placebo effect

Agent Orange study findings called flawed The Greenville News
A design flaw in the federal governmentʼs $140 million study of the health effects of Agent Orange on Vietnam veterans has resulted in a quarter-century of inaccurate findings, two scientists involved with the study told The Greenville News.
Pillsbury isn't rolling in dough Pioneer Press
At General Mills, "this quarter we were hitting pretty much on all cylinders," said Stephen Sanger, chief executive of the Golden Valley-based food company. But one division continues to struggle a bit: Pillsbury.
Last call: Drink boasts hangover relief Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
A new drink solicits you to “take me to bed” after a night at the bars and promises to make you feel better in the morning.
Osteoporosis: Gear up and Fight it Now! Southern Illinoisan
One bright, sunny day, you lose your balance and fall from a ten foot ladder. You land on the ground with a thud and hear a sickening crunch. You've fractured your legs. That's awful for you, but considered normal, after all you fell from such a great height, didn't you?
EPIX Pharmaceuticals Announces Top-line Results from Phase 3 Trial of PRX-00023 in Generalized Anxiety Disorder Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
LEXINGTON, Mass.----Sept. 21, 2006--EPIX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the top-line results from its Phase 3 trial of PRX-00023, a novel long-acting 5-HT1A agonist, show that overall PRX-00023 did not achieve a statistically significant improvement over placebo for the primary endpoint.
West Coast Editor BioWorld
In the pull-ahead, fall-back race for a drug against hereditary angioedema (HAE), Dyax Corp. regained some lost ground with news that Icatibant - the synthetic peptidomimetic from would-be competitors Kos Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Jerini AG - missed its primary endpoints in one Phase III trial, but hit the primary endpoint in another.
Utah study: Can patients' own cells fix their hearts? The Salt Lake Tribune
VA study will look at effect of stem cells Recruiting will begin in the next few weeks for Utah research that will test whether adult stem cells complement surgery and improve the heart function of patients with hearts damaged by coronary artery disease. Russell Reiss, a surgeon with the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salt Lake City, will lead the first phase of the clinical trial.
A Better Diet Through Online Shopping? Science Daily
A randomized trial, offering participants using an internet shopping system the chance to receive either general dietary advice or tailored advice which prompted shoppers to replace items with alternatives lower in saturated fat, is to be published in PLoS Clinical Trials. The results show that low-cost technologies delivered through the Internet have the potential to motivate users to change
Nymox Pharmaceutical to Present at the Noble Financial Small Cap Conference RedNova
Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation (NASDAQ: NYMX) announced today that Dr. Paul Averback, President and CEO of Nymox Pharmaceutical, will present at the Noble Financial Small Cap Conference in Charlotte, NC on Tuesday, September 26 at 1:15 P.M. Eastern Standard time. Dr.
Eating Soy Protein Helps Control Cholesterol Science Daily
Soy protein helps lower total cholesterol, low-density lipid "bad" cholesterol and triglycerides, and slightly raises high-density lipid "good" cholesterol, according to a Tulane University study published in the American Journal of Cardiology.

Placebo effect
A placebo is any medical treatment that is inert, such as a sugar pill. Around one third of people who take placebos (believing them to be medication) will
MDD July/August 1999: The Mysterious Placebo Effect
Researchers still may be inclined to view placebo effects as a nuisance or as a Placebo effects can result simply from contact with doctors or other
Placebo Effect Links
In clinical drug trials, the response of the trial drug is often tested against the inactive placebo. as the difference between The placebo effect is the
The Nocebo Effect: Placebo's Evil Twin (washingtonpost.com)
That study is a classic in the annals of research on the "nocebo" phenomenon, the evil twin of the placebo effect. While the placebo effect refers to health
Placebo Effects Prove the Value of Suggestion
Suggestion is the basis for the placebo effect which is found in so much scientific research. Widespread scientific findings of placebo effects prove the

Placebo Effect Links
In clinical drug trials, the response of the trial drug is often tested against the inactive placebo. as the difference between The placebo effect is the
The Nocebo Effect: Placebo's Evil Twin (washingtonpost.com)
That study is a classic in the annals of research on the "nocebo" phenomenon, the evil twin of the placebo effect. While the placebo effect refers to health
Placebo Effects Prove the Value of Suggestion
Suggestion is the basis for the placebo effect which is found in so much scientific research. Widespread scientific findings of placebo effects prove the
Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Scientists See
Science and Technology at Scientific American.com: Scientists See How Placebo Effect Eases Pain -- Science and Technology from Scientific American: daily
Spontaneous Remission and the Placebo Effect
The Latin word placebo means "I shall please." A placebo effect is a The only requirement for a placebo effect is the awareness that something has been
Seth's Blog: The Placebo Affect*
The placebo effect is not just for sick people anymore. Seth Godin has some thoughts on the placebo effect. [Read More]
Placebo Research at UCLA NPI
One of the most puzzling facts of medicine is the placebo effect: namely, that a substantial proportion of patients report feeling better after receiving a
USATODAY.com - Science plumbs placebo effect
When an inert placebo acts like a drug, is it just a psychological illusion? Or is it a real biological effect? Research reported last week suggests that