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Six particular depressive symptoms when experienced in midlife predict dementia risk more than two decades later, finds a new ...

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This story is part of The Trip, a CPR News series on Colorado’s new psychedelic movement. Early research indicates that the psilocybin found in psychedelic mushrooms could be beneficial in treating ...

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