Six surprising things about placebos everyone should know
Placebos have been studied more than any treatment in the history of medicine, yet they remain mysterious.
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Placebos have been studied more than any treatment in the history of medicine, yet they remain mysterious.
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Substance use disorder affects 20 million Americans, and more than 100,000 people died from a drug overdose in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While the medication methadone has the strongest ...
Apr 12, 2023
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A new treatment for chronic constipation may bring relief without having to use drugs.
Feb 10, 2023
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Patients with advanced cancer often suffer crippling fatigue, but there has been little in the way of relief for them as they battle their disease.
Jun 6, 2022
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In a potential leap forward in the global fight against the pandemic, drugmaker Merck said Friday that its experimental pill for people sick with COVID-19 reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half.
Oct 2, 2021
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Many people have accepted the idea that taking a placebo—for example, a pill with no active medicine in it—can have powerful effects on the body. The reality is quite different, according to the authors of a Perspective ...
Sep 20, 2021
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Taking estradiol within 6 years after the onset of menopause may help prevent atherosclerosis, plaque buildup in artery walls, from progressing; however, starting estradiol therapy ten years after menopause did not have similar ...
Mar 3, 2020
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How could a sugar pill placebo cause harm? A new review of data from 250,726 trial participants has found that 1 in 20 people who took placebos in trials dropped out because of serious adverse events (side effects). Almost ...
Dec 11, 2018
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Someday doctors may prescribe sugar pills for certain chronic pain patients based on their brain anatomy and psychology. And the pills will reduce their pain as effectively as any powerful drug on the market, according to ...
Sep 12, 2018
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Allergan is voluntarily recalling packs of its birth control pills in the U.S. because of a packaging error with placebos, increasing the possibility of unintended pregnancy.
May 30, 2018
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