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These Common Medications Can Make Heat Waves More Dangerous

These Common Medications Can Make Heat Waves More Dangerous

Katie Mogg
New York Times

Jun 15, 2024

millions of people across the country are taking medications that may make them more susceptible to heat-related illnesses...

Lots of American adults are using cannabis, but the reasons aren’t what you think

Lots of American adults are using cannabis, but the reasons aren’t what you think

By Catherine Ho
San Francisco Chronicle

Jun 5, 2024

One in six U.S. adults use cannabis, and more than a third who do are using at levels considered moderate to high risk for cannabis use disorder...

The great American pharmacy meltdown

The great American pharmacy meltdown

By Maria Aspan
Fortune

Jun 3, 2024

Across the state [of Washington], the rate of annual pharmacy closures has doubled since 2022...

Pharmacists cite highest number of drug shortages since 2001

Pharmacists cite highest number of drug shortages since 2001

By Ian McMahan
Washington Post

Jun 10, 2024

In the first three months of 2024, there were 323 active drug shortages, the highest number since 2001...

Western medicine is embracing psychedelic research. Colorado is home to one of the world’s largest psilocybin trials...

Western medicine is embracing psychedelic research. Colorado is home to one of the world’s largest psilocybin trials...

By Andrew Kenney
Colorado Public Radio

Jun 4, 2024

The medical trial explores a part of cancer that you don’t always see in the movies: the angry, impossible emotional struggle that doctors call “existential distress"...

How palliative care is changing in today’s health care environment

How palliative care is changing in today’s health care environment

Hospice News
by Molly Bookner

May 29, 2024

As the palliative care field continues to grow and transform, understanding the current trends, outlook, relevant challenges and necessary skills for future leaders is critical...

After FDA setback, psychedelic drugmakers distance themselves from a pioneer

After FDA setback, psychedelic drugmakers distance themselves from a pioneer

By Daniel Gilbert and David Ovalle
Washington Post

Jun 8, 2024

A resoundingly negative vote by an advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday — though not binding — has diminished the chances of the sponsor, Lykos Therapeutics, from winning full approval for MDMA to treat post-traumatic stress disorder...

As pharmacies shutter, some Western states, Black and Latino communities are left behind

As pharmacies shutter, some Western states, Black and Latino communities are left behind

By Tom Murphy and Kasturi Pananjady
Associated Press

Jun 3, 2024

An industry that saw waves of store growth before the COVID-19 pandemic faces headwinds like falling prescription reimbursement, persistent theft and changing shopping habits...

Laws in Motion to Bring ‘Right to Try’ Psychedelics at End-of-Life

Laws in Motion to Bring ‘Right to Try’ Psychedelics at End-of-Life

By Holly Vossel
Hospice News

May 21, 2024

Hospice providers are navigating an evolving landscape of laws opening up pathways of access around psychedelic utilization at the end of life...

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