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Shroom compound psilocybin shows promise for bipolar disorder in early trial
By Nicoletta Lanese published
An early trial hints that psilocybin could be a safe and effective treatment for depressive episodes in bipolar II disorder and should be studied further.
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Blood thickening tied to gender-affirming testosterone is rare
By Emily Cooke published
Trans and gender-diverse people people who take testosterone face a risk of blood thickening, but the largest study to date in the U.S. suggests that this side effect is rare.
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CRISPR therapy for high cholesterol shows promise in early trial
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Using a CRISPR-guided technique called "base editing," scientists edited the genes of liver cells in 10 people's bodies.
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FDA approves world's 1st chikungunya vaccine
By Nicoletta Lanese published
There's now an FDA-approved vaccine for chikungunya, a mosquito-spread virus that can cause fever, severe joint pain, and rarely, death.
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Antibiotics growing gravely ineffective for childhood infections
By Emily Cooke published
A study found that many common antibiotics were less than 50% effective at treating serious bacterial infections in children and newborn babies in the Asia-Pacific.
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CBD reportedly discovered in plant that's not cannabis
By Emily Cooke published
Scientists say they've discovered CBD in a shrub that belongs to the same family as cannabis, although they've yet to publish the research.
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Do traditional Chinese herbs actually 'heal'? This tool aims to find out.
By Emily Cooke published
A new tool may be able to predict the effectiveness of herbs used in traditional Chinese medicines — but what do experts think of its assessments?
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RSV drug shortage prompts CDC to adjust recommendations
By Nicoletta Lanese published
A new antibody shot called Beyfortus was recently approved to protect babies from RSV, but it's in short supply this season.
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Will we still have antibiotics in 50 years? 7 experts weigh in
By Lori L. Burrows, Yori Yuliandra, Fidelma Fitzpatrick, Roy Robins-Browne, Raúl Rivas González, Juliana Côrrea, André O. Hudson published
Experts across public health, microbiology and biochemistry agree that we'll still have antibiotics in 50 years, but the drugs may take a different form than those we have today.
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Could bacteria-killing viruses ever prevent sexually transmitted infections?
By Kamal Nahas published
The CDC will soon recommend that some people take a "morning-after" antibiotic to lower their risk of STIs. But someday, it's possible that bacteria-killing viruses could do this without driving antibiotic resistance.
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