DNA evidence finds Chinese medicine guilty…
…of killing endangered animals. Or at least Nature hypes up enough evidence to put Chinese medicine on trial: “There’s absolutely no honesty in the labelling […]
pharmacology
Acne antibiotics help treat schizophrenia.
The Independent reports on one of those weird medical side effect whodathunkits (like Rogaine and Viagra coming from blood pressure medications). Minocycline, a drug usually […]
Inside magic mushrooms… inside the MRI
Imperial College, London, is learning what makes psilocybin mushrooms *trippy* – and what that means for our brains: Professor David Nutt, from the Department of […]
“Special K” for depression.
Into the K-hole and out of altogether darker hole… NPR looks at the new use for an old club drug (and veterinary anesthetic): [O]ne of […]
Workout in a pill. No, really.
MIT Tech Review is finally announcing part of that unimaginable future we’ve all been waiting for – fat-burning exercise in capsule form: Researchers have discovered […]
Psychedelic science spreads.
Salon covers the state of play in the burgeoning movement to use psychedelic drugs as medicine: “It was absolutely incredible,” remembers Kossut. “The first rush […]
X leads to cancer cure.
BBC covers the latest cure to come from recreational drugs: Ecstasy is known to kill some cancer cells, but scientists have increased its effectiveness 100-fold, […]
Research opportunity: Magic mushrooms, cancer patients.
If you know anyone who’s battling cancer, Johns Hopkins would like to see if psilocybin will help: We are seeking volunteers with a diagnosis of […]
80 percent of America’s antibiotics go to livestock.
Wired examines the economy of our antibiotic culture: Two weeks ago, I broke the news of a new FDA report that estimated for the first […]
Ecstasy for autism.
PsychCentral is turning on to the real, measurable benefits that the clubbiest of club drugs has on schizophrenia, autism and other disorders: Some scientists believe […]
Frog skin super-drugs…
…will beat those super-bugs. Science Daily reveals a brand new source for potent antibiotics: The scientists are currently screening skin secretions from more than 6,000 […]
SONG: Rising Like the Sun
SONG: “Rising Like the Sun”. (To download: double right-click & “Save As”) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on “Antidepressants in water cause shrimps to ‘swim towards […]
Snail spit kills pain.
I have a vague memory of writing a story back in the 1990s about researchers trying to figure out how to use lethal cone snail […]
X in uniform.
MAPS has published a study confirming that MDMA really does work in treating post-traumatic stress disorder: Participants treated with a combination of MDMA and psychotherapy […]
Prozac pollution and shrimp suicide.
BBC News reports that antidepressant runoff is encouraging shrimp to go toward the white light: The researchers say this causes the shrimps to forget to […]