Psychology & Psychiatry
'Magic mushroom' psychedelic may help heavy drinkers quit
The compound in psychedelic mushrooms helped heavy drinkers cut back or quit entirely in the most rigorous test of psilocybin for alcoholism.
Aug 27, 2022
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Health
Cocoa compounds may reduce blood pressure
Compounds in cocoa may help to reduce blood pressure, according to a new systematic review in The Cochrane Library. The researchers reviewed evidence from short-term trials in which participants were given dark chocolate ...
Aug 14, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study shows Indigenous patients with autoimmune liver disease face worse symptoms and outcomes
First Nations, Métis and Inuit people with primary biliary cholangitis—a debilitating autoimmune liver disease—have more advanced symptoms at diagnosis and worse long-term outcomes than others in Canada, according to ...
Feb 3, 2023
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Genetics
Two Native American geneticists interpret Elizabeth Warren's DNA test
Dr. Carlos Bustamante, a prominent population geneticist, recently concluded that Senator Elizabeth Warren had "a Native American ancestor." While geneticists agree on the validity of the test, which is based on established ...
Oct 23, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Brazil virus death toll passes 130,000
Brazil's death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 130,000 Friday, amid cautious optimism over signs the virus is finally slowing in the hard-hit South American country.
Sep 12, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pneumococcal rates plunge after widespread vaccination of infants
The number of young children contracting the most common strains of potentially fatal pneumococcal disease has plummeted 97% since the universal vaccination against this bacterial disease began in 2005, with unvaccinated ...
May 27, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Human activity to blame for virus spread: study
Diseases such as the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe could become more common as human activity destroys habitats and forces disease-carrying wild animals into ever-closer proximity with us, a major study showed on Wednesday.
Apr 8, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Global COVID-19 study finds higher infection risk was main driver of ethnic inequality
In the most comprehensive analysis of ethnic inequalities in COVID-19 health outcomes to date, a major new global study has found that ethnic minority groups experienced higher rates of severe illness and death during the ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Study: Some of the world's lowest rates of dementia found in Amazonian indigenous groups
As scientists around the world seek for solutions for Alzheimer's disease, a new study reveals that two indigenous groups in the Bolivian Amazon have among the lowest rates of dementia in the world.
Mar 9, 2022
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Health
Achieving sustainable diets with nutrition equity
One of the planet's greatest challenges is nourishing all of humanity while protecting the health of the planet itself. In a commentary published in the journal One Earth, Lora Iannotti, a professor at the Brown School at ...
Jul 21, 2023
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