“Open-label placebo is much more than prescribing inert pills or treatments,” she says. While scientists have identified conditions that are more likely than others to respond to the placebo ...

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

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

Indian herbalists make extravagant claims for ashwagandha. But recent research shows that it offers significant sexual ...

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

The bivalent respiratory syncytial virus prefusion F vaccine is highly effective and well tolerated against RSV-associated ...