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Ice Cold Saline Has Been Used to Rapidly Cool and Suspend Bodies During Surgery
Posted in Medicine on 28th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
Doctors at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have placed humans in suspended animation and this could enable them to have hours instead of minutes to operate on critical patients.
Cannabis and pain: New findings on headaches add a piece to the puzzle
Posted in Medicine on 26th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
New research from Washington State University is presenting evidence that cannabis can significantly reduce the severity of headaches and migraines. But the question still remains, why are scientists consistently coming up with such discordant results when trying to answer whether cannabis can reduce pain?
Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Therapy by FDA
Posted in Medicine on 26th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted psilocybin therapy a Breakthrough Therapy designation for the second time in a year, this time with a view on accelerating trials testing its efficacy treating major depressive disorder (MDD).
Encouraging early results from first human CRISPR gene therapy trials
Posted in Medicine on 20th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
“These data support our belief in the potential of our therapies to have meaningful benefit for patients following a one-time intervention.”
Deep sleep can rewire the anxious brain
Posted in Medicine on 5th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
“Our study strongly suggests that insufficient sleep amplifies levels of anxiety and, conversely, that deep sleep helps reduce such stress,”