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pluh see boh

  • n  an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug
  • n  (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead

  • Doctors have long thought the placebo effect is all in the head, and it turns out they may be right.
  • One of the most intriguing processes in medicine is the placebo effect: the healing power of a sham therapy, when it's offered to patients with the suggestion that it will help .
  • Throughout the trial, the brain scans showed that, in the placebo group given naloxone, pain reduction responses were dulled in the brain.
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  • Can Brain Scans Predict Whether Meds Or Talk Therapy Will Help Your Depression?
    That depression affects a massive and growing number of Americans is not news. Neither is the fact that some of the drugs used to treat it are mournfully ineffective, even in their newest iterations, with remission rates of just about 40%. In fact, some studies have suggested that they can be little, if any, more effective than placebo (though other studies have contradicted this ...
    June 13, 2013 - Forbes
  • Can Brain Scans Predict Which Treatment Will Help Your Depression?
    That depression affects a massive and growing number of Americans is not news. Neither is the fact that some of the drugs used to treat it are mournfully ineffective, even in their newest iterations, with remission rates of just about 40%. In fact, some studies have suggested that they can be little, if any, more effective than placebo (though other studies have contradicted this ...
    June 13, 2013 - Forbes
  • Amgen says ovarian cancer drug met study goal
    Biotech drugmaker Amgen Inc. reported Wednesday that its experimental drug for ovarian cancer helped patients live 1.8 months longer without their disease spreading, compared with patients getting placebo. ...
    June 12, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

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