Help! I've lost my placebo effect. In Latin, placebo means "will please." In medicine, the placebo effect means if you believe a treatment works, you will feel better. An icon of medical practice for ...
In PART 2 of this series, I will try to explain (yet again) why we need to control for placebo effects, if we want to determine whether a treatment works or not. You are ill, consult a doctor who ...
The placebo effect is very real. This we've known for decades, as seen in real-life observations and the best double-blinded randomized clinical trials researchers have devised for many diseases and ...
As the temperatures cool, the season of colds, flu, and now Covid-19 is heating up. If you’re like many people, you’ve probably stocked up on over-the-counter cold medicine to help thwart the cough ...
A survey of general practitioners in Israel and 20 European countries finds GPs prescribe placebo treatments on average once ...
Remember that epic moment from Space Jam (the first one, of course, with Michael Jordan) where Bugs Bunny gives his teammates that very Michael's 'Secret Stuff,' which makes them incredibly strong and ...
Ben Colagiuri receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Cosette Saunders does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit ...
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