Rwanda: How Women Are Championing Nutrition Through Agribusiness
[New Times] Adeline Umukunzi stands in a field in Musanze District picking nutritious mushrooms from inside a small covered structure. The structure provides an environment with moisture, low light, and humidity, which enables these umbrella-shaped fungi to thrive. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 23, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Mushroom Group Sets 50-Year Celebration With Major Live Event
MELBOURNE, Australia — Mushroom Group, the mighty, Melbourne based-independent music company, sends-out the invitations to its 50th birthday party, an occasion that will include a “once-in-a-lifetime” all-star concert. A raft of releases, both musical, visual and branded merchandise, will drop in…#melbourne #mushroomgroup #tempertraps #churchs #billboardhot #undermilkyway #mushroom #missyhiggins #paulkelly #michaelgudinski (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Shroom boom: the hunt is on as California rains fuel a mushroom explosion
Unusual weather has created the ideal conditions for fungus, delighting foragers and researchersOn a sun-dappled trail in the woods of Calabasas, Jess Starwood narrows her eyes and gasps with glee. Scrambling up a leafy hillside, she points to a small hump in the ground, covered in leaf litter. “That’s a shrump,” she says – a mushroom hump, where a mushroom may be pushing up the ground as it emerges.There were times when Starwood, an author, naturalist and foraging guide, would walk this trail and consider herself lucky to find even one mushroom. Today, on one of the hikes she regularly leads, we uncover nearly 50 ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 19, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Katharine Gammon in Calabasas with photographs by Maggie Shannon Tags: California Fungi Biology Environment Science US news Source Type: news

‘The fungal awakening’: how we came to love (and fear) fungi
After centuries of distrust and disdain, mushrooms are having their moment. From sci-fi smash hits to drug trials, an emerging league of mycophiles are bringing fungi out of the shadowsGet ourmorning and afternoon news emails,free app ordaily news podcastSome people are drawn to beautiful birds. Others are enamoured with orchids. There are those who are mesmerised by the kaleidoscopic swish and sway of tropical fish. But mention you ’re interested in fungi, and you’re likely to be met with a raised eyebrow, a sideways glance, or perhaps even a choked-back guffaw. You may even watch faces warp from expressions of intere...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 18, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Alison Pouliot Tags: Fungi Australian books Environment Biology Science Conservation Medical research Source Type: news

Cyclopeptide mushroom poisoning: a retrospective series of 204 patients - Lecot J, Cellier M, Courtois A, Vodovar D, Le Roux G, Landreau A, Labadie M, Bruneau C, Descatha A.
Cyclopeptide mushroom poisoning is responsible for 90-95% of deaths from macrofungi ingestion. The main objectives of this study are to describe cases of cyclopeptide mushroom poisoning and to determine risk factors that may influence the severity/mortalit... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news

Oregon graduates first psilocybin facilitators, but face high costs, big risks
"Magic mushroom" therapy practitioners pay roughly $7,000 for training, and annual fees are $2,000 for facilitators, $10,000 for service centers. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 14, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Elizabeth Hayes Source Type: news

Psychedelics Could Revolutionize Couples Therapy
When Joe, 37, and his wife tried MDMA together for the first time two years ago, he expected to “let loose a little bit and have fun.” Instead, they talked about the trash: why Joe didn’t take it out frequently, why that bothered his wife, and how they could compromise moving forward. “We just hashed it out,” says Joe, who asked to use a fake name since recreational MDMA use is not legal in the U.S. “It opened up doors that we didn’t even know were there.” Under the influence of MDMA, the drug also known as ecstasy, Joe and his wife were able to reach new understanding, voici...
Source: TIME: Health - March 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Drugs healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Oregon closer to magic mushroom therapy, but has setback
Oregon is taking a major step in its pioneering of legalized psilocybin therapy with the graduation of the first group of students trained in how to accompany patients tripping on the psychedelic mushrooms (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Oregon closer to magic mushroom therapy, but has setback
Oregon is taking a major step Friday in its pioneering of legalized psilocybin therapy with the graduation of the first students trained in accompanying patients tripping on psychedelic mushrooms, although a company’s bankruptcy leaves another group on the same path adrift. The graduation ceremony…#oregon #innertrek #portland #tomeckert #oha #ginagratza #ptsd #netherlands #synthesisinstitute #psychedelicalpha (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The cholesterol-lowering mushroom that may slash blood sugar levels by 24% in weeks
Animal studies suggest certain varieties of mushrooms may have significant anti-diabetic effects. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The mushrooms you can wear and build with
"These days the topic is much more popular. Companies are popping up everywhere including the US, UK, Italy, the Netherlands, Indonesia, South Korea, Estonia and Australia. The more media attention the topic gets the more people want to get into it commercially and found start-ups. The allure is…#netherlands #indonesia #estonia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What if Every Business Owner in America Did Psychedelic Therapy?
The mind-blowing journey of magic mushrooms from underground taboo to founder's little helper to mental health unicorn. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

‘Rain Dogs’ Review: HBO’s British Dramedy Offers Rewards for Those Who Brave the Bleakness
With a deceptively simple plot, a somewhat evasive tone and a cast of stars who are far better known on the Other Side of the Pond, the new half-hour dramedy Rain Dogs may be a tough sell for HBO. Allow me to try: Rain Dogs is The Last of Us with poverty instead of mushroom zombies. I could add…#dramedyraindogs #hbo #raindogs #whitelotus #cashcarraway #objectofmyaffection #stephenmccauleys #paulrudd #daisymaycooper #amibeingunreasonable (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Health Canada denies terminally ill Sask. man permission to continue magic mushroom therapy
After waiting more than 500 days to find out whether he can continue to use psilocybin therapy under an exception to Canada's drug laws, a Saskatoon man who is terminally ill with cancer got his answer: No. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Saskatoon Source Type: news

There ’s A New Species Of Magic Mushroom - Named After Paul Stamets
Is this the future of better mental health? New in Forbes: Paul Stamets, the undisputed king of magic mushrooms, has a psychedelic new patent to disrupt healthcare. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 28, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: John Cumbers, Senior Contributor Tags: Manufacturing /manufacturing Business /business Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Source Type: news