Psychedelic substances such as LSD, "mushrooms," mescaline and "ecstasy" have been criminalized to the point where scientific research involving these drugs has been halted. However, interest in psychedelics as therapeutic options for mental disorders have re-emerged. Here's why these drugs may be beneficial.

When Samuel and Ruzan Forrest first learned their son, Leo, had been born with Down Syndrome, the married couple two had very different reactions. One said raise him like they would any other child; the other wanted to put him up for adoption. Their contentious story has highlighted this issue's complexity.

A comprehensive study of heart attacks in women by the American Heart Association reveals many important differences between those that afflict men and women: symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis and treatment. Racial disparities also come into play.

There are calls to incentivize antibiotics research. While it is welcome that government again understands the importance of pharmaceutical discovery, it's not that simple.

You have probably seen it on Facebook; a scary graphic which worries that GMOs can be detected in our blood. We certainly hope so.

Although we can't sense it, our eyes are constantly moving even when we are staring at an unchanging image. These are not just random "jitters," since they serve to increase visual acuity and compensate for head movements.

While thalidomide was responsible for tens of thousands of deformed babies in Europe in the late 1950s and early 60s, decades later data is showing the drug to be efficacious against certain chronic conditions. It's especially beneficial against the blood cancer multiple myeloma.

While many viruses create fear, the Zika virus is scarier in some ways because it affects unborn children and causes severe birth defects. While it rarely kills, it cannot be killed, because it isn't alive in the first place. No virus is. And except for supportive treatment, there isn't much that medicine can do about them.

A recent meta-analysis concluded, counterintuitively, that e-cigarettes might actually increase smoking instead of reducing it. How could that be? Dr. Stan Young, a ACSH Scientific Advisory Panel member, details how a meta-analysis works, and how it is so often misused.

Snow blower, shovel, scoop... how the heck do you know which one to use when the snow falls? There's one for the light and fluffy stuff, and then there's one for the harder, packed snow. UGH- this is all way over our heads