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Hallucinogen Gives Lasting Spiritual Boost
(HealthDay News) — The spiritual effects of a substance in “sacred mushrooms” can last more than a year, Johns Hopkins researchers claim.
The scientists said their investigations may lead to new ways to help people with conditions such as cancer, depression and drug dependence..
In a previous study, the researchers gave psilocybin to 36 healthy, well-educated volunteers […]
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Docs urged to ask young heart patients about cocaine
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Cocaine use can result in symptoms that look like a heart attack
Cocaine-related chest pain is a heart attack in only 1 percent to 6 percent of patients
2 common heart attack treatments can be dangerous to those using cocaine
Admitting illegal substance use confidential; info won’t be reported to authorities
DALLAS , Texas (AP) — […]
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Men, Too, Will Shop ‘Til They Drop
(HealthDay News) — One in 20 American adults said they find themselves unable to stop shopping for items they may not even want or need.
And men are just as likely as women to suffer from “compulsive buying,” according to the largest survey of its kind ever conducted.
“That’s the biggest surprise — that men engage in […]
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Narcolepsy Drug Helps Brain Tumor Patients
(HealthDay News) — A drug used for narcolepsy improved the quality of life for patients with malignant brain tumors, a new study shows.
“This is excellent information,” said Dr. Robert Morgan, a medical oncologist at City of Hope, in Duarte, Calif. “Fatigue leading to poor quality of life is extremely common in patients with brain tumors, […]
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Health Highlights: Aug. 18, 2006
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:Maker of ‘Morning-After’ Pill Reapplies to FDA
The maker of the controversial Plan B “morning-after” pill has resubmitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell the emergency contraceptive without a prescription, the Associated Press reported Friday.
The […]
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Magic Mushrooms Gave People Full Mystical Experience
Over 60% of volunteers in a rigorous trial funded by the American government said that one magic mushroom session gave them a full mystical experience and several months of happiness. Magic mushrooms are also known as psychedelic mushrooms.
The researchers, from John Hopkins University, Baltimore, wanted to find out what the neurological mechanisms and effects of […]
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FRANK SHALLENBERGER, M.D.
You don’t normally think of oxygen as a treatment for diabetes, butaccording to Frank Shallenberger, M.D., H.M.D., director of the NevadaCenter of Alternative and Anti-Aging Medicine in Carson City, Nevada, ozone(a less stable, more reactive form of oxygen) can produce remarkableimprovements in both the major and secondary symptoms of adult-onsetdiabetes. The connection between […]
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Anxiety
Anxiety: “AnxietyThis condition has been called the 20th-century disease, and indeed anti-anxiety medications have been some of the biggest moneymakers for pharmaceutical companies in recent years. These drugs are dangerous and should be avoided, as they interfere with mental function, contribute to depression, and cause an especially nasty kind of addiction. There are many alternative […]
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Sickness aids the cure for addicts at Thai temple
By Manager Online31 January 2006 16:53SARABURI, THAILAND (AFP) - Undate photo (here not showing) shows drug patients lying on the floor recieving herbal treament during an anti-drug program at Tham Krabok temple in Saraburi province. Sitting side by side in a straight line, men and women fighting addiction solemnly wait for a Thai monk to […]
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