Weight-loss drugs may also help cut alcohol intake: StudyA new study shows GLP-1 drugs like semaglutide may help reduce heavy drinking. A trial found weekly injections cut heavy drinking days by h...
Shake your proteins before you have 'emIn India, the protein gap is a growing concern, leading to a surge in the popularity of 'protein-washed' snacks, which are often laden with...
Social media is abuzz with weight-loss drug retatrutide and longevity goals. What is the drug all about?A new weight-loss drug, retatrutide, is generating excitement. This investigational medicine targets three hormone receptors, offering a po...
US Stocks: Viridian shares plunge 34% as eye disease drug disappoints on efficacy despite trial successViridian Therapeutics shares slumped 34% to an eight-month low on Monday after its experimental treatment for thyroid eye disease lagged ri...
- Is prayer a placebo?
Some people view prayer as a sign of weakness, but the article argues that it is a way to connect with a higher power. The existence of the...
Placebos and nocebosCharlotte Blease, researcher at the Department of Women's and Children's Health at Uppsala University, has, along with colleagues at Brown ...
Is it possible to trick your brain into thinking a placebo will help reduce pain?One of the most curious phenomena is "observationally-aquired" placebo effects.
Government to bar placebos in trials of new Covid jabsThe new protocol will have to be followed by vaccine makers like Gennova and others who are yet to start Phase III clinical trials of their...
Experts likely to drop placebo arm from trials in policy shiftExperts are discussing whether administering a placebo to volunteers in a clinical trial is necessary in order to assess the safety and eff...
Can Placebo survive exposure as Placebo?If something works but not for the right reason, should it just be left alone?
Nursing a broken heart? The placebo effect can help you get over your exIf you've been dumped recently, doing anything that you believe will help you feel better will probably help you feel better.
Energy drinks bad for your heart, finds studyEnergy drink consumption can lead to high blood pressure, increase in heart rate and serious cardiovascular risks, a new international stud...
Effect of performance-enhancing drugs is due to placebo effectPerformance-enhancing drugs can improve a runner's best time even when they haven't taken them, thanks to the placebo effect which increase...
Drug Technical Advisory Board reccomends no compensation if a drug fails to deliver desired results during clinical trialsDrug safety body says if the subject is put under placebo but isn't taken off standard regimen, he can't claim compensation for an adverse ...
Why research that establishes causality is better than just correlation?Correlation is the basis for superstition while causation forms the basis for science. Therefore, decision-making based on pure correlation...
Prized PlaceboThe billionaire wine-maker Ernest Gallo understood the power of perception better than many marketers. He would pour two glasses of wine fo...
What's there not to believe in?The good news is that there is a fourth way out of the eternal triangle of belief, unbelief and riding the fences. That’s the sham medical ...