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For those suffering from treatment-resistant depression, the anesthetic drug ketamine offers hope, but it has side effects and can be costly to access—a University of Otago-led clinical trial may change that.
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As shoppers study food labels amid renewed concerns about the health impacts of processed food, General Mills isn't worried. After all, it's the flavor that makes the sale.
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