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11/29/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

The placebo effect of surgery: New evidence shows many operations, such as getting a stent for angina, to have low benefit and high risk

You’ve probably heard of the placebo effect: Someone reports feeling better after taking a pill that is said to help some condition or other, only to later discover the pill did not contain any active ingredients at all. The person’s physical health didn’t change; feeling better was all in their mind. It’s always an interesting […]

09/23/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Antidepressants are killing people: Risk of early death increased by 33%

There is no doubt that the intense stresses and pressures of modern life have left many people feeling depressed and unable to cope. While there are certainly people who have serious mental health issues and require therapy and other treatment to help them with their struggles, it is also true that antidepressant medications like Prozac […]

06/17/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Power of the MIND: Patients cured by sham surgeries because they think the surgeon solved their problem

Scientists have long been aware of what is known as the “placebo effect,” which refers to a treatment that has a positive therapeutic impact on a patient, even though the treatment or medication they received wasn’t actually real. Drugs.com notes that placebo effects have been noted in as many as 40 percent of patients in […]

12/10/2016 / By Robert Jonathan

The placebo effect may actually be the most powerful healing medicine known to modern science

Hypochondriacs who tend to be worried sick could become sick for real, according to a new study from Norway that suggests the possibility of a mind-body connection between so-called health anxiety and heart disease. As defined by the American Psychological Association, hypochondria is “the conviction that one is ill, despite all evidence to the contrary.” […]

05/31/2016 / By Greg White

The effectiveness of antidepressants wanes as the success of placebos waxes

Antidepressants are less effective than previously believed, even though there use has continued to spike over the years, particularly in Australia, according to a recent review published in the Medical Journal of Australia. The authors of the paper assessed unpublished drug trials from pharmaceutical companies across the globe in addition to research that had already […]

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