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Sam Smith Publicly Changes Pronouns to They/Them

Sam Smith has publicly changed their pronouns to they/them. They explained how much the change means to them on Instagram. Smith announced that they were non-binary and genderqueer earlier this year. Pop star Sam Smith has just announced that their pronouns are they/them. In an Instagram post posted earlier today, Smith explained how the decision… Read More: Sam Smith Publicly Changes Pronouns to They/Them »

Can psychedelics treat anorexia, depression? U.S. scientists get millions to find out

Since childhood, Rachael Petersen had lived with an unexplainable sense of grief that no drug or talk therapy could entirely ease. So in 2017 she volunteered for a small clinical trial at Johns Hopkins University that was testing psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, for chronic depression. “I was so depressed,” Petersen, 29, said… Read More: Can psychedelics treat anorexia, depression? U.S. scientists get millions to… »

Cancer survival in the UK improving, but lagging behind – study

Cancer survival in the UK is on the up, but is still lagging behind other high-income countries, analysis suggests. Five-year survival rates for rectal and colon cancer improved the most since 1995, and pancreatic cancer the least. Advances in treatment and surgery are thought to be behind the UK’s progress. But the UK still performed… Read More: Cancer survival in the UK improving, but lagging behind –… »