Remarkable results have been obtained using psilocybin as an agent to aid with smoking cessation. Results are significantly better than the current standard of care. Scientists and doctors are beginning to take an interest, thought the mechanisms of benefit remain somewhat obscure.

This article gives context and points out that there is a societal set point that helps us restrain unwanted behaviors such as smoking, drinking while driving, and what is now current, opiate related overdoses.

The women’s health movement was nourished by the writings of a single woman. Good things can happen when medicine listens to the wisdom of the public.

Before schizophrenia becomes a major impairment in one late teens and early adulthood there are subtle signs that the disorder is developing. Because psychotic events are destructive to the brain, i.e. schizophrenia is neurodegenerative, early identification and treatment can be life changing.