Category Archives: Pharma

Synergy – Sum is greater than the parts

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Nature and Science

It’s a big topic I’m sure I’ll cover again in the future, synergy, the name we give to the phenomena that mixtures of things working together seem to have greater power than a simple sum of their component parts. The … Continue reading →

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Snake Root and Medical misinterpretations

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Nature and Science

Could a 50-year-old pillar of modern psychiatry be based on a misunderstanding of an ancient herbal medicine and the already available evidence? Some researchers have suggested just that. Notwithstanding the real and significant personal and social toll that mental health … Continue reading →

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