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For military veterans, many of the deepest wounds of war are invisible: Traumatic brain injuries resulting from head trauma or blast explosions. Now, researchers have discovered that the plant-based psychoactive drug ibogaine, when combined with magnesium to protect the heart, safely and effectively reduces PTSD, anxiety and depression and improves functioning in veterans with TBI. Ibogaine is found in the roots of the African shrub iboga. Since 1970, ibogaine has been designated as a Schedule I drug, preventing its use within the U.S. Before the treatment, researchers gauged the participants' levels of PTSD. Participants then traveled to a clinic in...

9:18 AM PT -- A judge has granted Bob's family the temporary restraining order it requested to block the release of photos from the scene in his hotel room. Bob Saget's death is creating a mystery for many experts, who wonder how he suffered such a severe skull fracture ... and what exactly he hit -- but authorities are firm on what didn't happen, and they think the injury was caused by something connected to the bed. As we've reported, Bob died from a brain bleed after hitting his head on something. Sources with direct knowledge of the investigation tell...

A federal prosecutor’s body was discovered on a Hollywood, Florida beach with potential head trauma. Brandon J. Whisenant, Jr.’s body was found Wednesday by a random individual. The police are attempting to determine if Whisenant’s death was a “homicide, suicide, or something else.” The AP reports: Hollywood police spokeswoman Miranda Grossman said Thursday that the body of 37-year-old Beranton J. Whisenant Jr. was found early Wednesday by a passerby on the city’s beach. She said detectives are trying to determine if the death was a homicide, suicide or something else.Whisenant worked for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami in its...

Whisenant worked for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami in its major crimes unit. He joined the office in January. Court records show that he had been handling several visa and passport fraud cases.

God. I listen to Michael Medved and Dennis Prager because of the open debate...but I can't find an internet forum of the like. Does anyone have a site that would satisfy me? I love FR, but debate is not the thing here. Certainly not on DU. I learn from debate...Not, R or D, but am open minded and would appreciate a link.

A brain-injured Buffalo firefighter who unexpectedly started speaking again on Saturday after almost a decade of silence has continued to have bursts of conversation since then, but he has not been as animated, his family said yesterday. Hearing the firefighter, Donald Herbert, speak was "completely overwhelming," his wife, Linda, said yesterday. "We are still trying to cope with this incredible experience." His doctor said the breakthrough - 14 hours that began when Mr. Herbert suddenly regained consciousness and asked for his wife - came three months after his medicine was changed. The doctor, Jamil Ahmed, said that he had figured...