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One Dose of Psilocybin Produces Measurable Brain Changes Lasting Up to 30 Days, New Human Study Finds

A Nature Communications study found one dose of psilocybin changed brain structure and activity for up to 30 days in 28 healthy adults. Here is what the findings mean for mental health research.

Medical Daily

‘The bedroom should be an oasis’: five common sleep problems, solved by experts

From weighted blankets to the right lightbulbs and mattress, the products in your bedroom can make a world of difference on your sleep

The Guardian - US

How high is your risk of dementia? It may depend on where you live

Previous research has shown living in rural areas is associated with an increased risk for the brain disorder

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FDA names a new vaccine chief. He is a vocal critic of the agency

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Research reveals body temperature is linked to depression

People with depression have higher body temperatures, which suggests that reducing their temperatures may have a mental health advantage, according to a new UC San Francisco research. Read further on Dynamite News:

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You may still get long COVID symptoms months after infection

California: Long COVID-19 can persist for at least a year after the acute illness has passed, according to the most detailed analysis of how symptoms change over a year.By describing trends in greater detail than previous research and highlighting the significant impacts the epidemic has had on the American health…

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Did you get COVID but never feel sick? New study hints at why

As the coronavirus emerged, so did a mystery: Why did some who got infected never develop symptoms?

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Michael Hiltzik: These 'experts' sold the U.S. on a disastrous COVID plan, and never paid a professional price

They've held credentials from some of the world's most elite universities — Harvard, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Oxford. They've been welcomed into the highest government policy councils. They became fixtures on television news shows and were quoted incessantly by some of the nation's leading newspapers.

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Abortion’s new battleground: Mifepristone’s effect on women’s mental health

At the heart of the latest battle over abortion access is a federal judge’s ruling that cites concern about the mental health of women who choose to end their pregnancies.

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Editorial: Reckoning with UCSF’s dark history of unethical medical experiments on inmates

It’s shameful that it took decades for UC San Francisco to acknowledge and publicly apologize for faculty members who conducted unethical experiments on hundreds of men incarcerated at a medical facility in Northern California. Only now has the institution begun reckoning with its dark history of medical experimentation on inmates.

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Commentary: Stress drains your body’s battery. Here’s how you can recharge it

My phone is showing that little red low-battery bar, and I need to plug it in immediately or lose my connection. What if I didn’t recharge — no, that would stress me out. But what if, in addition to recharging my phone, I took a few minutes to recharge myself?

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UCSF apologizes for experiments done on prisoners in the '60s and '70s

The University of California, San Francisco has issued a public apology after conducting an investigation into experiments performed by two faculty members in the 1960s and '70s on prisoners, some of whom were mentally ill. In many cases, there was no record that the prisoners had provided informed consent.

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Health: Finds New Infant Gene Therapy To Treat Artemis-SCID Patients

A novel gene therapy developed at UC San Francisco is on track to improve the health of ten young children who were born without functioning immune systems and without the capacity to fight infections. Read on for details:

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How to avoid illness as COVID-19 and the flu surge

LOS ANGELES — A one-two punch of COVID-19 and the flu is striking California, sickening residents — some so severely they’ve had to go to the hospital — interrupting daily life and threatening to upend holiday plans.

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As COVID-19 spikes in California, booster shots could make all the difference

LOS ANGELES — With coronavirus cases and hospitalizations rising in Los Angeles County, officials are voicing new confidence in the effectiveness of the updated COVID-19 booster shot.

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Can California avoid a third devastating COVID-19 winter wave? Cautious signs of hope

LOS ANGELES — For the last two years, Thanksgiving served as a sobering reminder of the COVID-19 pandemic’s staying power.

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Moderna vs. Pfizer: Is it OK to mix and match the updated COVID-19 booster shots?

LOS ANGELES — As residents prepare to roll up their sleeves for a third, fourth or even fifth dose of COVID-19 vaccine, some may be wondering: Do I need to stick with the same brand, or is it safe to mix it up?

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Californians working while sick with COVID-19, fooled by mild symptoms

LOS ANGELES — Experts are warning that employees might be showing up to work while sick with COVID-19, with symptoms so mild even health care workers are being fooled.

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Nurse-midwives want to provide abortions. They're struggling to get trained

LOS ANGELES — When Ariela Schnyer was choosing where to get trained as a nurse-midwife, California stood out for an important reason: The state would allow clinicians like her to provide abortions.

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Michael Hiltzik: How the University of California betrays its doctors, students and patients on abortion

One year ago, the University of California Board of Regents voted to approve an uncompromising policy governing the terms of partnerships between UC's medical schools and Catholic hospital systems.

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‘I’m over it.’ Many in LA shrug off COVID-19 wave despite super-infectious subvariants

LOS ANGELES — There was a time during the pandemic when the scene at Westfield Valencia Town Center in Santa Clarita would have evoked gasps and much scolding.

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LA coronavirus cases hit highest level in months as BA.4 and BA.5 bring reinfections

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County’s coronavirus case rate hit its highest point in nearly five months over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, a troubling sign of how two new super-infectious omicron strains are creating conditions for a fraught summer.

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Is getting coronavirus in California really inevitable? Protecting yourself despite wave

LOS ANGELES — With tens of thousands of new coronavirus cases being reported in California each week, it might seem inevitable that everyone will get infected at some point.

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Coronavirus in California is becoming easier to get, much harder to avoid. Here's why

LOS ANGELES — The number of coronavirus cases reported in California is on the brink of crossing 10 million, a milestone that probably undercounts the total significantly yet still carries an increasing sense of inevitability.

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Pregnant people of color more likely to get procedures they didn't consent to, study finds

Black, Indigenous and people of color giving birth were more likely than white people to experience health providers coercing them to go along with procedures they did not want, or to have their lack of explicit consent disregarded altogether, according to a new study.

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