Psychedelic treatments show promise for OCD while cannabis doesn’t, review finds | Obsessive-compulsive disorder

A recent review of alternative treatments for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) indicates that psychedelic treatments show promise for the disorder while cannabis does not. Dr Michael Van Ameringen, a psychiatry professor at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada and lead author of the review published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, said that 40-60 % of…

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Reclining and lying down are riskier than sitting for heart health? Understanding movement, circulation, and everyday heart health |

Spending long hours sitting has been linked to heart problems for years, but fewer people think about what happens when sitting turns into constant reclining or lying down during the day. With work-from-home routines, long screen time, and evenings spent scrolling on phones, many people now pass large parts of the day stretched out on…

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Trump’s Pressure on Ukraine – The Atlantic

Donald Trump continues to put pressure on Ukraine to accept his administration’s peace proposal, despite how the plan favors Russia. On Washington Week With The Atlantic, panelists joined to discuss what this may suggest about the administration’s shifting international priorities, and more. If the Ukrainians were to stop fighting today, “they don’t have any kind…

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