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US Stocks: Wave Life Sciences shares plunge 58% as data for high dose of obesity drug disappointsWave Life Sciences shares plunged 58% on Thursday after a higher dose of its experimental obesity drug failed to show a clear improvement a...26 Mar, 2026, 08.51 PM IST- Placebos and nocebosCharlotte Blease, researcher at the Department of Women's and Children's Health at Uppsala University, has, along with colleagues at Brown ...17 Apr, 2024, 11.18 PM IST
- 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.14 Dec, 2022, 06.42 PM IST
- No, cannabis cannot treat pain! New research debunks most common reason cited by usersThe study also revealed many participants can distinguish between a placebo and active cannabis.30 Nov, 2022, 06.40 PM IST
- Alzheimer’s game-changing drug may be available for patients from next year, reveals expertOne of the world's leading experts has predicted that patients could receive the revolutionary Alzheimer's treatment as early as next year....24 Nov, 2022, 01.08 AM IST
- Azithromycin no more effective against COVID-19 than placebo: StudyThe research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, included 263 participants who all tested positive for SARS-CoV-...19 Jul, 2021, 12.58 PM IST
- Intas to provide 2 million hydroxychloroquine tablets for WHO study on COVID-19Intas informed that it is collaborating on the WHO-endorsed study using hydroxychloroquine, a drug that may have an effect in preventing an...30 Mar, 2020, 04.42 PM IST
- Can Placebo survive exposure as Placebo?If something works but not for the right reason, should it just be left alone?14 Feb, 2018, 11.12 PM IST
- 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.26 Apr, 2017, 08.57 AM IST
- An expensive suit can make you better at your jobIf you've ever felt like you give better presentations when wearing an expensive designer suit, it might not be your imagination.23 Feb, 2016, 09.09 AM IST
- Cheap wine tastes great with a higher price tag!Participants showed significant effect of price and taste prejudices, both in how they rated the taste as well as in their measurable brain...30 Apr, 2015, 06.31 PM IST
- 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...01 Dec, 2014, 03.12 PM IST
- ET in the classroom: Pygmalion EffectPygmalion Effect, also called selffulfilling prophecy, refers to the tendency in which more the expectations placed upon people, be they ch...11 Sep, 2012, 05.58 AM IST
- The lesser known miracleEver the unbeliever, George Bernard Shaw is said to have remarked after observing the objects cast off by visitors to Lourdes, which is fam...05 Apr, 2011, 02.50 AM IST
- Good seeds, good deedsIn Geoffrey Chaucer's rather risque Merchant's Tale, January, a grizzled old knight, marries the ravishingly fresh maiden May. Before tying...12 Jan, 2011, 04.30 AM IST
- The 30% solutionSome things shouldn’t work, but they do. Homeopathy is a classic example . One of the things that its originator, Dr Samuel Hahnemann , cla...19 Nov, 2010, 06.10 AM IST
- 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 ...27 Oct, 2009, 02.43 AM IST
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