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Law enforcement seizures of psilocybin mushrooms rose dramatically between 2017-2022

SCIENMAG: Medicine & Health

Law enforcement seizures of “magic mushrooms” or “shrooms” containing the psychoactive component psilocybin increased dramatically in the United States between January 2017 and December 2022, according to a new study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health.

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Total Solar Eclipse in 2017 Linked to Brief Rise in Traffic Accidents

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traffic accidents around the time of a solar eclipse back in 2017.The MONDAY, March 25, 2024 -- Ahead of a total solar eclipse arriving April 8, new research finds there was a temporary rise in U.S. The area in the United States covered by the total.

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Behind the new kind of cell therapy that just won FDA approval

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

One expert views Amtagvi’s approval as a catalyst for further investment in TIL therapies, akin to how Kymriah’s 2017 clearance buoyed CAR-T treatment.

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J&J sends blood pressure drug back to Idorsia

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The decision is the latest in a series of setbacks for the Actelion spinout and ends a lucrative partnership that began in 2017.

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Water Beads Can Expand Inside Body, Causing Kids Serious Harm. Should They Be Banned?

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25, 2023 -- Ashley Haugen’s 13-month-old daughter, Kipley, woke up projectile vomiting in their Texas home one morning in July 2017. MONDAY, Sept. The Haugens took her to the doctor after it became apparent she wasn’t keeping anything down.

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New Combo Drug Therapy Halves Death Risk From Advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma

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She's also a survivor of advanced Hodgkin lymphoma, who first got diagnosed at the age of 25 back in 2017.After WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16, 2024 -- Jenna Cottrell is a young sports reporter working for a TV station in the Rochester, N.Y., After 12 rounds.

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Novoheart to Co-develop First of its Kind Human Heart-in-a-Jar Model of Heart Failure with AstraZeneca

Drug Discovery Today

million cases worldwide in 2017, costing over US$100B per year. Heart failure is a global pandemic with an estimated 64.3 Drug developers currently lack effective humanized models for preclinical testing of targeted drug candidates in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.