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Before it was banned and categorised as an illegal substance in the USA in 1985, MDMA was frequently used in couples therapy to help couples open up and tackle heavy issues that they found otherwise difficult to communicate about. In an…

Type 1 diabetes affects more than 1.25 million people in the US alone, and more people are being diagnosed every year. Type 1 diabetes in characterized by the body's inability to produce enough insulin. Insulin, which is produced in the…

When I heard of scientists figuring out how to unboil an egg, my initial thought was "what good does unboiling an egg do?" As it turns out, the process that the researchers from the University of California, Irvine, and Flinders…

At the begging of a new year, people always look back on the previous year and recollect the highlights of the previous 365 days. Usually, the focus is on things like the best songs or the best movies, but what about things that matter…

New medical trials for cancer-fighting drugs generally aren't big news. Dozens of these same types of trial occur every year all over the world. One particular trial is a bigger deal than most because it deals with a cancer fighting…

When most people hear the word "nanobot" they immediately conjure an image from science fiction of a silvery swarm of microscopic robots wreaking havoc on everything they come into contact with. Thankfully that image is as far from the…

So, what if someone told you that there is a naturally occurring chemical that could quite literally "turn off" the part of the brain that responsible for depression with no adverse side effects? Sounds great right? Then someone says that…

Onions are one of those things that we all typically have in our kitchens. It's hard for me to think of a recipe that I love to cook that doesn't involve at least one onion. What I didn't know is that onions are basically magical. Aside…

The popular herbal extract St. John's wort is more effective at treating the symptoms of depression than any antidepressant drug, and has fewer side effects, researchers from the Centre for Complementary Medicine in Munich have concluded.…

I remember when I was 15. Just about all I could think about was getting through driver's education, and getting a car. Oh, the wonderful things I could do with a car. I certainly wasn't thinking about something as lofty as redefining the…