"Ian Harris explains that more than half of commonly performed surgical operations may be placebos. Adequate studies using a blinded control group...
It is not meant to be a story about people with asthma, but about all of us — how we are susceptible to certain kinds of illusions when we use our...
A useful checklist for specifying the nature and intent of trial placebos alongside the TIDieR Template for Intervention Description and...
I've just seen on Facebook that Ashok Gupta (of the 'Gupta Process') has released a 'package' called the 10 day coronovirus challenge. He doesn't...
Free full text: http://gacetamedicademexico.com/frame_esp.php?id=322 Gac Med Mex. 2019;155(4):363-368. doi: 10.24875/GMM.19004667. Actitudes de...
Interesting article about overturning the use of placebo in clinical trials by relying on real-world data instead, to essentially use the patient...
If there's one thing you do want to catch from a trip to your doctor, it's her optimism. A new study, published Monday in the journal Nature...
"A new book, The Magic Feather Effect: The Science of Alternative Medicine and the Surprising Power of Belief, by the journalist Melanie Warner,...
Over the last several years, doctors noticed a mystifying trend: Fewer and fewer new pain drugs were getting through double-blind placebo control...
If certain researchers have a tendency to discount patient testimony, does that mean these researchers have the same problem as vets in discerning...
Randomized placebo-controlled trials are recognized as the gold-standard of evidence-based medicine but when it comes to psychotherapy research...
The Chain of Office of the Dutch city of Leiden is a broad and colorful ceremonial necklace that, draped around the shoulders of Mayor Henri...
This paper is of interest. https://sci-hub.se/10.1097/01.psy.0000156969.76986.e0
The opioid crisis and growing awareness of the dangers of addiction to pain medication are prompting renewed calls for the use of pill placebos in...
Can my brain cure my back pain? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45721670 Not sure what to think of this, is it good it can prove the placebo...
Placebo effect & “the fade” after stem cell clinic shots "Sometimes when I talk about possible placebo effects with fans of stem cell clinics I...
Abstract Expectations shape human behavior. Initial drug use might be associated with information-based expectations. In this study, we presumed...
Abstract The purpose of this 21-day assessor blinded, randomized-controlled trial was to compare an open-label placebo (OLP) to treatment as...
It’s hard to predict which would be more disconcerting: finding out that your doctor believes in notions that defy basic science—like, the...
Several decades and thousands of studies later, the most popular CAM modalities (homeopathy, acupuncture, reiki, manipulation for medical...
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