In 1998, shortly after arriving for work, a Tennessee high-school teacher reported a "gasoline-like smell" and feeling dizzy.

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 ...

You've heard of the placebo effect: when positive thinking makes you believe your meds are working. Nocebo is the power of negative thinking. Wait, what? "Somebody tells you 'God, you look ...

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New study showed that short-term exposure to wind turbine noise had no impact on cognitive functions, and 93 pct did not find ...

The placebo effect typically refers to beneficial effects of a drug that derive from the recipient’s expectations of its effects rather than its biochemistry. The effect can also work in reverse, ...

Mondaini et al. have investigated whether the higher incidences observed in clinical practice could be the result of a nocebo effect—an adverse effect not directly related to the specific ...

Researchers from Haifa have pinpointed the neural pathway linking the brain and immune system, revealing how the placebo effect works and paving the way for new treatments for various diseases ...

Such is the power of the nocebo effect, it is arguably a mistake to read a list of possible negative side effects when you have to take a medication. When I had a covid-19 vaccine, I saw a wall ...

Although more research is needed in pediatric patients, biosimilars could improve treatment access and reduce costs.

Caption ‘Nocebo’ refers to adverse side effects that a patient might experience when given a pill containing no active ingredient – an inert tablet. ‘Drucebo’ refers to the difference in ...