Topic: drug safety
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AI Creates Psychedelic Therapy Without the Hallucinations
Psychedelic substances show therapeutic promise for severe mental health disorders, but their intense hallucinogenic effects pose significant risks and practical challenges for treatment. Biotech firms like Mindstate Design Labs are using AI to develop non-hallucinogenic psychedelic-inspired drug...
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Unapproved Weight Loss Drugs: The Wellness Wild West Returns
Influencers are heavily promoting the unapproved experimental drug retatrutide as "GLP-3," creating a dangerous gray market for weight loss seekers despite its lack of FDA approval and established safety profile. Retatrutide is a triple-hormone agonist currently in clinical trials, and its online...
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AlphaFold's Future & Chatbot Privacy Risks
A new executive order from Donald Trump aims to accelerate AI innovation through the "Genesis Mission," pushing government agencies to adopt AI for scientific breakthroughs and reduced energy costs. India's expanding AI infrastructure relies heavily on coal power, worsening pollution issues in ci...
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RFK Jr.'s Tylenol-Autism Claim Sparks Anti-Vaccine Fury
The government is preparing to update safety labels for acetaminophen use during pregnancy and issue new guidance, while promoting leucovorin as a potential intervention for autism, based on claims by Health Secretary Kennedy and President Trump. Kennedy's anticipated announcement linking prenata...
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