Veterans lobbied for psychedelic therapy, but it may not be enough to save MDMA drug application

NEW YORK (AP) — It was a landmark moment for the psychedelic movement: The Department of Veteran Affairs’ top doctor stood on stage, praising advocates who have spent decades promoting the healing potential of mind-altering drugs. In an unannounced appearance at a New York...

Veterans have lobbied for MDMA as a potential PTSD treatment, but it may not be enough to save FDA application

ThunderShirts, dance parties and anxiety meds can help ease dogs' July Fourth dread

PHOENIX (AP) — Rori Chang will be spending Fourth of July watching action movies from the comfort of her Glendale, Arizona, home, perhaps something from Marvel or a John Wick flick. But it's not for her. It's for her golden retriever, Ava. “Playing movies with gunshots to cover...

Anxiety over persistent inflation helps drive down US consumer sentiment for third consecutive month

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer sentiment fell in June for the third straight month as Americans took a dimmer view of their own finances and worried about persistent inflation. The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index, released Friday in a preliminary version,...

Red Sox place RHP Chris Martin on the 15-day injury list because of anxiety

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox placed right-hander Chris Martin on the 15-day injury list Wednesday because of anxiety. The 38-year-old Martin told the team about his anxiety over the weekend. The move was retroactive to Sunday. Martin last pitched on May 30...

Music Review: Charli XCX's 'Brat' swings between hedonism and anxiety, cult classic and pop party

English pop singer-songwriter Charli XCX 's sixth album, “Brat,” oscillates between hedonism and anxiety — the euphoria of a late night on the dancefloor and the creeping disquietude of the morning after — as much as it does her in-between status as pop queen of the underground and...

Panel rejects psychedelic drug MDMA as a PTSD treatment in possible setback for advocates

WASHINGTON (AP) — A first-of-a-kind proposal to begin using the mind-altering drug MDMA as a treatment for PTSD was roundly criticized Tuesday — a potentially major setback to psychedelic advocates who hope to win a landmark federal approval and bring the banned drugs into the medical...

Service dogs helped ease PTSD symptoms in US military veterans, researchers say

Specially trained service dogs helped ease PTSD symptoms in U.S. military veterans in a small study that the researchers hope will help expand options for service members. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs provides talk therapy and medications to veterans with post-traumatic...

US panel rejects first-ever bid to use MDMA as a PTSD treatment in a possible setback for psychedelic advocates

Psychedelic drug MDMA faces questions as FDA considers approval for PTSD

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators are questioning the safety and evidence behind the first bid to use MDMA, the mind-altering club drug, as a treatment for PTSD, part of a decadeslong effort by advocates to move psychedelic drugs into the medical mainstream. The Food and...