A first-of-its-kind exploratory study, led by researchers from Yale School of Medicine, has found a single dose of the psychedelic psilocybin can reduce migraine frequency by 50 percent for a least two weeks. The preliminary trial was small, with follow-up…

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The COVID-19 disease spread at different rates in the different countries and in different regions of the same country, as happened in Italy. Transmis…

Americans have a lower life expectancy than people in other rich countries despite paying much more for healthcare. What factors may explain this?

A novel cancer vaccine is moving to Phase 1 human trials in the United States after promising results from animal studies showed encouraging efficacy and a robust safety profile. A new study describes the vaccine as producing complete responses in 90 percent…

There are a lot of things we tell ourselves about chocolate in order to eat it on a frequent basis. It’s great for headaches, it’s good for the heart, it’s better than other things I could be eating! But what if we told you it’s been proven to make you smarter…

The brains of healthy adults recovered faster from a mild vascular challenge and performed better on complex tests if the participants consumed cocoa flavanols beforehand, researchers report in the journal Scientific Reports. In the study, 14 of 18 participants…

More cities are starting to pedestrianise central zones to minimize cars and eliminate deaths on public roads

Doctors urge the CDC to be transparent about the side effects people may experience after getting their first shot of a coronavirus vaccine.

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With the climate crisis getting worse, we need to find solutions to reduce our carbon emissions. We can't simply rely on renewable energy, carbon capture, usage and storage is another solution

In 2017, I presented a paper at the Florida Academy of Sciences ennoscriptd “The Importance of Being a Mammal.” Its thesis was threefold. First, a number of behaviours appear to…View Post