"Magic" mushrooms achieve their psychedelic effects by temporarily scrambling a brain network involved in introspective thinking like daydreaming and remembering, a new study reports. Photo by Adobe ...

First it was wine. Then it was weed. Now? Mushrooms. Microdosing psilocybin, the active compound in so-called “magic ...

Wood-lover paralysis is a poorly understood syndrome related to consuming a native species of magic mushroom, with sufferers ...

Many people with tough-to-treat depression may be trying psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, as an alternative to antidepressants. Thinking that it's a "natural" drug, folks might ...

A farmer is concerned for the safety of people foraging for magic mushrooms, which he has sprayed with herbicide, as a ...

A new study reveals psilocybin reduces rumination by altering brain activity, helping people break free from persistent ...

SCIENTISTS ARE LOOKING AT THE PSYCHEDELIC DRUG AS A TREATMENT FOR POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION. WESH 2 NEWS JILLIAN CAMPBELL TALKED WITH A MOM AND DOCTORS WHO SAY THIS COULD BE THE MEDICINE OF THE FUTURE.

Food products made by a Los Angeles-based company contained a synthetic form of psilocin, an illegal psychedelic compound, health officials said.

There is an urgent need for improved treatments for postpartum depression in humans. Dosing mice with psilocybin did not alleviate stress responses and depressive behavior in mice that had recently ...