Magic mushrooms are fungi containing psilocybin, a psychedelic compound. After ingestion, the body converts psilocybin to psilocin, which acts on serotonin receptors and can alter perception, mood, thinking and the sense of time. Effects are unpredictable, and “natural” does not mean safe.[1,2] A major danger is misidentification. Psilocybin-containing mushrooms can be confused with poisonous […]
Duminda B. Basnayake1*, Naduni H. Erandika1, Hashan K. Amarathunga2, Ayesha A. Nayanamali1, Jayamini Pathiraja2, Rangi Kandane-Rathnayake3, Abdul W. M. Wazil1, Nishantha Nanayakkara1, Kushan T. Thennakoon1, Inoka M. Chathurani1, Ruwina A. Deepani1, Buddhika A. Wijayawickrama1 1Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplant, 2Department of Nutritional Medicine, National Hospital Kandy, Sri Lanka, 3School of Clinical Sciences at Monash
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Despite its original discovery in the late 1950s, monkeypox virus appears to have undergone significant alterations in the past three to four years that have made it easier for the virus to spread among humans. In 1958, the first monkeys with monkeypox were found in a lab in Copenhagen, Denmark. The monkeys have come from
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Proceedings of Peradeniya University International Research Sessions 2021, Sri Lanka, Vol. 23, 11th & 12th November 2021 iPURSE 2021 – 262 Health and Society Dietary Knowledge and Practice in Patients Undergoing Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis D.R.T.S. Dasanayake1,2*, A.M.S.D. Pathiranage1, H.G.N. Erandika2, M.A.A. Nayanamali2,3, S.D.B.P.P. Samarasekara1,2 and N. Nanayakkara2 1Department of Nursing, Faculty of Allied Health
ඌරෙකුගෙන් මිනිසෙකුට වකුගඩු බද්ධ කිරීමේ පළමු සාර්ථක පර්යේශණ සන්ධිස්ථානය ඉදිරි ඉන්ද්රිය හිඟතා විසඳීමේ පියවරක්ද? නිව් යෝර්ක් නගරයේ ශල්ය වෛද්යවරු මොළය අකර්මන්ය පුද්ගලයෙකුට ඌරු වකුගඩුවක් සාර්ථකව සම්බන්ධ කර පැය 54ක් පුරා ඉන්ද්රිය සාමාන්ය පරිදි ක්රියා කරන ආකාරය නිරීක්ෂණය කළහ. එවැනි ක්රියා පටිපාටි සතුන් අතර සිදු කර ඇති අතර, ඌරු වකුගඩුවක් මිනිස් සිරුරකට බද්ධ කළ පළමු අවස්ථාව
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Shakila Premarathne 1, Rohana Chandrajith 2, Nishantha Nanayakkara 3, C D Gamage 4, Neelakanthi Ratnatunga 5, Sulochana Wijetunge 5, Zeid Badurdeen 6, Shashika Guruge 7, N Elladeniya 6, K P S Madushan 6, K O C U Samarasiri 6, Pasan Hewavitharane 1, Dulanjali Herath 1, Sachintha Senarathne 8 Affiliations Centre for Research, National Hospital, Kandy,
