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(By Meredith Rizzo for NPR) Inside the walls of a geriatric hospital in France, time stands still. Light falls across

Magic mushrooms drug shown to ease cancer patients’ depression

(By Bob Tedeschi for STAT) he US medical community is slowly embracing marijuana. Will magic mushrooms be next? Continue reading

(Bye Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) The committee of hospital leaders, healthcare policy experts and government officials assembled to

Over four million Medicare beneficiaries that lack supplemental insurance and may be unprepared for the costs that comes with a

(By Ed Silverman for STAT) In a rare appearance since the EpiPen controversy flared this summer, Mylan Pharmaceuticals CEO Heather Bresch accepted

Representative Keven Brady of Texas, The head of the Ways and Means Committee, said during an interview with The Associated

(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) Forget where you just left your car keys? A magnetic pulse might help you remember.

(By Dylan Scott for STAT) WASHINGTON — The upcoming fight over repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act1 promises to

(By Erin Ross for NPR) Homeopathy has been around since the 1700s, but despite having devoted followers, there is no

(By Martha Babanger, WBUR for Kaiser Health News) The latest chart of overdose deaths in Massachusetts shows a climbing blue