Medicine
MDMA Shows New Promise for Trauma, but the Drug Alone Is Not a Cure
The illegal substance—paired with intensive therapy and hard work—dramatically improves PTSD symptoms
Stories by Zoe Cormier
Medicine
Psilocybin Therapy May Work as Well as Common Antidepressant
For the first time, a randomized controlled trial shows the psychedelic offers potent, if short-term, relief in comparison with an SSRI
Medicine
The Second-Generation COVID Vaccines Are Coming
After Pfizer and Moderna, a slew of other candidates could fill gaps in efficacy, production or distribution
Mental Health
Psilocybin Treatment for Mental Health Gets Legal Framework
Oregon became the first state to legalize therapeutic use of the drug as new research affirms its benefits for treating depression
Medicine
Lab-Made ‘Miniproteins’ Could Block the Coronavirus from Infecting Cells
Synthetic peptides that mimic human antibodies for COVID-19 could be cheaper and easier to produce
Mental Health
Magic Mushroom Drug Lifts Depression in Human Trial
Psilocybin shows higher remission rate than SSRI drugs in a U.K. study
Mind & Brain
No Link Found between Psychedelics and Psychosis
A large U.S. survey found that users of LSD and similar drugs were no more likely to have mental-health conditions than other respondents
Health
Having Sons Can Shorten a Woman's Life Expectancy
Each boy raises the risk of death by 7 percent. They may be energetically more demanding to breast-feed
Health
Newt Finding Might Set Back Efforts to Regrow Human Limbs
Unique proteins in these amphibians cast doubt on the existence of any latent potential for limb regeneration
Biology
Cancer Immunity Insights Might Derive from Study of Blind Mole Rats
The cells of these cancer-immune rats reach a point at which they die en masse in a bout of cell suicide. The process could provide some clue to how to activate the same process in human cells...
