In 2013, she signed up for a clinical trial, “expecting they had some magical drug that would take my pain away,” and was disappointed — and skeptical — to learn that the research would be studying ...

The primary value of placebo controls in clinical trials is the minimization of bias.

New research found that taking a placebo pill, knowing that it contains no active ingredients, reduced the intensity of ...

A Swiss trial found they were more effective than standard treatments for premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric ...

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

Women affected by premenstrual syndrome (PMS) appear to experience less intense and debilitating symptoms after taking ...

T HE PLACEBO effect is a well-known example of the brain’s power over the body, allowing people who are poorly or in pain to ...

Refractory chronic cough is a cough that persists for over 8 weeks and does not respond to treatment of any underlying cause. Recent randomised trials for refractory chronic cough have shown ...

Open-label placebo yielded very modest analgesia in chronic low back pain, with better short- vs long-term outcomes.

Catarina Craveiro, a biomedical research technician from Lisbon, had been hobbled by lower back pain from scoliosis since childhood, unable to do much physically and dependent on ibuprofen for relief.