Sex And The Placebo Effect: Women Learn, And Men Just Listen!
The placebo effect describes the improvement of symptoms in a clinical trial of a new therapy, e.g. a new drug, where some patients receive an…
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On The Shoulders Of Giants, Part 2: Stewart Wolf And The Pharmacology Of Placebos
In comparison to Henry Beecher’s much-cited paper, “The Powerful placebo,” of 1955 (1), Stewart Wolf’s paper, “The pharmacology of placebos,” of 1959 (2) is today almost…
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On The Shoulders Of Giants, Part 1: Henry K. Beecher And The Placebo Effect
When Robert Merton (1910 – 2003) dissected the allegory that we all are “standing on the shoulders of giants” — based on a much older…
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Placebo Personalities: Fact, Fake, Fiction, Or A Bit Of Everything?
“Do placebo responders exist?” This is a question raised by many and answered by few (1). Are those who respond with symptom improvement after placebo…
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Of Kids And Cats: Placebo By Proxy
Treatment responses in (small) children are difficult to assess since descriptions of symptoms and symptom changes are not easily available without the use of language,…
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The Holy Grail Of Placebo Research: A Single Gene – Or Many – In Control ?
Whenever new research tools become available, scientists get excited about new options to explore, new inventions to make, paradigms to shift, and to kick scientific…
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Dodo Bird Meets Goldilocks: Psychotherapy And The Placebo Effect
In Alice in Wonderland (Chapter III, “A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale”), Alice viewed a race among all animals initiated by the Dodo bird. “……
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Cardiovascular Prevention In Myocardial Infarction With Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries: Is It Needed And Why?
A myocardial infarction (MI) is in most cases caused by the sudden rupture of an unstable atherosclerotic plaque/stenosis in the coronary arteries. This leads to…
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Stimulation Of The Prefrontal Cortex Found To Reduce Violent Impulses
The prefrontal cortex is an area of the mammalian brain that covers part of the brain’s frontal lobe. The prefrontal cortex is linked with personality,…
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Might Accurate Heartbeat Perception Increase the Risk for Alcoholism?
Many individuals cope with anxiety by consuming alcohol. Because alcohol effectively reduces tension, the drinking is reinforced and, with time, alcoholism can result. In fact,…
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