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People Who Are Blind from Birth Never Develop Schizophrenia. This Could Transform Treatment
4+ hour, 57+ min ago (170+ words) Understanding why people born blind never develop schizophrenia could transform how we think about and treat one of medicine's most baffling conditions....
A Single Dose of Magic Mushrooms Helped Smokers Quit at 4 Times the Rate of Nicotine Patches
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (755+ words) A single guided dose of psilocybin vastly outperforms standard nicotine patches in quitting smoking. Medicine has typically treated cigarette addiction as a chemical problem requiring a chemical substitute. This usually means swapping tobacco for patches, gums, and lozenges. Yet the…...
Deep Brain Stimulation Reverses Schizophrenia-like Traits in Monkeys
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (711+ words) An experiment in monkeys restored a core thinking skill tied to the disorder A light pulse of electricity to the brain helped monkeys shake off a schizophrenia-like pattern of rigid thinking. They became better at recognizing change and adjusting their…...
When Cannabis and Tobacco Combine, Your Brain's "Bliss Molecule" Takes a Hit
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (715+ words) New brain scans reveal how mixing the two alters mood and addiction chemistry If you're one of the millions of people who mix tobacco with cannabis " in a joint, a blunt, or a vape " your brain may be doing more…...
Magic Mushrooms Change How People Look at Art But Not How Much They Like it
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (622+ words) On psychedelics, eyes fixate on details rather than wandering freely. In the 1950s, Aldous Huxley sat cross-legged, staring at the folds of his trousers while on mescaline. "What a labyrinth of endlessly significant complexity!" he wrote in The Doors of Perception....
This Star-Shaped Pill Stomach Could Transform Schizophrenia Treatment
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (736+ words) A once-weekly oral capsule offers new hope for patients who struggle with daily medication. In the carefully monitored confines of a clinical facility, patients with schizophrenia took what looked like an ordinary multivitamin. But inside each capsule was something that…...
The Rise of DIY Mental Health Tech: Can It Really Help with Anxiety?
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (711+ words) Home " Health " Mind & Brain Neurotech is almost ready to start helping us with anxiety. Anxiety disorders are the world's most common mental health problem. But it isn't always easy to get professional help, with long waiting lists in many countries....
Student Finds the Psychedelic Fungus the Inventor of LSD Spent His Life Searching For
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (758+ words) Home " Science " Chemistry The discovery could reshape how we study psychedelic compounds in nature and medicine. It started with a seed coat and a little fuzz. At West Virginia University (WVU), Corinne Hazel, an undergraduate major in environmental microbiology, examined…...
New Version of LSD Boosts Brain Plasticity Without the Psychedelic Trip
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (799+ words) [New Version of LSD Boosts Brain Plasticity Without the Psychedelic Trip]An LSD-inspired drug boosts brain growth without triggering hallucinations.] Home " Health " Mind & Brain Chemists at the University of California, Davis did something that borders on the molecular equivalent of…...