What happens during and after delivery also makes a difference. The national rate for cesarean sections, which are more likely than vaginal births to lead to complications, is about 16% in Norway and 32% in the U.S.
involving people who microdose, participants didn’t know until afterward whether they had spent four weeks taking their usual microdose or placebos. Psychological measures improved after four weeks for everyone in the study, regardless of whether they were taking microdoses or empty capsules.“It appears that I was indeed taking placebos throughout the trial. I’m quite astonished,” wrote one of the study participants. “It seems I was able to generate a powerful ‘altered consciousness’ experience based only (on) the expectation around the possibility of a microdose.”
Scientists haven’t found lasting effects on creativity or cognition, according to a review of a handful of small placebo-controlled trials of microdosing LSD.Matt Metzger, a Marine Corps combat veteran, displays Psilocybe cubensis mushrooms Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Matt Metzger, a Marine Corps combat veteran, displays Psilocybe cubensis mushrooms Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
One small study did find glimmers of an effect of small LSD doses on vigor and elation in people with mild depression when compared with a placebo.“It may only work in some people and not in other people, so it makes it hard for us to measure it under laboratory conditions,” said University of Chicago neuroscience researcher Harriet de Wit, who led the research.
The potential has spurred an
to conduct early trials of microdoses of LSD for severe depression and in cancer patients experiencing despair.BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of people rallied on Friday in Serbia’s capital demanding early elections following seven months of persistent anti-corruption protests that have shaken the populist rule of
The protest in Belgrade was organized by Serbia’s university students, who have been a key force behind the nationwide demonstrations triggered byin the country’s north that killed 16 people.
Many people in Serbia believe that the deadly crash was the result of flawed renovation work on the station building, and they link the disaster to alleged government corruption in major infrastructure projects with Chinese state companies.Protesting university students have been demanding accountability for the crash and the rule of law in Serbia, a Balkan nation that is formally seeking European Union entry but where the ruling populists have been accused of