Acharya Prashant speaking to a group of students
Mental Wellness

Acharya Prashant Engages with IIT Students on Mental Health and Spiritual Well-being

Acharya Prashant, founder of PrashantAdvait Foundation and former civil service officer, interacted with IIT students on mental health. More than 1000 people from across the country participated in the session. He said that there is a deep connection between the mind and spirituality. The mind can be controlled through spirituality, which strengthens inner peace and […]

Researchers in a laboratory analyzing data on a computer screen
Mental Wellness

A New Generation of Antidepressant Drug Precision Treatment Based on Revolutionary AI Technology is Born

The9 Limited (Nasdaq: NCTY) (“The9”), an established Internet company, today announced that its investee WM Therapeutics Co., Ltd. (未名脑脑) (“WM Therapeutics”) has achieved revolutionary breakthroughs in the proprietarily developed research and development of antidepressant drug precision treatment. WM Therapeutics’ GenAI multi-dimensional omics drug clinical research technology has made significant progress in new clinical trial, bringing new hope […]

Ibogaine Treatment Clinical Trial Results Published in Nature Medicine
Drug Updates

Clinical trial on Ambio Life Sciences’ ibogaine treatment for Navy SEALs with traumatic brain injury published in Nature Medicine

Today, Nature Medicine published the results of a clinical trial, in which 30 former Navy SEALs were administered ibogaine at Ambio Life Sciences in Mexico to treat traumatic brain injuries, which they developed during their military careers. The results show incredible promise for ibogaine to treat the emotional results of combat-related trauma. “For Ambio, it further highlights the remarkable healing potential […]

NRx Pharmaceuticals IV Ketamine Trial
Mental Wellness

NRx Pharmaceuticals Announces Signing of a Data and Technical Information Agreement with Columbia University Accessing Key Data Demonstrating Efficacy and Safety of Intravenous Ketamine for the Treatment of Suicidal Depression

NRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: NRXP) (“NRx Pharmaceuticals”, the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has signed a License Data and Technical Information Agreement with Columbia University for rights to data from a randomized, active-controlled trial of 80 patients hospitalized for Acute Suicidality in Depression. This represents NRx’s second well-controlled trial demonstrating the efficacy of IV […]

Peach State Health Plan and Pyx Health Partnership
Mental Wellness

Peach State Health Plan, Pyx Health Announce Partnership to Combat Social Isolation, Loneliness and Depression in Georgia Youth

Today, Peach State Health Plan, a care management organization that serves the needs of Georgians through a range of health insurance solutions and wholly owned subsidiary of Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC), announced a new partnership with Pyx Health, a health care technology company, in a new initiative to combat social isolation, loneliness and depression in young Georgians. With this launch, […]

Digital Health News

Almost 50% employees faced either depression, emotional or anxiety related symptoms, finds ekincare study

ekincare, an AI-integrated, full-stack health and well-being benefits platform for employees and organizations, shared that only 46% of employees are aware of their existing workplace mental health resources. However, this percentage increases to 66% when individuals get diagnosed with mental health symptoms and need to avail of existing solutions to address them. Around 60% cited […]

Device Digest

PneumoWave and NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Announce Clinical Trial Aiming to Reduce Deaths from Respiratory Depression

Digital therapeutics company PneumoWave (formerly known as Altair Medical) announced today the commencement of a second clinical trial in partnership with the Research & innovation Department at NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (NHS GG&C). The TARS trial (Toxicology Advance Respiratory System), led by Prof. David Lowe (Consultant in Emergency Medicine at the Queen Elizabeth University […]