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Could Ecstasy Help Gravely Ill Patients Deal with Stress?
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Could Ecstasy Help Gravely Ill Patients Deal with Stress?

There’s no denying that having a terminal illness can be incredibly stressful. In the search for a drug that can help alleviate this stress and anxiety, researchers are focusing on a drug previously associated with the dance club scene: ecstasy. According to reports, researchers in California are now working with the psychoactive drug–which is banned […]

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One in Five Americans Needs Drugs to Relax, Survey Shows
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One in Five Americans Needs Drugs to Relax, Survey Shows

What do you do to relax? You may enjoy reading books, watching television, or drinking a cold glass of beer after a long day. Now, a new survey shows that roughly one in five Americans turns to some kind of drug to help them relax. The survey comes from Gallup, which has been working with […]

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Could Air Pollution Increase Anxiety?
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Could Air Pollution Increase Anxiety?

A new study suggests that living in a smoggy area could actually increase anxiety levels. For some time it’s been known that exposure to air pollution can have a dramatic impact on our physical health. But this new study, which was led by Melinda Power, a researcher at Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins University, shows that it […]

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