LSD Cured My Headache

By Arran Frood, Independent UK. Posted October 10, 2008.

This is the story of a man known online as Flash — a man driven to the brink of suicide by the debilitating effects of cluster headaches. After years of ineffectual treatments, Flash stumbled on what he declared was a new treatment, as controversial as it was, he claimed, effective: hallucinogenic drugs.

Flash was ridiculed by the cluster headache community for his “miracle cure”. But when a survey of fellow sufferers who self-medicated with hallucinogens was published in the mainstream journal Neurology, the results gave weight to his claims. The Harvard Medical School scientists who conducted the survey have now applied for a preliminary clinical trial on the subject.

Via AlterNet.org

Doctors have set out to test out-of-body experiences–specifically the memory of floating above one’s body–in resuscitation areas of hospitals.

To test this, the researchers have set up special shelving in resuscitation areas. The shelves hold pictures - but they’re visible only from the ceiling.

Dr Parnia works as an intensive care doctor, and felt from his daily duties that science had not properly explored the issue of near-death experiences.

Via BBC