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America's First Legal Psilocybin Program Treated 346 People. Just one month after the dose, 92.2 percent of participants said the experience had been beneficial, while, on average, their mental health symptoms had fallen dramatically.

Babies born under sugar rationing grew into adults with lower cancer risk

People who live past 100 may owe part of their longevity to having an abundance of cancer-killing immune cells, researchers say. These rare T cells appear far more abundant in centenarians and supercentenarians than in younger adults.

Children who lose a parent twice as likely to develop mental health disorders. The study reinforces longstanding evidence that parental bereavement is one of the most distressing experiences in childhood and is linked to a higher risk of mental health challenges

Doctors Found 4 Autoimmune Diseases in One Woman at One Time: 40-year-old woman in China was already diagnosed with 3 - ulcerative colitis, autoimmune hepatitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis. She presented with severe iron deficiency and was also found to have a 4th - autoimmune gastritis.

Gen Z Americans are more willing to use blockades and violence to stop public speakers. Young liberals tended to be more supportive of these methods compared to conservatives, but this ideological gap disappeared when the questions referred to suppressing specific, highly offensive ideas.

Unmarried adults in their thirties and forties hold highly diverse goals for future relationships, with cohabitation being more popular than marriage. The findings indicate that previous life events shape what people want for their future, challenging the idea of a universal relationship path.

Brain scans reveal that schizophrenia and bipolar disorder share strikingly similar patterns of brain changes, adding to growing evidence that the two conditions may have more in common biologically than previously thought.

Lower-class employees face greater professional backlash for negotiating their salaries. Study provides evidence that this negotiation gap acts as a double bind that can compound economic disadvantages over a person’s career.

ADHD diagnoses and prescriptions have increased globally across all age groups, new review shows. Among men aged 18-29 there was an approximately 20-fold increase in diagnoses and an almost 50-fold increase in prescriptions.

Living near dry cleaners linked to higher Parkinson’s odds in older adults. Study found a dose-response pattern, with the highest odds within 500 feet.

Historically, there was very strong guidance that you must always finish an antibiotic course. Now, we're seeing a growing body of evidence saying that that is not always the case. And oftentimes, shorter durations of antibiotics are as effective and safe as longer alternatives.

Acupuncture Seems to Rewire The Brain in Depression, Scans Reveal. When comparing the brain scans of people who had been given acupuncture treatments against those on antidepressants: acupuncture seemed to be rewiring specific brain regions.

Oxytocin has opposite effects on men’s generosity depending on a their childhood experiences

Sensory Overload Tied to Autism and Anxiety—Not ADHD. Sensory over-responsivity was associated with autism traits, anxiety, and altered brain connectivity.

Human evolution was driven by early humans’ ability to be clever and humorous, the “survival of the wittiest.” The analysis argues that the earliest stages of grammar provided a platform for verbal competition and sexual selection, gradually replacing physical violence with verbal agility.

Attention can regulate acute inflammation in humans. The findings raises the possibility that our subjective experience of what is happening in the body is not only a passive process, but may be actively contributing to how physiological responses are regulated

Unpredictable work schedules increase the risk of romantic breakups. Hourly service workers who deal with unstable work hours are at a higher risk of going through a separation or divorce. Stressful demands of modern low-wage jobs can spill over into personal lives and disrupt family stability.

Cannabis linked to earlier onset of psychosis, with gap wider in older adults

Women face higher risks of partner violence during the weeks their partners cheat

A naturally occurring molecule released during exercise may hold the key to strengthening muscles without physical activity. In experiments, mice given BAIBA developed larger muscles, improved muscle function, greater fatigue resistance and better exercise performance than untreated mice.

Vitamin D Dupplement Intake is Associated with Better Cognition in Persons with Sleep Disturbance and Mild Cognitive Impairment

New analysis of 2,674 papers from the French institute that promoted hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 finds ethical or legal concerns in 853 articles

The top 10% of young free-to-play gamers, aged 10-19, accounted for 61.4% of microtransaction spending, they also showed higher prevalences of gaming and gambling disorders, suggesting the need for protection from potentially exploitative practices

Sea ice has been disappearing from East Greenland, allowing giant whales to take advantage and move into previously inaccessible areas - decades-long study that has recorded hundreds of the world's biggest whales feeding in ice-free seas along the coast in summer.

Older adults could face harmful heat stress at just 1.5°C of global warming above preindustrial levels, compared with around 4°C for younger adults, suggesting people aged 60 and over are substantially more vulnerable to extreme heat than previously estimated.

How use of AI harms college students’ ability to learn: Students who copy answers from AI tools without verifying information experience declines in their ability to learn independently. These habits are associated with a weaker belief in their own capabilities and a reduced motivation to learn.

Study: 4 In 10 Fifth-Graders Say They Need Mental Health Care

‘Snow-eater’ heat waves are melting western U.S snowpack twice as fast. Since 1850, the study found the area covered by these heat waves has grown by roughly 102,000 square kilometers per century, and they're now arriving about a month earlier in the year than they did in the mid-1800s.

Generic semaglutide could reshape diabetes drug coverage in Canada. Lower-cost medication dramatically improves cost-effectiveness of treatment that prevents heart and kidney disease. Canada is one of the first countries to have access to generic semaglutide, years before the US and much of Europe.

Right-leaning Canadians’ trust in the bodies that manage Canadian elections has declined significantly since 2019. While Canadians across the political spectrum generally reject misinformation, right-leaning Canadians are more likely to question the existence of impartial truth

A father’s absence is linked to early puberty, but only if it happens during a crucial developmental window. Findings offer new insights into how early family environments might shape biological development over time.

Researchers found a "genetic switch" that triggers neurodegeneration in both a rare childhood dementia and Alzheimer's disease due to waste build-up in microglia. They may now be able to prevent neurodegeneration by targeting the waste-processing system inside the cell