Psychedelic medicines for existential distress associated with life-threatening illnesses

Psilocybin for depression and anxiety associated with life-threatening illnesses.

Informed consent: A study of patients with life-threatening illnesses.

BACKGROUND The relationship between healthcare professionals and patients in the Spanish health sector has undergone dramatic change. One aspect of this is that the use of informed consent has become a key factor in the delivery of adequate healthcare. But although a certain period of time has already passed since informed consent started to be used, in Spain there is still doubt about how adeq...

Turning the Tide for Psychedelic Medicines

Psychedelic Medicine provides a broad overview of this re-emerging field in 30 chapters authored primarily by leading physicians, medical researchers, and psychologists who have continued to explore the potentials of these substances. Complemented by the legal and social views of anthropologists and lawyers, these substances and their healing potentials are re-evaluated in light of the recent d...

Obesity surgery data show success in tackling life threatening illnesses.

Clinicians are calling for greater investment in bariatric surgery after a new report shows that such surgery has significant and varied health benefits for patients in the United Kingdom. The report claims to show for the first time on a nationwide scale the positive effects of bariatric surgery in treating a range of life threatening diseases, including an 85% reduction in the number of patie...

Life-Threatening Hemopericardium Associated with Rivaroxaban

Rivaroxaban is a novel oral anticoagulant used in the treatment of venous thromboembolism. The use of this medication has expanded over the recent years with resultant expansion of side effect profile. We present a case of a 56-year-old female who presented with shortness of breath and chest pain 12 weeks after starting rivaroxaban for left upper extremity deep vein thrombosis. She was later di...