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GLP-1 receptor agonists are being studied as a treatment for a variety of substance use disorders (SUDs). This 3-part series looks at the current evidence for the treatment of SUD, alcohol use ...

When I attended Psychedelic Science 2025, “The Integration,” hosted by MAPS in Denver, what struck me was how healing leadership is shifting from therapy to real-world environments, culture, ...

The Sanctuary at Sedona reports functional medicine enhances addiction recovery by addressing root causes and individual ...

A supercritical fluid refers to a state in which the temperature and pressure of a substance exceed its critical point, where ...

Work on medical uses of mind-altering substances was sidelined for decades by the political backlash against drugs, a misstep ...

The LUX-ZEPLIN detector is breaking new ground in the hunt for dark matter, setting unprecedented limits on WIMP particles.

New laboratory experiments show that a bacterium that lives on grape plants can break down guaiacol—an unpleasant-tasting ...

Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment, co-founded by UC Santa Barbara physicists, mark a major step in defining what dark matter can — and cannot — be ...

In the 1920s, Radithor promised to cure everything from wrinkles to leukemia, but its unintended results were deadly.