Have you recently experienced a financial setback? If so, you may be experiencing sadness, anger, fear, and all the other emotions commonly associated with grief. But isn’t grief usually reserved for illness and death? That’s actually not the case—grief can result from the loss of...
When you participate in a clinical trial, you expect to be fully informed about what will happen. This transparency is the foundation of informed consent—a cornerstone of ethical research. But what if being fully informed might actually compromise the study's results? This is the challenging...
Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy is showing remarkable promise for treating conditions like depression, PTSD, and addiction. However, a critical issue threatens to undermine this progress: the lack of diverse participants in clinical trials. A recent systematic review reveals that psychedelic research has a serious representation problem that...
Methamphetamine addiction remains one of the most challenging substance use disorders to treat. Traditional approaches often fall short, leaving many individuals and communities struggling with the devastating effects of this powerful stimulant. In New Zealand, an innovative clinical trial is exploring a unique combination of...