Trials on veterans suggest the potent hallucinogen could provide a new treatment for PTSD, but scientists still don't know how it works.
Nicotine is highly addictive, but new research is showing that psychedelics can shift people's worldview in ways to help them give up cigarettes.
Dr Albert Hofmann accidentally discovered the hallucinatory effects of LSD in April 1943. In 1986, he told the BBC about a "terrifying" bicycle ride home from the laboratory.
Weight-loss drugs are not the easy solution that many people believe, especially if you hope to keep the pounds off in the long-term.
Warnings for dopamine agonist drugs are to be reviewed after BBC identified an error in patient leaflets.
Five years after it was legalised, cannabis is seemingly everywhere in New York, but business owners say that many legitimate businesses are struggling.
From preventing nail-biting and doomscrolling all the way up to helping people addicted to drugs, knitting can have a surprisingly powerful affect on your brain.
More than a billion people worldwide struggle to find relief from the unbearable pain of migraine. But research is leading to new therapies against this debilitating condition.
Only recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people the same exact visions.
