Most of those calls involve children under 5 picking or eating a mushroom that could be poisonous. From April through June, the Minnesota Regional Poison Center says it has received 66 calls for ...

A new study has found that psilocin—a compound produced in the body after consuming psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms—extended the lifespan of human skin and lung cells in the ...

Could psychedelics be the next frontier in longevity research? Early data show psilocybin delays aging in lab tests.

To investigate, they treated human fetal lung cells with psilocin, which is the active metabolite formed when psilocybin is ...

Microdosing psychedelics like LSD and psilocybin is gaining popularity, but science remains inconclusive. Small studies ...

Busting stigma is no small task, especially when it involves convincing the public that a psychedelic drug might one day be ...

Hellerstein said microdosing has been a word-of-mouth phenomenon for a long time, but social media presents new ways for proponents to tout the purported mental health and cognitive benefits.