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• Pregabalin and gabapentin in combination with other drugs - a potentially lethal cocktail
  

  The addictive nature of pregabalin is well known. Due to its relaxing and euphoric effects, pregabalin (as well as gabapentin) is increasingly being abused as a drug. According to a current UK evaluation, the number of pregabalin and gabapentin-related deaths has increased and a corresponding increa more

• Is there a connection between musical engagement and mental health problems?
  

  Intuitively, people commonly believe that making music is good for their mental health. Music therapies also rely on a positive influence of music on mental health problems. However, compared to musically inactive people, musicians more often seem to suffer from depression and anxiety disorders. How more

• An off switch for aggression
  

  Researchers from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) and colleagues from Bonn have found a connection in the brain that is crucial for aggressive behavior in mice. The so-called P/Q-type calcium channel, which responds to the neurotransmitter serotonin, is crucial. It has long been known that serotoni more

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‘Blue Monday’ is lauded as the most depressing day of the year. You might also be aware that Blue Monday was actually the construct of a Sky Travel marketing campaign several years ago, and is complete pseudoscience. Still, it seemed like as good an excuse as any to throw together this graphic, whic more