'Magic Mushroom' Drug Shows Promise in Treating Addictions and Cancer Anxiety

'Magic Mushroom' Drug Shows Promise in Treating Addictions and Cancer Anxiety

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Psilocybin is unlikely to be used to treat addiction. As with other hallucinogenic drugs, it can have worrying side effects such as psychological distress or even psychosis.” He adds, “Nevertheless, the renaissance in psilocybin research suggests that …
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Physicians in China treat addictions by destroying the brain's pleasure center

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Physicians in China treat addictions by destroying the brain's pleasure center Drug addiction in China is highly stigmatized. And now, some doctors are trying to cure it with a radical procedure known as as a "stereotactic ablation." More simply, it's …
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UAMS Reaches Milestone with Meth Addiction Treatment

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The medication is expected to significantly reduce or prevent the euphoric rush that drug users crave by keeping methamphetamine in the bloodstream and out of the brain, where the drug exerts its most powerful effects. InterveXion's medication, named …
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NanoMal's hand-held blood analyzer targets drug treatments for malaria

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A small company in the U.K. is developing an affordable, hand-held device that will not only diagnose malaria in the field, but will also read DNA markers that suggest which antimalarial drugs will be most effective for treatment. If fielded, such a …
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