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Researchers can now induce dreams during anesthesia. They think it could help crack the mystery of how psychedelics work to alleviate trauma.
Gynecologists can offer tailored strategies to manage menopause symptoms in breast cancer survivors who can’t use hormone replacement therapy.
Emmanuel Mignot found that narcolepsy stems from a deficiency of orexin in the brain, opening the door to new sleep therapies.
