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Veterans lobbied for psychedelic therapy, but it may not be enough to save MDMA drug application
NEW YORK (AP) — It was a landmark moment for the psychedelic movement: The Department of Veteran Affairs’ top doctor stood on stage, praising advocates who have spent decades promoting the healing potential of mind-altering drugs. In an unannounced appearance at a New York...
Veterans have lobbied for MDMA as a potential PTSD treatment, but it may not be enough to save FDA application
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ThunderShirts, dance parties and anxiety meds can help ease dogs' July Fourth dread
PHOENIX (AP) — Rori Chang will be spending Fourth of July watching action movies from the comfort of her Glendale, Arizona, home, perhaps something from Marvel or a John Wick flick. But it's not for her. It's for her golden retriever, Ava. “Playing movies with gunshots to cover...
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Anxiety over persistent inflation helps drive down US consumer sentiment for third consecutive month
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer sentiment fell in June for the third straight month as Americans took a dimmer view of their own finances and worried about persistent inflation. The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index, released Friday in a preliminary version,...
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Red Sox place RHP Chris Martin on the 15-day injury list because of anxiety
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox placed right-hander Chris Martin on the 15-day injury list Wednesday because of anxiety. The 38-year-old Martin told the team about his anxiety over the weekend. The move was retroactive to Sunday. Martin last pitched on May 30...
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Music Review: Charli XCX's 'Brat' swings between hedonism and anxiety, cult classic and pop party
English pop singer-songwriter Charli XCX 's sixth album, “Brat,” oscillates between hedonism and anxiety — the euphoria of a late night on the dancefloor and the creeping disquietude of the morning after — as much as it does her in-between status as pop queen of the underground and...
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Panel rejects psychedelic drug MDMA as a PTSD treatment in possible setback for advocates
WASHINGTON (AP) — A first-of-a-kind proposal to begin using the mind-altering drug MDMA as a treatment for PTSD was roundly criticized Tuesday — a potentially major setback to psychedelic advocates who hope to win a landmark federal approval and bring the banned drugs into the medical...
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Service dogs helped ease PTSD symptoms in US military veterans, researchers say
Specially trained service dogs helped ease PTSD symptoms in U.S. military veterans in a small study that the researchers hope will help expand options for service members. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs provides talk therapy and medications to veterans with post-traumatic...
US panel rejects first-ever bid to use MDMA as a PTSD treatment in a possible setback for psychedelic advocates
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Psychedelic drug MDMA faces questions as FDA considers approval for PTSD
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators are questioning the safety and evidence behind the first bid to use MDMA, the mind-altering club drug, as a treatment for PTSD, part of a decadeslong effort by advocates to move psychedelic drugs into the medical mainstream. The Food and...
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