Ancient Greek priestesses may have turned ergot fungus into a psychedelic brew during the Eleusinian Mysteries

The Eleusinian Mysteries were secret religious rites in ancient Greece honoring the goddess Demeter and her daughter ...
The New York Times

New Method Can Find Hidden Eggs to Aid in Fertility Treatment

A study reported that the conventional method of searching follicular fluid didn’t find all the eggs. The new technology found extra eggs more than half the time. A viable egg found by the OvaReady ...
Medical Xpress

First of its kind daily HIV treatment shows promising results

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have led the clinical development of the first non-integrase strand-transfer inhibitor (INSTI) single tablet treatment for HIV, among growing concern for ...
Yahoo

Torrance residents call for the ban of 'flesh-eating' chemical used at refinery

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After a teach-in on the risks of hydrofluoric acid, protesters walk to the Torrance Refinery on Saturday. (Allen J. Schaben / Los ...
Cure Today

NCCN Names Trodelvy a Preferred First-Line Treatment for Metastatic TNBC

NCCN upgrades Trodelvy to category 1 preferred first-line therapy for metastatic TNBC with CPS <10 and no germline BRCA1/2 mutation. For PD-L1–positive metastatic TNBC (CPS ≥10), Trodelvy plus ...
The Atlantic

The Logical End Point of ‘America First’ Foreign Aid

Last summer, the Dalai Lama was having a party in Dharamshala for his 90th birthday, and Bethany Morrison, a newly appointed State Department official, was eager to meet with him there. Inconveniently ...
New York Post

How Trump’s Donroe Doctrine rewrote US foreign aid playbook

WASHINGTON — Seven months after the Trump administration shut down the US Agency for International Development, foreign aid is more efficient, effective and America First than ever, according to a ...
Medical Xpress

Scientists develop first gene-editing treatment for skin conditions

Gene-editing tools like CRISPR have unlocked new treatments for previously uncurable diseases. Now, researchers at the University of British Columbia are extending those possibilities to the skin for ...
Travel + Leisure

Travelers Often Reach For This Common First Aid Treatment—but Doctors Say It Could Be Doing More Harm Than Good

Taryn White is a D.C.-based travel writer who covers a wide range of topics, including family travel, hotels, food, aviation, beaches, historical and cultural topics, and wellness travel. She can ...
Phys.org

New drug delivery mechanism could aid breast cancer treatment

In a study published in the Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, scientists from the UF Health Cancer Institute have found a way to make treatment for a notoriously aggressive breast cancer more ...
Medscape

Study Finds No Clear First-Line Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

Data support the removal of “first-line” terminology from British Columbia’s (BC’s) 2023 guideline update on the treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). Clinicians and patients should engage in ...
WSB-TV

Savannah acid attack victim undergoes first skin graft surgery

SAVANNAH, Ga. — A woman who was attacked with acid at a popular Savannah park has underwent her first skin-grant surgery, ABC affiliate WJCL in Savannah reported. Ashley Wasieleski, 46, underwent her ...