News tagged with placebo pill

Does the brain 'remember' antidepressants?

Individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) often undergo multiple courses of antidepressant treatment during their lives. This is because the disorder can recur despite treatment and because finding the right medication ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Mar 26, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Aged garlic may ease cold symptoms

Cold and flu symptoms have a significant impact on our economy.

Health Mar 12, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Acid reflux drug does not improve asthma in children

Children without symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux whose asthma was being poorly controlled with anti-inflammatory treatment did not have an improvement in symptoms or lung function with the added treatment of the proton ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Jan 24, 2012 | not rated yet | 1 |

Keeping one's eyes on the goal -- despite stress

Stressed people fall into habits and their behaviour is not goal-directed. That the neurotransmitter norepinephrine plays a decisive role here is now reported in the Journal of Neuroscience by scientists from Bochum led by ...

Neuroscience Nov 28, 2011 | not rated yet | 1 |

Memory-enhancing drug may improve exposure therapy for PTSD patients

A memory-enhancing drug may improve the speed and effectiveness of prolonged exposure therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients, according to a new pilot study by psychologists at The University of Texas ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Nov 03, 2011 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

AIDS: HIV drugs boost prevention hopes

Heterosexuals who take daily AIDS drugs reduce the risk of being infected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by nearly two-thirds, ground-breaking studies said on Wednesday.

HIV & AIDS Jul 13, 2011 | not rated yet | 0

Investigational drug may reduce involuntary movements

Results of the first randomized, placebo-controlled long-term clinical trial show the investigational drug safinamide may reduce dyskinesia or involuntary movements in mid-to-late stage Parkinson's disease. The findings will ...

Neuroscience Apr 12, 2011 | not rated yet | 0