Does a psychedelic need an awake brain to have lasting effects? This mouse study offers a clue
A single dose of psilocybin produced a lasting increase in sociability for at least two weeks in Cntnap2-knockout mice with social deficits, while it did
Category: Health
Historic Strike Involving Thousands of Oregon Healthcare Workers Comes to an End
This is a MedPage Today story. A strike involving nearly 5,000 healthcare workers at Providence Health in Oregon, which began Jan. 10, has come to
Vitamin A, While Helpful for Measles, Is Not a Replacement for Vaccination
This is a MedPage Today story. Both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommend vitamin A for all patients
New home means ‘big ambitions’ for wood enterprise
Wolverhampton Wood Recycling’s bigger premises will bring more volunteers together, its founders say.
Doctors vote to take strike action in row over pay
The British Medical Association is in dispute with Manx Care over “pay erosion since 2008”.
‘World-first’ vaccine designed by artificial intelligence
Cambridge scientists say they have, for the first time, tested a vaccine designed by AI.
Breast cancer survivors could avoid lifelong heart medication, research suggests
Many breast cancer survivors whose treatment caused them to develop problems with their heart function can safely stop their medication after their heart recovers and most won’t need to continue treatment long-term, according to a study funded by the British Heart Foundation and presented at
Remote exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation can be an additional option for heart patients
Remotely delivered exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation, when added to center-based programs, resulted in a similar number of completed sessions as center-based programs only, according to results
Rapid pathway for diagnosing heart attacks does not improve emergency discharge rates
A rapid pathway for diagnosing heart attacks in the emergency department (ED) was as safe as a slower pathway but neither reduced the length of
Functional angiography outperforms conventional imaging in AIR-STEMI trial
Functional coronary angiography significantly reduced cardiovascular events and improved safety compared with conventional angiography in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and multivessel disease.
Researchers identify early molecular warning signs of inflammatory bowel disease
Researchers have uncovered early molecular warning signs of inflammatory bowel disease, revealing the condition can begin before symptoms appear and continue silently even when patients
Digital registry strategy doubles heart failure treatment uptake
A registry-based digital strategy that identified untreated patients and invited them to a telephone consultation more than doubled implementation of an effective type of heart
FDA approves daraxonrasib for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved daraxonrasib for patients whose pancreatic cancer has spread to other parts of the body and continued
Congo begins vaccinations to fight the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history
Congo has started vaccinating people against Ebola to combat the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease in history