Smoking may reduce the likelihood of being hospitalised with coronavirus, claims a study. Here is the abstract of the study – Smoking, vaping and hospitalization for COVID-19 – by researchers at the University of West Attica in Greece and New York University. The study presents an analysis of the current smoking prevalence among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in China, compared to the population... 

In the wake of the announcement that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved large-scale trials of ecstasy to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) comes the news that several universities have already been experimenting with using mushrooms to help relieve the symptoms of major depression and anxiety. If approved as a treatment, going back to the basics of using psychedelic drugs... 

Tit-for-tat moves between Russia and the US are plunging the two nations into a new Cold War, says Russia expert Stephen Cohen. Washington’s longtime policy towards Moscow is to blame for the growing tensions. The ‘reset’ in relations between the United States and Russia is dead, as the Obama administration has never truly cooperated with Moscow, instead pushing the same policy Washington has... 

Gender blurring: Men are now just as likely to want to get married as women. It may come as a surprise to most women, but single men are now more likely to want to settle down and start a family, the most comprehensive study of its kind has revealed. In a dramatic gender role reversal, more than half of single men wanted to have children compared to just 46% of women. Men are now also just as likely... 

In a case with parallels to the Bernie Madoff scandal, a prominent Florida hedge fund manager has vanished – and so has up to $350 million of his clients’ money. Sarasota police are looking into claims that Arthur Nadel, 76, defrauded investors before leaving a distraught note for his family and disappearing. Cops began investigating on Friday after investors complained that Nadel, president...