Medications
Could a placebo pill help ease your back pain?
(HealthDay)—With millions of pain-plagued Americans looking for an alternative to opioids, the solution for some might be no medicine at all.
Sep 12, 2018
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Health
A doctor's reassurance speeds healing from an allergic reaction
To feel better faster, a dose of reassurance might be just what the doctor ordered.
Sep 4, 2018
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Cardiology
Researchers discover first treatment to improve survival in rare heart condition
Tafamidis is the first treatment to improve survival and reduce hospitalisations in a rare heart condition called transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, according to late breaking research presented today in a Hot Line Session ...
Aug 27, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
First guidelines for applying placebo effect in clinical practice
It is becoming increasingly clear that the placebo effect has a great influence on medical treatment. An international, interdisciplinary team of researchers led by Professor of Health Psychology Andrea Evers from Leiden ...
Jun 28, 2018
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Medications
Placebo pills prescribed honestly help cancer survivors manage symptoms
Long after cancer treatment ends, many continue to deal with one particular symptom that refuses to go away: fatigue. In a new study, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Harvard Medical School have ...
Feb 9, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Imagination can reduce pain
If you imagine in advance that something is not going to hurt, this could mean you experience less pain. This discovery was made by health psychologist Kaya Peerdeman during her Ph.D. research on the placebo effect. Ph.D. ...
Feb 6, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Chemotherapy drug maintains quality of life despite side effects
Patients with advanced neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) reported similar health-related quality of life (HRQOL) during treatment with a recently approved chemotherapy drug as compared to patients receiving a placebo treatment, ...
Nov 6, 2017
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Cardiology
Study of heart stents for stable angina highlights potential of placebo effect
Coronary artery stents are lifesaving for heart attack patients, but new research suggests that the placebo effect may be larger than previously thought.
Nov 2, 2017
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Focused ultrasound shows promise for treating Parkinson's tremor
An initial test to determine if a scalpel-free form of brain surgery can reduce tremor caused by Parkinson's disease has produced encouraging results. Further research is warranted, the researchers conclude in a paper published ...
Oct 30, 2017
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Medications
Even open-label placebos work—if they are explained
For some medical complaints, open-label placebos work just as well as deceptive ones. As psychologists from the University of Basel and Harvard Medical School report in the journal Pain, the accompanying rationale plays an ...
Sep 26, 2017
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