Published on: 2025-05-22 06:45:37
LSD can do a lot of things, but not necessarily much for someone’s attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. In a recent small clinical trial, microdoses of the psychedelic failed to significantly treat people’s ADHD. Researchers at the University of Basel in Switzerland conducted the study, published this month in JAMA Psychiatry. In people with ADHD, twice weekly low doses of LSD performed no better than placebo at improving their symptoms. The researchers are careful to note that LSD can sti
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A pair of Perkins Tractors Have you ever heard of a Perkins Tractor? If you lived in London in the 18th Century, you could buy a pair of Perkins Tractors (shown above) for the steep price of five guineas, and wave them over an aching part of your body for about twenty minutes as a way of relieving your pain. They worked, sort of. People who bought and used Perkins Tractors really did report feeling that their pain had gone away, even though there was no physiological reason they should work. Jo
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If you’ve ever had trouble recovering from a bad back, you’re far from alone. A study out this week has found that only about 10% of common back pain treatments appear to provide any noticeable relief, and just barely at that. Scientists in Australia led the research, published Tuesday in BMJ Evidence Based Medicine. The researchers analyzed data from hundreds of clinical trials testing out dozens of back pain remedies, and found that only a few truly seemed more effective than placebo. These t
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