Newly reported results of a small phase 2 clinical trial indicate the potential utility of using nitrous oxide treatments in patients with severe major depression that has not responded to other…
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Imagine a new treatment for people with major depression who have not responded to existing treatments—one that acts rapidly and helps a much larger fraction of such patients than any current…
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Carefully designed, exquisitely controlled experiments sometimes don't produce the result predicted in advance—the research “hypothesis” that is the starting point for a program of research. That is…
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In the spring of 2019, The Food and Drug Administration granted approval for two breakthrough medicines that act rapidly to alleviate symptoms of major depression. Esketamine, a drug administered via…
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Researchers led by 2013 BBRF Young Investigator Conor Liston, M.D., Ph.D., have just reported a surprising finding about the drug ketamine, concerning the way it acts on the brain.
Approved many…
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