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February 21, 2022 33 mins

The latest health news we're covering this week:

  • How chemicals from water bottles leech into your water
  • Selenium consumption for learning and memory
  • Reversing paralysis with spinal implants
  • Magic mushrooms for depression
  • How physical attractiveness impacts your immune system

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  • Reusable water bottles found to leech hundreds of substances into the water when left for over 24 hours, including endocrine disruptors and insecticides.
  • Selenium consumption may reverse cognitive impact of stroke and boost learning and memory in the aging brain. 
  • Reversing Paralysis: Three people with completely severed spinal cords regained the ability to walk. 
  • Psilocybin treatment for major depression, under carefully controlled conditions, appears to be effective for up to a year for most people.
  • Attractive people have better immune systems, new research reveals

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