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Trust Your Gut: The Low FODMAP Diet

April 18, 2023
Gabriella Salazar
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Gabriella Salazar reports that "highly fermentable short-chain carbs" could be the key to controlling IBS

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Weekly Health Digest: Mifepristone Goes to SCOTUS, Alzheimer’s AI, Kettlebells, and Bird Flu Mutations

New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: mifepristone Goes to the Supreme Court, AI for Alzheimer's, kettlebell training, & bird flu mutations

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Dr. Boadie Dunlop & Dr. George Grant: Part 2 – Transcendent Experience and the Psychedelic Renaissance

Join host Dr. Charles Raison for a part 2 of lively discussion with Dr. Boadie Dunlop and Dr. George Grant, co-founders of the Emory Center for Psychedelics and Spirituality. We dive deeper into the role of spirituality in human health in general and in psychedelic-assisted therapy, or PAT.

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The FDA Made a Mistake Approving This ALS Medication

April 11, 2023
Andrew Feld
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New in the Opinion vertical: Andrew Feld delves into the FDA's controversial 2022 approval of the ALS drug Relyvrio.

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Weekly Health Digest: COVID Nasal Spray, J&J Billion Dollar Settlement, and Dementia Light Therapy

New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: COVID nasal spray, Johnson & Johnson billion-dollar talc settlement, and dementia light therapy

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Health Beyond the Blog: The Huberman Lab

New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: Annika Urban discusses the Huberman Lab, a podcast that makes complex science easy to understand

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The JScreen Study: Delivering Genetic Knowledge via Telehealth

April 6, 2023
Guest Contributor
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Madison Woods examines the success of Emory's JScreen program, which combines genetic screening of high-risk populations with home-based testing and telehealth counseling

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Weekly Health Digest: Expanding Medicaid, OTC Narcan, New Controlled Substance, and Deadly Eye-Drops

New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: expanding Medicaid, over-the-counter Narcan, a new controlled substance, and deadly eye-drops

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Health Beyond the Blog: MadHappy

New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: Jordyn Rosenberg highlights MadHappy, a fashion and lifestyle brand that is working to de-stigmatize mental health

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Weekly Health Digest: Youth Mental Health, Autism Prevalence, Insulin as Preventative Care, and Birth Control and Breast Cancer

New from the @EmoryCSHH News Team: deteriorating youth mental health, autism prevalence continues to rise, insulin as preventative care, and progestin birth control linked to breast cancer

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