MINDFULNESS IS AS EFFECTIVE AS ANTIDEPRESSANT MEDICATION
Source: Elena Fairytale on Pexels How many times have you heard “if you had a headache, you’d take a painkiller” in response to concerns about taking antidepressants? While antidepressant pills are an effective medication for ailments such as stress and anxiety disorders, results published from a randomised clinical trial led by researchers at Georgetown University…
A SPIKE IN SPIKING: HOW SPIKING DRUGS WORK, SYMPTOMS TO LOOK OUT FOR AND HOW YOU CAN HELP
Source: Pexels by Kate Trifo The past few months have been ones of great transition. The relaxing of COVID-19 restrictions has enabled us to shape our own lives once more. Although not all of our freedoms have yet been restored; for the first time in a long time, there is a semblance of normality in…
THE NUMBERS GAME: AN INVESTIGATION INTO mRNA COVID-19 VACCINATIONS
Source: Pexels by Thirdman A cacophony of screeching hospital bed wheels and barked orders from medical professionals filled the hospital’s intensive care unit, the ominous double doors that marked the entrance still rattling from being abruptly barged open. On the bed lay a young woman, skin mottled with unexplained bruises and rendered unconscious due to…