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The Man Who Put His Money Behind Psychedelic Medicine – The New York Times

The announcement on Wednesday that Johns Hopkins Medicine was starting a new center to study psychedelic drugs for mental disorders was the latest chapter in a decades-long push by health nonprofits and wealthy donors to shake up psychiatry from the outside, bypassing the usual channels. “Psychiatry is one of the most conservative specialties in medicine,”… Read More: The Man Who Put His Money Behind Psychedelic Medicine –… »

5 menstruation myths you must leave behind

Approximately half of the world’s population experiences, will experience, or has experienced menstruation, and yet myths about this biological process still abound. In this Spotlight feature, we debunk some of the most widespread menstruation misconceptions. In this Spotlight feature, we debunk some widespread myths surrounding menstruation. As of 2017, the world’s population numbers 7.53 billion… Read More: 5 menstruation myths you must leave behind »

Touching story behind weird internet challenge

Little Annabelle Pott’s paralysed cheeks struggle to give us a smile. The five year-old Canberra girl is battling DIPG (diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma), a brain cancer that targets only kids, is fatal and has an average survival time of around nine months. That’s exactly how long Kathie and Adam Potts were told that they had… Read More: Touching story behind weird internet challenge »

Start-up that sold $1,000 breast pump has gone dark, leaving many unhappy customers behind

Tracy Pugh, an event planner based in Oakland, Calif., had a hard time breastfeeding her second child. So, when her third baby was just a few weeks old, she decided to invest about $ 1,000 into a “smart” breast pump from a Silicon Valley-backed start-up called Naya Health.