‘I didn’t want to be on medication the rest of my life’: veteran runs psilocybin retreats for PTSD before FDA approval Researchers say ‘magic mushrooms’ can help with traumatic symptoms, but urge caution as states expand access

‘I didn’t want to be on medication the rest of my life’: veteran runs psilocybin retreats for PTSD before FDA approval. Via @guardian #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷 #neurology #MentalHealth

AI to predict how bowel cancer patients will respond to new NHS drug PhenMap tool could spare thousands of patients from treatment that would be ineffective for them

AI to predict how bowel cancer patients will respond to new NHS drug. Via @guardian #AI #ArtificialIntelligence 💻 🤖 🧠 #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷

This Tiny Wildflower Could Be a Secret Weapon Against Superbugs Long before we had modern antibiotics to rely on, people often turned to traditional medicines from plants to treat infections.

This Tiny Wildflower Could Be a Secret Weapon Against Superbugs. Via @sciencealert #Botany #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷

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This method to reverse cellular ageing is about to be tested in humans A burgeoning field is launching its first clinical trial to find out whether dialling back cell development can safely refresh aged tissues and organs.

This method to reverse cellular ageing is about to be tested in humans. Via @scientific_american #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷

This RNA Almost Self-Replicates, Which Could Explain Life's Origins The RNA world hypothesis posits that molecules made up of ribonucleic acids (RNA) are responsible for kickstarting evolution and all life on Earth – and scientists just discovered a crucial new piece…

This RNA Almost Self-Replicates, Which Could Explain Life's Origins. Via @sciencealert #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷

How to Build Better Digital Twins of the Human Brain Brain twins where regions are allowed to compete for resources behave more like the real thing.

How to Build Better Digital Twins of the Human Brain. Via @singularityhub #AI #ArtificialIntelligence 💻 🤖 🧠 #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷 #neurology

Scientists are trying to build a vaccine that works against almost any respiratory pathogen  — here's how close they are. A nasal spray in mice boosted lung immunity against viruses, bacteria and allergens — but a truly universal vaccine is still years away.

Scientists are trying to build a vaccine that works against almost any respiratory pathogen  — here's how close they are. Via @live_science #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷

Sperm quality is at its peak in the summer, study finds Seasonal shifts in behavior — not temperature — may subtly influence sperm motility. Whether this variation in sperm quality influences fertility remains to be seen.

Sperm quality is at its peak in the summer, study finds. Via @live_science #Health ❤️‍🩹 🧑‍⚕️ #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷 #MensHealth

Person functionally cured of HIV after bone marrow transplant from sibling A man with HIV has gone into remission after receiving bone marrow from his brother, who has a rare mutation that prevents the function of receptors that HIV binds to

Person functionally cured of HIV after bone marrow transplant from sibling. Via @scientific_american #Health ❤️‍🩹 🧑‍⚕️ #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷

Sibling Stem Cell Transplant Leads to Rare HIV Remission in 'Oslo Patient' After receiving a stem cell transplant from his brother, a 63-year-old Norwegian man known as the "Oslo patient" has become one of only a handful of people to see their HIV (human immunodeficiency…

Sibling Stem Cell Transplant Leads to Rare HIV Remission in 'Oslo Patient'. Via @sciencealert #Health ❤️‍🩹 🧑‍⚕️ #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷

Experimental Drug Can Reverse Osteoarthritis in Weeks, Animal Research Shows The debilitating, chronic loss of joint cartilage known as osteoarthritis causes pain and bone decay for hundreds of millions of people every day, but new help may be on the way – in the form of a…

Experimental Drug Can Reverse Osteoarthritis in Weeks, Animal Research Shows. Via @sciencealert #Health ❤️‍🩹 🧑‍⚕️ #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷

Common Vitamin May Reduce Buildup of Alzheimer's Proteins, Study Finds New research has linked levels of vitamin D in midlife with toxic tangles of tau protein that accumulate in the brains of those with Alzheimer's disease.

Common Vitamin May Reduce Buildup of Alzheimer's Proteins, Study Finds. Via @sciencealert #Health ❤️‍🩹 🧑‍⚕️ #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷 #neurology

Scientists Found a Common Brain 'Fingerprint' Across 5 Psychedelics A growing amount of research is investigating how psychedelics might be used to treat depression and other disorders, and now a new study highlights a "neural fingerprint" that's common across five…

Scientists Found a Common Brain 'Fingerprint' Across 5 Psychedelics. Via @sciencealert #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷 #neurology

Scientists Solve 40-Year-Old Mystery of Sleeping Sickness Parasite The tropical disease known as sleeping sickness is caused by the African Trypanosoma brucei parasite.

Scientists Solve 40-Year-Old Mystery of Sleeping Sickness Parasite. Via @sciencealert #Health ❤️‍🩹 🧑‍⚕️ #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷

Four scientists smiling sitting on the stage next to each other, from the left Domenic, Dr Rina, Angel and Eman, from diverse culture background Australian, Chinese, African and Indian

Banner with My Mad Scientist Mummy' and website RinaFu.com , Dr Rina a female Asian female scientist kneeling next to a young boy scientist holding a flask with blue liquid, both looking curious posing

Dr Rina Fu , a beautiful female scientist pouring a beaker of blue liquid into a test tube held by a young boy scientist in a workshop

Two scientists one female and one male from Dr Rina's ECIS team posing and smiling

Really loved partnering with my Engaging Children In Science (#ECIS) Team for our #community outreach session in Midland. A big thank you to my former #medicalscience students for the energy to inspiring young scientists.
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New study shows how the brain weighs evidence to make decisions When presented with two different types of decisions, the brain accumulates evidence in a similar way

New study shows how the brain weighs evidence to make decisions. Via @scientific_american #Health ❤️‍🩹 🧑‍⚕️ #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷 #neurology #Fitness 🏃🏅🏆

Scientists May Have Found a New Cause of High Blood Pressure, And a Way to Treat It A new study has found evidence that a specific brain region could be contributing to some cases of high blood pressure.

Scientists May Have Found a New Cause of High Blood Pressure, And a Way to Treat It. Via @sciencealert #Health ❤️‍🩹 🧑‍⚕️ #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷

Injectable Peptides Are a New Anti-Aging Trend. Are They Safe? Injectable peptides are the new anti-aging trend sweeping the beauty industry.

Injectable Peptides Are a New Anti-Aging Trend. Are They Safe? Via @sciencealert #Health ❤️‍🩹 🧑‍⚕️ #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷

Mysterious heart neurons maintain blood pressure to prevent fainting Researchers pinpointed the purpose of mysterious heart neurons in mice—and humans have them, too

Mysterious heart neurons maintain blood pressure to prevent fainting. Via @scientific_american #Health ❤️‍🩹 🧑‍⚕️ #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷

Close, Social Contact Can Shape a Gut Microbiome, Sometimes Making it More Alike Learn how an isolated but collaborative bird species shows that close social contact can shape our gut microbes in surprising ways.

Close, Social Contact Can Shape a Gut Microbiome, Sometimes Making it More Alike. Via @discover.magazine #Health ❤️‍🩹 🧑‍⚕️ #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷

Psychedelics Like LSD, Psilocybin, and DMT May Rewire the Brain in the Same Two Ways — With Implications for Mental Health Learn how psychedelics like LSD, psilocybin, and DMT reshape brain networks by weakening internal connections and increasing communication across regions tied to perception, emotion, and thought.

Psychedelics Like LSD, Psilocybin, and DMT May Rewire the Brain in the Same Two Ways — With Implications for Mental Health. Via @discover.magazine #Health ❤️‍🩹 🧑‍⚕️ #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷 #neurology #MentalHealth

'No one knows what they are': Researchers discover new type of cell that's seen only during pregnancy A new map of the "maternal-fetal interface" reveals a new type of cell, as well as the types of cells most likely to be affected in conditions like preeclampsia.

'No one knows what they are': Researchers discover new type of cell that's seen only during pregnancy. Via @live_science #Health ❤️‍🩹 🧑‍⚕️ #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷

Science history: Doctor identifies transmissible proteins A doctor hypothesized that proteins can be transmitted to cause diseases like mad cow.

Science history: Doctor identifies transmissible proteins. Via @live_science #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷

Roaming gangs of tumor cells help spread cancer. Can drugs break them up? To impede metastasis, researchers seek to develop novel treatments that disrupt tumor cell clusters

Roaming gangs of tumor cells help spread cancer. Can drugs break them up? Via @sciencemagazine #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷 #Oncology

Alzheimer's Risk Gene Alters Brain Activity Early – But It May Be Reversible Carrying one or two copies of the APOE4 gene variant significantly increases the risk of developing Alzheimer's, and a new study reveals how APOE4 can change neuron activity – potentially many years…

Alzheimer's Risk Gene Alters Brain Activity Early – But It May Be Reversible. Via @sciencealert #Health ❤️‍🩹 🧑‍⚕️ #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷 #neurology

Keratin may act as a 'brake' for skin inflammation, pointing to potential treatments Keratin has been linked to skin diseases and inflammation in the past, but now, a new study may have uncovered one reason why.

Keratin may act as a 'brake' for skin inflammation, pointing to potential treatments. Via @live_science #Health ❤️‍🩹 🧑‍⚕️ #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷

Repurposed drug may extend survival in aggressive ovarian cancer, trial shows Relacorilant, typically used to treat Cushing’s syndrome, could improve outcomes in platinum-resistant cases

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Diagnostic dilemma: Woman's 'biologically implausible' infection led her to sneeze 'worms' out of her nose Doctors reported a highly unusual case of parasitic fly infection in a woman in Greece.

Diagnostic dilemma: Woman's 'biologically implausible' infection led her to sneeze 'worms' out of her nose. Via @live_science #Health ❤️‍🩹 🧑‍⚕️ #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷

The scope of biological possibility expands A synthetic biologist looks to the future, probing the promise and peril of “artificial biological intelligence”

The scope of biological possibility expands. Via @sciencemagazine #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬 #Biology #MedicalScience 💉💊🏥🩸😷