The FDA-approved trial in Arizona explores whole-mushroom psilocybin therapy for PTSD with first responders and veterans.

A new study shows that natural mushroom extracts may be more therapeutically effective than synthesized psilocybin, which is widely used in research investigating the medicinal potential of the ...

"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 ...

A new study suggests that a moderate dose of psilocybin can effectively reduce symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder for ...

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

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 ...

In recent years, the psychedelic compound psilocybin found in magic mushrooms has been widely tested for its antidepressant ...

Psilocybin, the hallucinogen in some mushroom species, has now been shown to increase the lifespan of both cells and mice. The magic happens because psilocybin slows down the senescence, or ...

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

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