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Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/should-the-nhs-really-use-magic-mushrooms-to-treat-mental-health/ Pallab GhoshScience Correspondent BBC Listen to Pallab Ghosh read this article Larissa Hope truly believes that psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, saved her life. Back when she was 17 and starting out as an actress, she was cast in the TV drama Skins, but the new-found fame brought out…

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/chess-can-be-made-fairer-by-rearranging-the-pieces/ Changing the rules of chess can make the game more complex Richard Levine/Alamy Chess can be improved by rearranging the positions of the starting pieces to produce a more difficult or fairer game, a physicist has found. A standard game of chess always starts with the pieces at the back of…

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/weight-loss-interventions-boost-psoriasis-treatment-outcomes/ A systematic review and meta-analysis finds that weight-loss interventions are associated with decreased psoriasis severity and improved quality of life. Medscape News UK Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/weight-loss-interventions-linked-decreased-psoriasis-2025a10010n8?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2026-01-01 12:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post Weight-Loss Interventions Boost Psoriasis Treatment Outcomes…

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/rare-saturn-sized-rogue-planet-is-first-to-have-its-mass-measured/ Artist’s impression of the free-floating planet lensing light from a distant source J. Skowron/OGLE Nearly 10,000 light years away, a planet the size of Saturn is floating all on its own through empty space. In a stroke of luck, researchers were able to spot this strange, dark world using both ground-based…

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/kidney-disease-risk-common-in-patients-with-down-syndrome/ The incidence of kidney disease is substantially higher in patients with Down syndrome than in control individuals from the general population, a Danish cohort study finds. Medscape News UK Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/kidney-disease-risk-common-patients-down-syndrome-2025a10010o4?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2026-01-01 12:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post…

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/how-to-cultivate-a-positive-mindset/ Not stopping on a run when you feel the urge helps practise self-control miljko/Getty Images Olivia Remes is a mental health and well-being researcher at the University of Cambridge, author of This Is How You Grow After Trauma and a life coach. Her research has covered everything from assessing the prevalence…

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/should-ai-tools-for-doctors-be-licensed-like-doctors/ A new proposal in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that the FDA should create an approval pathway for medical AI tools that parallels how physicians are trained and licensed. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/should-fda-require-clinical-licensure-ai-tools-doctors-2025a10010t1?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-31 16:26:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.…

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/gender-gap-persists-in-post-stroke-recovery/ Women experience worse post-stroke functional outcomes and have different recovery patterns compared to men, a new study shows. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/gender-gap-persists-post-stroke-recovery-2025a10010ta?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-31 16:53:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post Gender Gap Persists in Post-Stroke Recovery first appeared…

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/could-2026-be-the-year-we-start-using-quantum-computers-for-chemistry/ Quantum computers are well-matched to solve chemistry problems Marijan Murat/dpa/Alamy Whether quantum computers can actually solve practical problems is one of the biggest unanswered questions of this growing industry – and one that might be answered by researchers in industrial and medical chemistry in 2026. Calculating the structure, reactivity and other…

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/pre-existing-fatigue-tied-to-worse-toxicity-from-systemic-cancer-therapy/ (MedPage Today) — Higher levels of pre-existing fatigue in cancer patients correlated with greater risk of experiencing severe or worse toxic effects when receiving systemic therapy, according to pooled trial analysis. Across 17 SWOG Cancer Research… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/othercancers/119236 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-31 17:22:00 Copyright for syndicated content…

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/real-world-outcomes-with-bispecifics-in-relapsed-refractory-large-b-cell-lymphoma/ (MedPage Today) — At the recent American Society of Hematology annual meeting, investigators presented updated real-world data from the multicenter REALBiTE Consortium examining outcomes, sequencing strategies, and predictors of response in patients… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/ashfuturefocusdlbcl/119237 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-31 17:36:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked…

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/adhd-drugs-work-differently-infant-screen-time-glp-1-psychological-side-effects/ (MedPage Today) — An imaging study suggested prescription attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs may work differently than previously thought by affecting arousal and reward, not attention networks. (Cell) Post-natal depression… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/generalpsychiatry/119238 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-31 17:43:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.…

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/israel-will-halt-doctors-without-borders-operations-in-gaza/ (MedPage Today) — Israel on Tuesday said it had suspended more than two dozen humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders and CARE, from operating in the Gaza Strip for failing to comply with new registration rules. Israel says… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/publichealth/119240 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-31 19:44:00 Copyright for…

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/new-cms-demo-aims-to-increase-access-to-glp-1s-under-medicaid-and-part-d/ (MedPage Today) — The Trump administration announced a new demonstration program aimed at easing access to GLP-1 receptor agonists for enrollees in Medicare Part D and Medicaid plans, but experts say it’s unclear how popular or effective it will… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/washington-watch/119239 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-31 18:28:00 Copyright…

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/whats-the-time-burden-of-womens-cancers-related-tasks/ Patients with metastatic breast or advanced ovarian cancer spend about 7 hours per week on cancer-related tasks, including frequent travel and waiting for care, a new study shows. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/whats-time-burden-womens-cancers-related-tasks-2025a10010tl?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-31 18:08:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.…

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/salt-and-skin-could-sodium-be-fueling-psoriasis-and-atopic-dermatitis/ (MedPage Today) — “Is it something I ate?” For years, dermatologists have waved off that question, but new data suggest sodium may play a surprising role in inflammatory skin disease. In this MedPage Today video, E. James Song, MD, director of… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/video-coverage/psoriasis-video-pearls/119234 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-31…

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/common-chemicals-tied-to-increased-ms-risk/ Exposure to common environmental chemicals, especially in combination, is linked to an increased risk of multiple sclerosis. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/common-chemicals-tied-increased-ms-risk-2025a10010t8?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-31 16:37:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post Common Chemicals Tied to Increased MS Risk first appeared…

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/race-for-the-rheum-disease-cure-heats-up/ (MedPage Today) — In June, we reported some of the latest findings on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for rheumatologic conditions such as lupus. In this report, we take a look at what may be coming down the pike in this area…. Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/rheumatology/generalrheumatology/119229 Author : Publish date…

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/z-drug-use-in-early-pregnancy-new-safety-data/ Commonly prescribed sleep medications such as zolpidem are not associated with a meaningful increase in the overall risk for birth defects when used in early pregnancy, new data suggest. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/z-drugs-disordered-sleep-early-pregnancy-new-safety-data-2025a10010sp?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-31 15:13:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked…

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/snap-bans-on-soda-candy-and-other-foods-take-effect-in-five-states-jan-1/ (MedPage Today) — Starting Thursday, Americans in five states who get government help paying for groceries will see new restrictions on soda, candy, and other foods they can buy with those benefits. Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah, and West Virginia… Source link : https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/publichealth/119227 Author : Publish date : 2025-12-31 14:00:00 Copyright…

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/genetic-variants-may-thwart-monoclonal-antibody-binding/ The first systematic study of gene variants and monoclonal antibody therapies found that even small changes in a target gene can cause therapy to fail. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/genetic-variants-may-thwart-monoclonal-antibody-binding-2025a10010s6?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-31 13:18:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post Genetic…

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/tackling-inequity-in-respiratory-medicine/ Moving beyond gender parity, experts argue that the path to equity requires addressing the system, not the individual, by tackling systemic barriers and the impostor phenomenon. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/experts-urge-intersectional-approach-equity-respiratory-2025a10010s2?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-31 12:10:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post…

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/sbrt-delays-systemic-therapy-in-oligometastatic-cancers/ For patients with oligometastatic cancers, particularly kidney or prostate, stereotactic body radiotherapy may frequently delay the need for systemic therapy for at least 1 year. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/sbrt-delays-systemic-therapy-oligometastatic-cancers-2025a10010rz?src=rss Author : Publish date : 2025-12-31 11:21:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source. The post SBRT…

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/the-duo-kite-skiing-4000-kilometres-across-antarctica-for-science/ Matthieu Tordeur, Heïdi Sevestre and the bust of Vladimir Lenin at the southern pole of inaccessibility, Antarctica Heïdi Sevestre/Matthieu Tordeur In the endless white expanse, a small mound broke the horizon. As explorer Matthieu Tordeur and glaciologist Heïdi Sevestre skied towards it, they saw a golden head emerging from the snow.…

Source link : https://newshealth.biz/health-news/star-that-seemed-to-vanish-more-than-130-years-ago-is-found-again/ An image captured by a telescope at the Grasslands Observatory in Arizona. The “x” is where E. E. Barnard saw his mystery star Tim Hunter et al. (2025) A star that was spotted in 1892 by one of the most gifted astronomical observers of all time but then apparently vanished has…