Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have found an appetite-suppressing compound in python blood that helps snakes eat more food and go months without eating but remain metabolically healthy. The research, in collaboration with scientists at Stanford and Baylor universities, could inform new weight-loss treatments that promote satiety without the brain and muscle loss … Read more
At the end of an apparently ubiquitous commercial for the telehealth company Ro, a characteristically surprised Charles Barkley speaks for us all when he comments, “Wait, you’re telling me they have GLP-1. the pill Now to lose weight?” They do – and it was just as wildly popular as its injectable predecessors. Just about 10 … Read more
Assembly Bill 46 took a big step toward becoming law on Tuesday. The bill, designed to address what many believe is a flaw in the state’s mental health diversion program, was unanimously approved by the Senate Public Safety Committee. Mental health diversion is a program that was signed into law in 2018. It allows some … Read more
a sign Lancet Psychiatry A paper published today – the largest review of the safety and efficacy of cannabinoids in a range of mental health conditions – found no evidence that medicinal cannabis is effective in treating depression, anxiety or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The research comes amid more than a million prescription approvals and … Read more
Cannabis is not an effective treatment for common mental health conditions despite a global increase in patients using it for this purpose, a review has found. The researchers concluded that there is “very little evidence for its effectiveness” in the treatment of anxiety, anorexia nervosa, psychotic disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder or opioid use disorder. Experts … Read more
CHAMPAIGN – A new clinic in Champaign offers community members free counseling and treatment provided by graduate students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The healing, training and research clinic is staffed by graduate students enrolled in a two-year mental health counseling master’s program. The clinic is offering appointments this semester through May 6, with … Read more
Longevity, biohacking, quantified self, neurotic: these are all words that, frankly, weren’t in my vocabulary about a week ago. I recently visited the New Health Center in Toronto to get a better understanding of what these buzzwords really mean and why a growing number of athletes, celebrities and other health enthusiasts are drawn to them. … Read more