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This image provided by Earkick in March 2024 shows the company's mental health chatbot on a smartphone. A growing number of AI chatbots are being pitched as a way to address the recent mental health crisis among teens and young adults. But experts disagree about whether these chatbots are delivering a mental health service or are simply a new form of self-help. (Earkick via AP)

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AI chatbots are here to help with your mental health, despite limited evidence they work
By MATTHEW PERRONE - AP Health Writer
Fri,03/22/24-2:45PM , 190 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Download the mental health chatbot Earkick and you’re greeted by a bandana-wearing panda who could easily fit into a kids' cartoon.
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This image provided by Perrigo Company shows boxes of Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill available later this month in the United States. Manufacturer Perrigo said Monday, March 4, 2024 that it has begun shipping the medication, called Opill, to major retailers and pharmacies. (Perrigo Company via AP)

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First over-the-counter birth control pill in US begins shipping to stores
By MATTHEW PERRONE - AP Health Writer
Mon,03/04/24-10:23AM , 105 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first over-the-counter birth control pill will be available in U.S. stores later this month, allowing American women and teens to purchase contraceptive medication as easily as they buy aspirin.
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A grower cuts psilocybin mushrooms to prepare for distribution in Springfield, Ore., Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. Naturally occurring substances like psilocybin, a fungus, can’t be patented by themselves. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer, File)

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As investors pile into psychedelics, idealism gives way to pharma economics
By MATTHEW PERRONE - AP Health Writer
Fri,02/02/24-3:27PM , 90 Reads
Money is pouring into the fledgling psychedelic medicine industry, with dozens of startup companies vying to be among the first to sell mind-expanding drugs for
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A sign for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is displayed outside their offices in Silver Spring, Md., Dec. 10, 2020. Drug Administration announced Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, that it will allow Florida to import some prescription drugs from Canada. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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Florida can import prescription drugs from Canada, US regulators say
By MATTHEW PERRONE - AP Health Writer
Fri,01/05/24-9:31AM , 96 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday cleared the way for Florida's first-in-the-nation plan to import prescription drugs from Canada, a long-sought approach to accessing cheaper medications that follows
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