People with hard-to-treat depression tried a psychedelic—then symptoms changed

A study offers new hope for the 30 percent of people with depression who have a treatment-resistant version of the condition.

Single dose of fast-acting nasal spray containing TOAD venom ‘treats stubborn depression’

A SINGLE dose of a fast-acting psychedelic nose spray containing toad venom could be the key to treating stubborn depression, ...
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Scientists Turned Toad Venom Into a Nasal Spray to Fight Depression. But Does It Work?

Maybe you’ve heard about psilocybin therapies wherein the psychedelic drug is prescribed to treat PTSD and severe depression.
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Scientists tested a toad venom psychedelic on treatment-resistant depression. Here's what happened.

5-MeO-DMT is an active compound in venom from the Sonoran Desert toad. (Jason Hughes/500px Plus/Getty Images) In a quest to ...
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Hidden mountain toad: new spiny species discovered in Sichuan’s Hengduan streams

Researchers have described a new toothed toad species, Oreolalax lizipingensis, from high-elevation streams in Sichuan, China ...

Conservation group sues feds for failing to protect rare Nevada toad and fish

A conservation group sued the federal government Tuesday for failing to make a timely decision on whether to list a rare Nevada toad and fish as endangered or threatened species. The Center for ...
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Cane Toads Are Highly Toxic, but Some Animals Have Learned How to Eat This Invasive Species

Learn about the cane toad, its lethal defense strategy, and why it is so detrimental to the environments it invades.
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Misty Mountain Yields New Horned Toad Species in Northern Jiangxi

High on the mist-shrouded slopes of Mt. Lushan in northern Jiangxi Province, China, herpetologists have identified a horned ...