For nearly a century, it's been known that drugs of abuse alter the immune system. Since the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s, however, an explosion of data has given rise to a rapidly ...

MDMA is part of a new wave of psychoactive drugs that show great potential for treating conditions such as severe depression and PTSD. But not everyone is convinced. And even if such drugs gain FDA ...

The consumption of powerful psychoactive drugs is a feature of other species beyond humans. Psychopharmacologist Ronald Siegel most famously raised public and scientific awareness of the unmistakable ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Psychoactive drugs chemically alter the brain ...

Use of antipsychotic and psychoactive drugs following surgery generally fell in various settings among those experiencing postoperative delirium, according to a study published in the Journal of the ...

On a rooftop above lab spaces and the sprawling campus buildings of Massachusetts General Hospital, scientists have set up a greenhouse to nurture seedlings with the potential to change how our brains ...

A federal judge called Texas' use of psychotropic drugs on foster children appalling and in violation of the state's own standards. Speaking at a Wednesday hearing in the 12-year old federal foster ...

Antidepressants in wastewater are affecting aquatic life, a recent study published in the Journal of Animal Ecology has found. So much so that these medicines are altering the development of fish.

Lori Tipton is among the growing number of people who say that MDMA, also known as ecstasy, saved their lives. Raised in New Orleans by a mother with untreated bipolar disorder who later killed ...