Health

How can the metaverse improve public health?

The "metaverse" has captured the public imagination as a world of limitless possibilities that can influence all aspects of life. Discussions about the utility of completely immersible virtual environments were initially ...

Medications

Receptor location matters for psychedelic drug effects

Location, location, location is the key for psychedelic drugs that could treat mental illness by rapidly rebuilding connections between nerve cells. In a paper published in Science, researchers at the University of California, ...

Health

California health program successfully cut hospital visits

A five-year experiment aimed at improving care for some of California's most at-risk Medicaid patients—including homeless people and people with severe drug addictions—resulted in fewer hospitalizations and emergency ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

New book explores psychology of female serial killers

Movies, books and podcasts have popularized the stories of serial killers like Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy, but they also have contributed to the longstanding myth that women are incapable of committing such heinous crimes. ...

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