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Results of COMPASS Pathways’ open-label study of COMP360 psilocybin treatment, alongside SSRI antidepressants, suggest that SSRIs do not interfere with the potential therapeutic effect of COMP360 LONDON, July 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)…

A low-cost version of ketamine to treat severe depression has performed strongly in a double-blind trial that compared it with placebo. In research published today in the British Journal of Psychiatry, researchers led by UNSW Sydney and the…

New research from Sanford Burnham Prebys has helped explain how melanoma evades the immune system and may guide the discovery of future therapies for the disease. The study found that a protein known to be active in immune cells is also…

For many patients with hypertension -- an elevated blood pressure that can lead to stroke or heart attack -- medication keeps the condition at bay. But what happens when medication that physicians usually prescribe doesn't work? Known as…

FRIDAY, June 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The predominant emotions expressed by patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia undergoing virtual reality-based Avatar therapy (AT) are mostly neutral, joy, and anger emotions, according to a…

Elana Gotkine WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with treatment-resistant major depression without psychosis, ketamine is noninferior to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT),…

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)(THE CONVERSATION) Fungi are present on the skin of around 70% of the population, without causing…

Chronic wounds are open sores or injured tissue that fail to heal properly. These types of wounds are notoriously challenging to treat because of bacterial infections like Staphylococcus aureus, or S. aureus. Additionally, bacterial…

Researchers at Simon Fraser University are studying the genes of superbugs to aid the development of new and effective treatments for drug-resistant bacterial infections. Superbugs are characterized as infection-causing bacteria resistant…

For older adults with clinical depression that has not responded to standard treatments, adding the drug aripiprazole (brand name Abilify) to an antidepressant they're already taking is more effective than switching from one antidepressant…