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This drug was first approved in the US in the 1970s for anesthesia and pain relief, and last year, the FDA approved it for patients with major depression that are treatment resistant. If you said ketamine, you’re correct, and because more than 30% of patients are resistant to SSRIs, finding an effective treatment for major depressive disorder is challenging. Could this old drug be the answer?

COVID-19 has led to severe mental repercussions, which is made worse when considering what types of challenges people were having before the pandemic even hit. Considering this, it’s a good time to review the drug-drug interactions (DDIs) psychotropic drugs can have with each other, not to mention other drugs for the most common conditions. Here are 20 such interactions for your review. 

A neurologist shares his experience receiving the first dose of the vaccine and what he felt during those 15 minutes of observation time. He had some reservations about the safety of the new vaccine, so was he about to become a statistic in the next FDA safety bulletin? Read on to discover the side effect — a feeling he hadn’t experienced in quite some time.

Are you one of those that makes a New Year’s Resolution, only to see it disappear by February? Don’t worry – you’re not alone. It’s not about making the list of what you want to achieve in the new year, it’s about “chunking” up that list into small, actionable, daily goals that you can achieve and feel. Read on to discover the habits you should be striving to make – and those you should be striving to break.

In the two-and-a-half-hours of suggested physical activity every week, we should be getting 10 minutes of heart-pumping exercise into every session. But what about those who like to jog in the morning and those who love pumping the iron after work? Who is better off? If you believe a 2019 study, it really doesn’t matter – consistency is key if your end goal is weight loss.

Is too much of a good thing a bad thing? Seems perhaps so when it comes to exercising. Studies in various journals have looked at the impact of gyms, personal trainers, and health clubs on the world and are questioning whether this “exercise addiction” is a socially acceptable practice despite its parallel to eating disorders. Looking good is great, but what is the overall cost to your health?