A single dose of psilocybin, a compound found in "magic mushrooms" provides long-term relief from anxiety and depression in cancer patients, a new study finds.In fact, cancer patients who were given ...

Research and exploration into using psilocybin, the active substance in “magic mushrooms,” to treat depression and post-traumatic stress disorder has expanded in recent years. A new study suggests ...

Psilocybin, the main psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms, could alleviate depression for at least five years after just one dose, according to a new study. The research, presented June 18 at ...

A new study of U.S. military veterans suffering from severe treatment-resistant depression found that a single dose of psilocybin was associated with significant reductions in depressive symptoms that ...

Psychedelic mushrooms are hitting their stride as a depression/end-of-life-anxiety/PTSD panacea, particularly here in Colorado, where natural medicine healing centers have begun opening their doors, ...

Joe McKay tried everything medicine had to offer for the blinding headaches that began in the months after 9/11, when the former New York City firefighter spent weeks wading through the curtains of ...

A bill that would legalize medical magic mushrooms in New Jersey has landed on the desk of Gov. Phil Murphy. The legislation, ...

Psilocybin is a hallucinogenic substance found naturally in some species of mushrooms. Researchers and mental health care professionals are interested in whether it can be used as treatment for ...