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The country’s experiment with psychedelic medicine has led to positive outcomes, psychiatrists say, but also highlights the limitations of the nascent field.Read More
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“Then the doctor smiled and said something I’ll never forget. I burst into tears in my hospital bed.”Read More
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As deaths from diabetes start to rival those from infectious threats like malaria, a new form of the condition linked to malnutrition is surfacing in…
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Many current and former employees say the actions of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are undermining the agency’s role in safeguarding public health.Read More
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He helped discover cancer-causing genes. Later, as chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco, he led a major expansion.Read More
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