaccine appointment. See who was able to get one.
The global fertility rate has fallen from 5 births per woman in 1950 to 2.3 in 2021 - and even lower in the U. S., partly due to the cost of child-rearing and shifts in priorities. But "falling population and an elderly or aging population puts a lot of fiscal and economic pressures on society," says Economics Professor Melissa Kearney.
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told The New York Times he experienced a series of health issues in recent years, including an abnormality that he said was caused by a worm that entered his brain and then died. CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains how this could have happened.
Americans' mental health issues are not identified and treated as readily as physical symptoms, especially among children - in part due to a shortage of clinicians. "We're looking for ways to integrate mental health into settings where children and families are every day," says Dr. Tami Benton, President of The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.