(Natural News) Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville and the American University of Beirut found that pre-natal exposure to both opioids and benzodiazepines increases an infant’s risk of severe drug withdrawal. In a study published in Hospital Pediatrics, the researchers explained that this combination is even more dangerous to children’s health than exposure to opioids alone. […]

(Natural News) A recent study published in the Journal of Experimental Biology found that wild brown trout can become addicted to methamphetamine – a stimulant with a growing number of users worldwide. Researchers in the Czech Republic examined whether concentrations of methamphetamine and one of its byproducts, amphetamine, could be detected in the brains of brown trout. […]

(Natural News) The supplement 5-HTP is touted by many for its brain benefits, which include enhanced cognitive function and the treatment of depression, anxiety, and insomnia, among others. While many people believe in and advocate the use of this supplement, many also insist that there is a lack of scientific evidence to back its purported benefits. […]