Louisiana Confirms a Rare Amoeba Infection Tied to Lake Claiborne as Swim Season Enters Its Final Weeks

Louisiana health officials have confirmed a Naegleria fowleri infection in a state resident who most likely acquired it while swimming in Lake Claiborne, in Claiborne Parish. The Louisiana Department of Health announced the case Wednesday and issued a Health Alert Network notice to providers across the state the previous day, advising them on symptom tracking…

Ketamine boosts neuroplasticity… but not for everybody

Neuroscientists have been curious about a link between ketamine and neuroplasticity in treating PTSD and treatment-resistant depression for some time; now they say, they might have discovered some important clues. Researchers based at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria report that ketamine increases neuroplasticity in the brain, but there’s a catch; they only saw…