To the moon and back

Prepare yourselves for a large dose of cuteness, wholesomeness, and that tingly feeling that you get in your stomach when you realize you’re in love (or kinda hungry). Upvote your favorite comics done by Gemma and drop us a comment with your thoughts. And be sure to share this post with anyone whom you suspect to be a doggo-lover! #4 #5 #6 “Mochi is a very happy and sweet pug that sees life in a particular way. He is super sweet and well behaved, but he can be very sassy and pretty much does whatever he wants,” Gemma wrote on her website. #7 #8 #9 Though Gemma started the cartoon ‘157 of Gemma’ back in 2012 as a form of …

Dealing with a cancer diagnosis can cause severe psychological distress, although research suggests that psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, may help sufferers to overcome many of the existential challenges that accompany the illness. Appearing in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, a new study indicates that a single treatment with the drug can generate profound improvements in cancer patients’ quality of life for up to 4.5 years. The study builds upon research published in 2016, when psilocybin treatment was provided to 29 people suffering from life-threatening cancers, all of whom had been diagnosed with depression or anxiety as a consequence of their illness. Half a year later, some 60 to 80 percent of participants displayed a significant reduction in symptoms …

A longitudinal study of over 20,000 people has found something so obvious you’ll probably shout “yes we know” at your screens in rage: The wealthy live longer, healthier lives than the rest of us. The study, which looked at 10 years of data, investigated socioeconomic inequalities in disability-free life expectancy in older people in England and the US. In both countries, the participants were placed into groups based on total household wealth, and the health of those groups was measured. Publishing in The Journals of Gerontology, researchers from University College London found that people from the poorest groups from both countries could expect to live 7-9 fewer years without disability than those in the richest groups at the age of 50. This means that if …

More than 6,000 people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo in what the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling the “world’s worst measles epidemic.” Area health officials are requesting “adequate finances” in order to “end the outbreak” and “lift the burden of this prolonged epidemic” from thousands of Congolese families. Already, $27.6 million USD has been mobilized but an additional $40 million USD is needed to reinforce on-the-ground outbreak responses and to implement a six-month plan to extend vaccinations to children between the ages of six and 14. It is reported that one-in-four reported measles cases affect children over the age of five. “We are doing our utmost to bring this epidemic under control. Yet to be truly successful …