Drugs

Researchers discovered that the way fungi independently gained the ability to produce psilocybin is because of horizontal gene transfer.

The combination of a rescue medication and a corticosteroid, taken as needed, reduced both short and long-term risk of asthma attacks.

Reversing common belief, researchers at McGill say treating inflammation may be causing chronic pain, not preventing it.

On the mountainsides of Nepal and Turkey, bees sometimes produce a strange and dangerous concoction: mad honey.

To better understand how these effects manifest in the brain, we analyzed over 6,000 written testimonials of hallucinogenic experiences.

Prozac is a widely used antidepressant. Data indicates that the drug could be used to prevent blindness due to macular degeneration.

It’s disappointing when the years of effort and resources spent to push a drug candidate to patients so often lead to failure.

Since the unpredictability of drug supply increases overdose risk, making the drug supply predictable should be part of the solution, right?

One of humanity’s strangest and most macabre activities is slowly coming to an end, a trend that every horseshoe crab should celebrate.

New York City has announced a pilot program installing public health vending machines with overdose drugs and clean needles.