This is the essence of the placebo effect, a phenomenon where people experience real improvements in their condition simply because they believe they are receiving treatment, even if the treatment ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s nonaddictive drug for lower back pain didn’t do better than a placebo in a midstage trial, ...

A placebo is often thought of in terms of a sugar pill but it essentially refers to any treatment or intervention that in itself has no biological effect - e.g. a saline injection or even ...

Ted Kaptchuk investigates placebo effects and has published over 100 articles — including clinical trials, neuroimaging studies, historical investigations, methodological reviews and ethical ...

As legal restrictions loosen, scientists are investigating long held beliefs that cannabis has few side effects and can ...

The secret to the placebo effect is releasing stress about how it’s going to happen. Once you’ve set your intention, it’s imperative to let go of the need to know exactly how it’ll show up ...

We wanted to see if people taking the pills would get better anyway? The placebo effect is well studied but at the same time something of a mystery. The word placebo comes from the Latin "I shall ...

Its ability to shape our health outcomes through belief alone is evident in the much celebrated placebo effect, one of the strongest testaments to the mind’s power. While much attention has been ...

Vertex said the Phase II trial met its primary endpoint, however there was only a minor difference to placebo.

Short-term menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) did not have long-term cognitive effects when given to women in early postmenopause, according to a study published November 21 in the journal PLOS ...

Hannah joined The Scientist as an assistant editor in 2023. She earned her PhD in neuroscience from the University of Washington in 2017 and completed the Dalla Lana Fellowship in Global Journalism in ...