Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A goat with an arrow wound nibbles the medicinal herb dittany. O. Dapper, CC BY When a wild orangutan in Sumatra recently suffered ...

We all self-medicate. Just look at the line at your favorite morning coffee shop or how busy the bartender is at your favorite restaurant. Additionally, look in the medicine cabinet of any friend or ...

When elephants raid farms, they often eat the stems and leaves of banana and papaya plants while leaving the ruined fruit behind. Why destroy crops without eating the reward? Researchers think the ...

There are two stories behind why people start using cannabis: for fun, or to ease the mind. A new paper from King’s College London, published in BMJ Mental Health, says those two starting points are ...

When a wild orangutan in Sumatra recently suffered a facial wound, apparently after fighting with another male, he did something that caught the attention of the scientists observing him. The animal ...

When was the last time you felt unwell but chose to self-medicate instead of seeing a doctor? Did you finish the prescribed dose the last time you took antibiotics? If you're like most people, the ...

Bearded mature man smoking medical marijuana in nature. Using weed to self-medicate might make things worse People who used weed to cope with pain or mental health problems had higher levels of ...

Access to medical and recreational cannabis has expanded rapidly, far outpacing rigorous scientific evidence supporting its efficacy for most clinical indications. As legalization has broadened ...

Every day in Nigeria, people take medicines without seeing a doctor. Instead of going to the hospital, they buy drugs from roadside chemists, untrained sellers, or even take advice from friends. A ...