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Ketamine therapy can help people with depression, but also requires professional supervision to mitigate risks.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 22, 2024 Source:Ketamine therapy can help people with depression, but also poses risks: experts
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The relationship between how mental health is affected following a cardiac event
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 17, 2024 Source:What a doctor needs to check after cardiac arrest, according to new research Reference:Long-Term Socioeconomic and Mental Health Changes After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Women and Men
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Weak evidence (on the basis of one small study) to suggest that a supplement can mitigate postpartum blues. Also wary when the article advertises the product in question and quotes the senior author and patent holder of its virtues.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 11, 2024 Source:Canadian researchers create natural supplement to combat postpartum blues Reference:Dietary supplement for mood symptoms in early postpartum: a double-blind randomized placebo controlled trial
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Five years of legal cannabis: fewer charges, many hospitalizations and more than a few questions
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 11, 2023 Source:5 years of legal cannabis: fewer charges, many hospitalizations and more than a few questions Reference:Changes in Cannabis-Attributable Hospitalizations Following Nonmedical Cannabis Legalization in Canada
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If you like coffee then enjoy. There are hundreds of observational studies leading to headline claims trying to justify its consumption on the basis of good or bad health outcomes. Nature of these studies: they are unable to establish causality.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 18, 2023 Source:This amount of coffee a day is tied to a lower risk of depression and anxiety: study Reference:The association between coffee consumption and risk of incident depression and anxiety: Exploring the benefits of moderate intake
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LSD and psilocin discovered to bind to specific receptors that induce changes to brain structure and function that may explain why they have a rapid antidepressant effect.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 7, 2023 [display_podcast] Source:Scientists May Have Found Exactly How LSD Treats Depression Reference:Psychedelics promote plasticity by directly binding to BDNF receptor TrkB
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New clinic at The Royal uses esketamine to treat severe treatment-resistant depression. Unfortunately patients of limited means will have difficulty paying the $800 per treatment. It is not covered by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 1, 2023 [display_podcast] Source:New clinic at The Royal uses esketamine to treat severe depression
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Immune system irregularities found in women with postpartum mood disorders. New study suggests inflammation may play a key role in maternal mental health
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 6, 2022 [display_podcast] Source: Immune system irregularities found in women with postpartum mood disordersNew study suggests inflammation may play a key role in maternal mental health Reference:Immune transcriptional profiles in mothers with clinically elevated depression and anxiety symptoms several years post-delivery
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Amid buzz around the medical benefits of psilocybin, a new production facility gets to work in B.C. Studies are ongoing with early evidence pointing to its ability to relieve symptoms in adults suffering from treatment-resistant depression.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 5, 2022 [display_podcast] Source:Amid buzz around the medical benefits of magic mushrooms, a new production facility gets to work in B.C.