Posts Tagged ‘stress’
A New Form of LSD to Treat Schizophrenia
Working in his lab at the pharmaceutical company Sandoz in 1938, chemist Albert Hoffmann was investigating an alkaloid from the ergot fungus in search of a new drug that would act on the brain to stimulate respiration (an analeptic). Suddenly, all that changed when he was plunged into a mind-blowing psychedelic state after he accidentally…
Read MoreSurvivor Guilt
It is a perplexing human response: Survivors are frequently stricken with profound guilt if they were in the company of others who were not so fortunate during a traumatic event. This can happen when there is no rational basis for feelings of failure; indeed, even those who respond heroically and saved others’ lives are frequently…
Read MoreCellphone Data Reveals Health Benefits of Gratitude
This is a Thanksgiving like no other. It is too easy to overlook the priceless blessings of good health, family, friends, and freedom when they are in abundance. But disease swept the globe and took away with it so much of immeasurable value that we had taken for granted. We have all—here and around the…
Read MoreHurricane Matthew Could Leave A Wake Of Autism
Hurricane Matthew has left a devastating wake of destruction and death in Haiti where nearly 900 people have lost their lives, but research on pregnant women who survived similar hurricanes reveals potential hidden victims — unborn children who face increased risk of autism and other physical and mental illnesses caused by the psychological trauma that…
Read More9/11’s Most Innocent Victims
Maternal stress in the wake of the attacks might have led to selective miscarriage of male fetuses
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