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Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Wellness Unmasks. I'm doctor Nicole Sapphire

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Speaker 1: and this is your weekly rundown about the week's top

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Speaker 1: health headlines. First, a story that hasn't made many headlines,

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Speaker 1: but it's going to the Justice Department has arrested two

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Speaker 1: Chinese nationals for allegedly smuggling a dangerous fungus in the

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Speaker 1: United States. It's called Fusarium gramminarium, and it's more than

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Speaker 1: a mouthful. It's a known agriculture pathogen that can wipe

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Speaker 1: out wheat and grain crops. It can also make humans

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Speaker 1: and livestocks sick. Scientific literature even categorizes it as a

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Speaker 1: potential agro terrorism weapon. Now, this isn't just an exotic

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Speaker 1: plant disease. It's a direct threat to our food security

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Speaker 1: and economy. This case underscores how biosecurity must extend beyond

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Speaker 1: viruses and labs to include threats to our agriculture. As

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Speaker 1: a nation, we cannot afford to be naive about the

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Speaker 1: risks of unregulated biological materials crossing our borders. Now onto

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Speaker 1: more pro I'm missing front Doctor Marty Mcarey, the new

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Speaker 1: FDA commissioner who is going to be on wellness UNMASKS

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Speaker 1: next week announced that researchers are formally looking into psychedelic

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Speaker 1: therapies as a tool for mental health that includes psilocybin,

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Speaker 1: MDMA and other compounds that have long been misunderstood and understudied.

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Speaker 1: Now these are not being promoted for recreational use, but

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Speaker 1: for carefully supervised therapeutic treatment. Early studies have actually shown

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Speaker 1: remarkable potential in alleviating PTSD treatment, resistant depression, and even

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Speaker 1: anxiety and patients facing terminal illness. It's time we let science,

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Speaker 1: not stigma, lead the conversation, and that's exactly what doctor

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Speaker 1: McCarey is saying they are going to do. Now, let's

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Speaker 1: be clear, this isn't a free for all. These substances

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Speaker 1: have very powerful effects and must be administered in controlled

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Speaker 1: clinical settings for oversight. People should not be doing this

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Speaker 1: in their own home without being under the supervision of

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Speaker 1: someone who knows a little bit about it and the

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Speaker 1: potential consequences. We can't afford another public health crisis like

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Speaker 1: the opioid epidemic, but we also can't ignore potential breakthroughs.

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Speaker 1: And finally, some encouraging news that reinforces what I am

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Speaker 1: saying all the time movement is medicine. A new study

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Speaker 1: out this week shows that regular exercise significantly improves outcomes

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Speaker 1: for people with colon cancer. Patients who engaged in moderate

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Speaker 1: physical activity just thirty minutes a day, five times a

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Speaker 1: week had lower recurrence rates of their cancer and better

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Speaker 1: overall survival. It's not about running marathons or being a

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Speaker 1: gym rat. It's about staying active, improving circulation, reducing inflammation,

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Speaker 1: and supporting your immune system, especially during and after cancer treatment.

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Speaker 1: This research is a reminder that the most powerful prescription

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Speaker 1: often isn't found in a bottle, it's in your daily habits.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for listening. This is doctor Nicole Sapphire with Wellness

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