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Very often yes; but I can't say so about that article.



"According to Ross, cancer patients receiving just a single dose of psilocybin experienced immediate and dramatic reductions in anxiety and depression, improvements that were sustained for at least six months."

You might have made it that far in the time it took you to count page downs.


I saw this, but wasn't sure it is very exciting.

Also, read the next sentence "The data are still being analyzed and have not yet been submitted to a journal for peer review, but the researchers expect to publish later this year".

And a little bit later "But it’s important to remember that the sample sizes are small.”

So, it's not even a conclusive result yet.




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