Health

Excerpt: Psilocybin fosters greater connections between different regions of the brain in depressed people, freeing them up from long-held patterns of rumination and excessive self-focus, according to a new study by scientists at UC San Francisco and Imperial College London.The discovery points toward a general mechanism through which psychedelics may be acting therapeutically on the brain to alleviate depression and possibly other psychiatric conditions that are marked by fixed patterns

Researchers at the University of British Columbia are in the beginning stages of a study with NeonMind, a psychedelic drug development company, that may link magic mushrooms with weight loss. The goal of the study is to find out if using psilocybin mushrooms as a way to confront a person’s reason for overeating can change their view of food, thus aiding in weight loss. Psilocybin is being studied as a treatment