3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (207+ words) This is not the first time that there has been commotion about the use of psychedelics in therapy. Let's turn the clock back to the 1960's and the hubbub around Dr. Timothy Leary, the Harvard Professor who became an icon…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (576+ words) A new study in the journal Aging found that people, especially men, who have higher blood levels of the amino acid tyrosine tended to have slightly shorter lifespans. This effect was also seen in women, although to a lesser extent....

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (297+ words) Rebaccca Trager over at" Chemistry World posted something that appears, at first glance, to be a silly April Fools" joke. Trager"s summary of a Nature Communications paper reports on some odd chemicals that appear to have been detected on…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (717+ words) May is Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and while we have missed Melanoma Monday, the first Monday in May, it is not too late to talk about a cancer that has dramatically changed trajectory over the last decade." Our…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (166+ words) Synthetic pesticides: they're the ultimate bogeyman in the mind of today's chemophobic health "influencer." As popular as this view is, it's badly misguided. The truth is that pesticides have dramatically reduced farming's environmental footprint'helping protect beneficial insects as food production…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (533+ words) In complex systems, intermediaries can "grease the wheels" by lowering transaction costs, streamlining logistics, and bridging information gaps. In healthcare, much of the recent attention has focused on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), the current villains in our overly expensive system....

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (186+ words) American Council on Science and Health ACSH Welcomes Dr. Katie Suleta ACSH is pleased to announce that Dr. Katie Suleta has joined our Board of Scientific Advisors. Katie Suleta is an epidemiologist and public health researcher with nearly two decades…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago  (238+ words) Risk assessment at EPA is based on four core elements:" All existing IRIS assessments will remain available to the public, but a disclaimer will be added to the IRIS website clarifying that the IRIS values are not necessarily intended for…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago  (564+ words) A new study in the journal Aging found that people, especially men, who have higher blood levels of the amino acid tyrosine tended to have slightly shorter lifespans. This effect was also seen in women, although to a lesser extent....

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (197+ words) A recent review suggests that an anthropocentric bias has led us astray and that, contrary to our entrenched view, humans are not truly exceptional in their birth risks. Difficult births occur across placental mammals." What the mammal data show" Biology…...