Biden's eye fills with blood during CNN climate town hall

Wed, 09/04/2019 - 20:18

washingtonexaminer.com - Former Vice President Joe Biden's left eye appeared to have a blood vessel burst while he was participating in CNN's town hall on climate change. A broken blood vessel in the…

Category: Science

A trans boy died by suicide after being misgendered by hospital staff

Wed, 09/04/2019 - 20:13

pinknews.co.uk - A trans boy, hospitalised for self-harm and suicidal thoughts, was misgendered by hospital staff. Weeks later, he died by suicide. Katharine Prescott took her 14-year-old son Kyler…

Category: Health

Trump offering $2 million in grants to fight opioid epidemic in states

Wed, 09/04/2019 - 19:58

usatoday.com - WASHINGTON – The Trump administration announced on Wednesday it will award $1.8 billion in grant funding to state and local governments to bolster treatment and prevention efforts in…

Category: Health

Stable housing critical to kicking addiction say users, experts | CBC News

Wed, 09/04/2019 - 19:10

cbc.ca - Richard tried several addiction recovery programs before he kicked his opioid habit at the Union Gospel Mission on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. A major reason it worked this time, he says…

Category: Environment

Have abortions after 20 weeks increased 39 per cent in Victoria post-decriminalisation?

Wed, 09/04/2019 - 17:43

abc.net.au - The debate around the decriminalisation of abortion in NSW continues to rage with news that two Liberal MPs may move to the backbench and strip the Berejiklian Government of its majority…

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Johns Hopkins Launches Center For Psychedelic Research

Wed, 09/04/2019 - 16:58

hopkinsmedicine.org - The Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research will focus on how psychedelics affect behavior, brain function, learning and memory, the brain’s biology and mood. Studies…

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$17 Million Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research to investigate magic mushrooms

Wed, 09/04/2019 - 16:12

newsweek.com - The largest psychedelic research center in the world, and the first of its kind in the United States, will open at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Maryland. Funded by $17 million from…

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What Has Happened to the 1+ Million Children Who Have Lost Medicaid/CHIP Coverage?

Wed, 09/04/2019 - 15:43

ccf.georgetown.edu - The Census Bureau is expected to release topline findings from the American Community Survey next week that will include 2018 data on uninsured children. We have been anxiously…

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'Every single separated kid has been terrified' under Trump's family separation

Wed, 09/04/2019 - 15:24

shareblue.com - An investigation by Trump's own Health and Human Services department lays out the trauma kids face because of family separation. A report released Wednesday by the Health and Human…

Category: World

Liquid mouth drops could one day protect people from peanut allergies

Wed, 09/04/2019 - 13:02

sciencenews.org - A no-fuss immune therapy involving liquid drops placed under the tongue could protect people with peanut allergies from reacting if exposed. Results from a small study of the…

Category: Science