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Tag: Medicine

Christmas Spices Do More Than Flavor Cookies and Lattes, They’re Powerful Antioxidants Called ‘Nutraceuticals’
Nutrition

Christmas Spices Do More Than Flavor Cookies and Lattes, They’re Powerful Antioxidants Called ‘Nutraceuticals’

March 1, 2024March 13, 2024

The smells of cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove have different uses around the world, but when the scent of these…

COVID Mandates and Messaging Resurfacing Around the West Amid Largely Harmless Rise in Cases
Medicine

COVID Mandates and Messaging Resurfacing Around the West Amid Largely Harmless Rise in Cases

January 16, 2024January 16, 2024

Greece is “urging” citizens to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Spain has reintroduced mask-mandates inside medical establishments, American universities are…

NR and NMN Are Unproven at the Doses Being Sold–Phytonutrients May Prevent Aging Even Better
Medicine

NR and NMN Are Unproven at the Doses Being Sold–Phytonutrients May Prevent Aging Even Better

November 27, 2023November 27, 2023

The supplement industry is making a killing off of two anti-aging compounds called nicotinamide riboside (NR) and nicotinamide mononucleotide…

History’s First Placebo-Controlled Trial of Pure Cannabinol Proves Groundbreaking
Medicine

History’s First Placebo-Controlled Trial of Pure Cannabinol Proves Groundbreaking

July 28, 2023July 31, 2023

Conducted by two private companies beyond the scope of universities, hospitals, or government agencies, the world’s first trial of…

Scientists Find SSRIs and Psychedelics Work in Similar Way, Hope to Create Better Medicines
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Scientists Find SSRIs and Psychedelics Work in Similar Way, Hope to Create Better Medicines

June 6, 2023June 28, 2023

In a mouse study, researchers found that the psychedelics LSD and psilocybin bind to the same neuroreceptor as clinically…

Most Definitive Study Yet: No, Masks Simply Do Not Prevent Transmission of Viruses
ArchivesMedicine

Most Definitive Study Yet: No, Masks Simply Do Not Prevent Transmission of Viruses

February 27, 2023July 13, 2023

As kids, we learn that germs and viruses are so small you need a microscope to see them. The…

Disruption of the Gut Microbiome Leads to Binge Eating in Mice
ArchivesPhysiology

Disruption of the Gut Microbiome Leads to Binge Eating in Mice

November 30, 2022May 29, 2024

Broad-spectrum antibiotics are widely used in society to treat a variety of dangerous infections, but could they also be…

COVID Lockdowns Contributed to a 77% Increase in Childhood Type 2 Diabetes Rates
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COVID Lockdowns Contributed to a 77% Increase in Childhood Type 2 Diabetes Rates

August 31, 2022

Lockdown behavior by state governments has contributed to a 77% increase in the rates of type 2 diabetes in…

Bad Dreams? Could be Parkinson’s — Study
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Bad Dreams? Could be Parkinson’s — Study

June 8, 2022

People have bad dreams all the time, but could there be underlying neurological factors influencing their manifestation? Going to…

World’s Largest Real-Life Study on CBD Products Finds Improvements in Pain, Anxiety, Sleep, and Well-Being
ArchivesMedicine

World’s Largest Real-Life Study on CBD Products Finds Improvements in Pain, Anxiety, Sleep, and Well-Being

December 16, 2021July 28, 2023

History’s largest real-world evidence study, consisting of nearly 3,000 participants, has just produced some stunning results on the use…

The First Trial of Commercial CBD Products Found Significant Anxiety Relief in Women
ArchivesMedicine

The First Trial of Commercial CBD Products Found Significant Anxiety Relief in Women

June 9, 2021July 28, 2023

A new trial looking at the effects of a line of commercially-available CBD health products from a company called…

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THC and Cannabis Found to Give Relief to Chronic Itch When Nothing Else Would

May 13, 2021

Pruritus, or chronic itching, is characterized exactly as it’s called, by an unrelenting and sometimes even debilitating sensation to…

D.C. Advocacy Group Got Mushrooms Decriminalized – Now Pushes for $100 Million in Federal Psychedelic Research Grants
Medicine

D.C. Advocacy Group Got Mushrooms Decriminalized – Now Pushes for $100 Million in Federal Psychedelic Research Grants

January 25, 2021

In November, voters in Washington D.C. voted overwhelmingly for Initiative 81 which, not completely, but effectively decriminalized ‘entheogenic plants…


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Italy Quietly Tries to Renew Military Cooperation Agreement with Israel, Law firm Notices and Objects

Andy Corbley May 23, 2025

Signed in 2002 and entering into force in 2005, few Italian citizens will know what has resulted from a…

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Houthis Defeat the Americans, Claim Destruction of Another F/A-18 and Strike Israel with Drones

Andy Corbley May 8, 2025

Yemen has claimed responsibility for an attack on the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier that caused a second F/A-18…

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Former Georgia Senator Joins Trump’s Kettle of China Hawks as US Ambassador to Beijing

Andy Corbley May 1, 2025

Former Georgia Senator and businessman David Perdue was recently confirmed with a bipartisan vote as the new US Ambassador…

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