Ayahuasca (pronounced eye-ah-wah-ska) is a plant-based psychedelic drug. It’s usually brewed into a tea or a concentrated liquid to drink. It can also be smoked. Other names include huasca, yagé, ...

Deb Hipp is a freelance health and medical writer and editor who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a former investigative reporter with more than 25 years of experience as a journalist and writer ...

We are in the midst of a mental health crisis, with reports of common mental health problems like stress, depression, and anxiety increasing every year. Millions of people suffer from these ...

Her suburban Hampden County neighborhood, with its quiet street and manicured lawns, seemed an unlikely setting for an Ecuadorian shaman. She was a woman carrying deep knowledge of ayahuasca, the ...