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 ...

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

Only around one in every 10 treatments were found to be effective in relieving lower back pain, according to a new study ...

A new review of the evidence finds that only a handful of common remedies provide a modest benefit for acute or chronic back ...

Advocates of "honest" placebos are realistic about the broad variations one generally finds in the placebo effect across different conditions. In some trials the placebo effect can be non-existent ...

Microdosing, or low-dose treatment of psychedelics such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), has gained popularity in recent ...

A clinical trial led by researchers at the Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico and the University of Milan found a ...