A fast-acting nasal spray offers hope for hard-to-treat depression: study

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe claim under review: the next big treatment for hard-to-treat depression could be a fast-acting nasal spray made from something found on a desert toad.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe New York Post reports that emerging evidence suggests this fast-acting drug could offer relief to people who haven't responded to other treatments.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorEmerging evidence. Suggests. Could. That's three careful words in one sentence, and the toad hasn't said any of them.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn the toad's defense, it has never once denied the story. I have covered ministries that could not manage that.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe catch is the word hope. The headline says hope, and the study says emerging. Nobody is saying cure.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHope is how every treaty begins. It's also how every delay begins.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFair.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFor the record, the Bonk-o-Meter rates this Mildly Bonkers. The evidence is still emerging. So, frankly, is the toad.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe toad has made no statement, which makes it the only source this year that hasn't walked anything back.