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Biomind Labs is testing whether the highs of a synthetic psychedelic can help people with Alzheimer’s treat symptoms of depression. Psychedelics have been a…
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New wearable tech is being designed to detect depression with more than twice the accuracy of your average human psychiatrist — and prompt users…