pharmacology

If you’re looking to make your brain work better, you have plenty of options. You can start sleeping better, invest…

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of Epidiolex to treat two severe forms of epilepsy, making…

The menacingly beautiful blue coral snake preys on other fast moving, venomous snakes. To immobilize its prey, this…

Back in the early 1960s, Dr Stewart Adams had a bad hangover. So he did what many a confident scientist of the time…

Earlier this month, an FDA advisory committee voted to recommend the approval of flibanserin, Sprout…

One in ten Americans takes an anti-depressant drug like Zoloft or Prozac. These drugs have been shown to work in…

Researchers at the University of Pisa, Italy, have solved a longstanding mystery around the honeycombed skull of one…

Too much caffeine, whether from coffee, tea, or energy drink, can ruin your day. Here's why your daily jolt makes…

Meth's pop cultural relevance, and its prevalent use, might lead you to believe that it is a relatively modern…

In books and movies, poisons are basically magic. It's kind of a letdown to read about deliciously evil poisons…

If there's an award for the most adorable prescription of the year, pharmacist Jeff Dodds of Watford City, North…

Those who have an eye on the fast-paced world of recreational pharmacology will probably have heard of kava. Kava…

A 1955 experiment attempted to prove that spiders could be used to diagnose schizophrenia. Although upsetting for…

Ever wonder what the best time is to drink your coffee? You probably know it is not a good idea to drink part of…

The creation of an effective and reversible male contraceptive method (that isn't the condom) is currently a hot…

Spice, Blaze, K2, Red X Dawn. Any of them sound familiar? They're different brands of synthetic pot — psychoactive…