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AI maps psychedelic ‘trip’ experiences to regions of the brain – opening new route to psychiatric treatments

Galen Ballentine, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and Sam Friedman, Harvard University For the past several decades, psychedelics have been widely stigmatized as dangerous illegal drugs. But a recent surge of academic research into their use to treat psychiatric conditions is spurring a recent shift in public opinion. Psychedelics are psychotropic drugs: substances that affectContinue reading “AI maps psychedelic ‘trip’ experiences to regions of the brain – opening new route to psychiatric treatments”

Maryland National Guard Lends Helping Hand to Meritus Medical Center

Although the number of COVID-19 patients and hospitalizations are decreasing in Maryland, many healthcare workers such as the ones that Meritus Medical Center remained busy, as the pandemic continues. At the direction of Governor Larry Hogan, 1000 members of the Maryland National Guard are being mobilized to assist state and local health officials to provide some relief.