Instant Genius: Psychedelics
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- The Human Body
Sleep, drugs and mental healthHow altered states of consciousness could keep us happy
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Every night, we experience an altered state of consciousness called dreaming. Could we harness this power to boost our mental health?
- The Human Body
The truth about e-cigarettes
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Vaping is still very new, compared to tobacco, so should we be wary about encouraging smokers to switch?
- Everyday science
Six drugs discovered by accident
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Drug research and development is a costly business, but occasionally some of the biggest discoveries arise from very unexpected side effects.
- Everyday science
History of medicineHow our relationship with medical drugs evolved
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To understand why we take so many pills, we need to understand the history of medicinal drugs.
- The Human Body
How VR could break America's opioid addiction
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Can virtual reality really soothe pain? Jo Marchant meets the doctors who say yes, and who hope this is a solution to the country consuming 80 per cent of the world’s opioid supply: the United States of America.
- The Human Body
Hard labour: the case for testing drugs on pregnant women
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Traditionally, expectant mothers have been excluded from clinical trials, but could this practice be doing more harm than good? Emily Anthes investigates.