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The MDMA study was her last hope. She had read headlines celebrating a 83% response…

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Burnout is a growing crisis in health care: More than 50% of health care professionals…
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On a spring afternoon in Tucson, Ariz., about a half dozen children and teens hung…

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As the recreational use of cannabis is increasing, new research suggests that the public needs…

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When my son Conall took his life at age 17, it was devastating to me…

The face of autism was once predominantly white. No longer. The Centers for Disease Control…

Boys aren’t the only people who develop attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It also affects girls and…

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The team behind Karuna Therapeutics, which was recently snapped up in a multibillion-dollar deal, on…

Anyone can now walk into a pharmacy in the United States and buy oral contraceptives…

Dogs, our sunny, selfless shadows, crave little more than a daily walk, a treat or…

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The Food and Drug Administration has cleared Otsuka Pharmaceutical’s digital treatment for major depressive disorder,…

Living with chronic pain, especially if it’s severe, can deeply affect your feelings and mood….

Arthritis, migraine headaches, back pain, neuropathy, and so many more conditions fall into the category…

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Acadia Pharmaceuticals said Monday that its approved medicine called Nuplazid failed to improve the social…

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In many ways, psychiatry is still flying blind. People experiencing mental health conditions are prescribed…

Headspace, which has built a growing digital health business around mindfulness, is joining forces with…

Over the last few years, virtual mental health company Talkspace has been on a relentless…

One by one, the companies behind Zoloft, Prozac, and Paxil soured on psychiatry. It was…
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Study Ties Regular Hearing Aid Use to Longer Life Span Using hearing aids significantly increased…

The Canadian surgeon and urologist Balfour Mount is considered the father of palliative care in…
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DarioHealth, which makes apps for managing chronic diseases, today announced it will acquire digital mental…

Mental illness can cause or worsen obesity, and obesity can cause or worsen mental illness….

Despite widespread promises of reform after the murder of George Floyd in 2020, in 2023,…

Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy — already game changers for diabetes and obesity — are…

False-Positive Mammogram Result May be Warning of Later Breast Cancer Diagnosis Women who get a…

One morning last May, 10 students and two instructors from across California gathered on Zoom…

WASHINGTON — Negotiations to add extra health care policies to Congress’ stopgap funding bill fell…

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Margery Quackenbush was attending a board meeting of the nonprofit where she served as executive…

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I have all the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), including abdominal pain, gas, bloating,…