Month: June 2024

Study: Service Dogs Lower Veterans’ Risk for PTSD

Military veterans often struggle with their mental health once their service ends, but the first clinical trial of its kind has found that having a service dog helps lower the risk of PTSD for these former soldiers. Veterans paired with a service dog had 66% lower odds of a… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. […]

Published on June 5, 2024

CDC: Take ‘Morning-After’ Antibiotic to Prevent STDs

Some people should consider taking an antibiotic as a morning-after pill to try to prevent certain sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. health officials recommended Tuesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finalized its endorsement of taking doxycycline after… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the […]

Published on June 4, 2024

FDA Reviewing Psychedelic Drug MDMA to Treat PTSD

Federal health advisers are weighing the first-of-a-kind approval of MDMA, the mind-altering club drug, as a treatment for PTSD – part of a decadeslong effort by psychedelic advocates to win medical acceptance for the drug’s purported benefits. The Food and Drug… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a […]

Published on June 4, 2024