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B. David Zarley

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B. David Zarley is a senior staff writer for Freethink, where he covers health and medicine, including infectious disease, psychedelic research, mental health, and the brain. A graduate of SUNY Fredonia, his work has also appeared in The Atlantic, The Verge, Jezebel, Frieze, Sports Illustrated, VICE, Paste Magazine, and numerous other publications. He lives in Chicago and can be reached via Signal by request. Send him story ideas!

Drugs

A small dose of an ibogaine-like drug cures stress in mice

A novel drug designed like ibogaine but without the ibogaine trip or toxicity has corrected the effects of stress in mice.

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Neuroscience

What happens when your brain imagines the future?

Research out of the University of Pennsylvania suggests imagining the future is a two-brain region job.

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Medicine

"Light-shrinking" material cranks normal microscopes up to 11

Researchers have developed a light-shrinking slide coating that allows light microscopes to image in “super-resolution.”

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Medicine

Robot paramedics are bringing mechanical CPR to the UK

An English ambulance service has begun using robot paramedics to deliver mechanical CPR to patients.

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Public Health

Dengue fever vaccine still protects after three years

A dengue fever vaccine candidate by Takeda is still effective after three years in a large human study, raising hopes for fighting the virus.

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Liverpool and DeepMind are bringing AI to the beautiful game

AI in sports has taken off in recent years. Now, Liverpool and DeepMind are teaming up to see how AI may impact the world’s most popular sport.

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Coronavirus

Predicting your protection against COVID-19

Australian researchers have found an immune response measurement they believe can predict protection against COVID-19.

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Medicine

The first steps towards an allergic asthma vaccine

French researchers have shown an allergic asthma vaccine to be effective in mice. The next step: human clinical trials.

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Public Health

Can an app save cardiac arrest victims before EMS arrives?

In Denmark, Heartrunner directs citizen responders to cardiac arrest victims. Should the U.S. adopt a similar approach?

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Public Health

Can new drugs make obesity a medical — not moral — condition?

Researchers are hopeful that a class of drugs called incretins will not only treat obesity, but help people think of it as a medical condition.

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