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

Catarina Craveiro, a biomedical research technician from Lisbon, had been hobbled by lower back pain from scoliosis since ...

Discover recent clinical trial failures in depression and explore potential pathways for advancing antidepressant drug ...

By incorporating healthspan science into clinical practice, some doctors are navigating a gray area between mainstream ...

The "placebo effect" is a phenomenon that occurs when a person’s physical or mental health improves after taking what is essentially a sham treatment with no clear therapeutic benefits.

A new study suggests that only about 1 in 10 common non-surgical and non-invasive treatments for lower back pain are actually ...

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 ...

Alongside new steps in its therapeutic pipeline—and a new push into laboratory robotics—Insilico Medicine has raised $110 ...

On this blog, we have discussed all sorts of so-called alternative medicine (SCAM) but only rarely we scrutinize any of the many gadets and devices that are being promoted under the SCAM umbrella.