Psychedelic drugs are being studied as medicine at universities like Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Texas. Some drugs, like psilocybin (“magic mushrooms”) and MDMA (“Ecstasy”) are on the cusp of FDA approval.…
Childhood trauma puts kids at a lifetime of risk for everything from depression to chronic illness to pregnancy complications. To help young Ukrainian refugees, Germany is drawing on lessons from an earlier crisis.…
Gerod Buckhalter’s lifetime struggle with opioids was ended when surgeons at West Virginia University inserted a slender electrical wire into the depths of his brain. What does this tell us about the future of addiction treatment?…
27 July 2011 “Illness, a sick body, is not why I’m here,” he said. “My purpose in life is not going to be achieved through disease and illness. My lessons here are about greater things.” It was a comment and attitude, my husband-to-be, Charles, made on his birthday the year…
