News tagged with experimental placebo


Researching the power of the placebo effect in arthritis patients

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 07, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- People with arthritis are to take part in new research carried out at The University of Manchester to find out more about how the placebo effect works.





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Does a placebo gene exist?

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A short time ago, Swedish scientists published a paper suggesting the existence of a genetic disposition to respond to placebo, thus giving rise to debate in the media about a possible "placebo gene." In the current issue ...


Personality traits contribute to 'placebo effect'

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at McGill University have found for the first time that novelty seeking personality types enjoy a stronger “placebo response,” or pain relief caused by the administration of a sham treatment, ...


Vaccine against CMV shows promise in clinical trial

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A new vaccine has the potential to be the first to prevent maternal and congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) study published in the March 19 edition of the New En ...


In Between Mind-Body Split: Chronic Pain Relief

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The Placebo effect has long been recognized as a factor in determining the efficacy of various medical intervention therapies. A newly published study, "Direct Evidence for Spinal Cord Involvement in Placebo Analgesia"*, ...


Prostate cancer immunotherapy significantly prolongs survival in men with advanced prostate cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sipuleucel-T (Provenge), an experimental immunotherapy improved survival in men with metastatic disease, according to new results to be presented April 28 at the American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Scientific Meeting ...


Preventing ear infections in the future: Delivering vaccine through the skin

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 21, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

An experimental vaccine applied the surface of the skin appears to protect against certain types of ear infections. Scientists from the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, report their ...


Thalidomide does not improve survival in small cell lung cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Treating patients with thalidomide in combination with chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) did not improve their survival but did increase their risk of blood clots, according to a new study published online July ...


Drug gives anthrax protection in animal studies

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- An experimental drug helped monkeys and rabbits survive anthrax in a series of studies, suggesting it could be useful in case of another anthrax attack.


Report suggests allopurinol may lower blood pressure in teens with hypertension

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 26, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The drug allopurinol, which lowers uric acid levels, appears to reduce blood pressure in adolescents with newly diagnosed hypertension, according to a preliminary report in the August 27 issue of JAMA.


Researchers to test first gene therapy For Alzheimer's patients

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mount Sinai School of Medicine is one of 12 sites nationwide participating in the first Phase 2 clinical trial to test gene therapy treatment for Alzheimer's disease. The study is the first multicenter neurosurgical intervention ...



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