Magic mushrooms: What you need to know:Volunteers who tried the hallucinogenic ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms during a controlled study funded by the U.S. government had "mystical" experiences, and many of them still felt unusually happy months later.

The Australian: Alzheimer's cure getting closer [ 23jul06 ]:A new drug known as PBT2 is entering human trials, after studies with dogs found the drug lowered amyloid levels by 60 per cent and suppressed the impairment of memory function.