Breathing through the anus, fake side effects, and mimicking artificial plants: It’s Ig Nobel season
The prizes this year were something else.
Tag: placebo
DNA study shows Placebo (and Nocebo) can affect your body at a molecular level
We should pay great attention to the mindset we place ourselves in. It could very well change our life for ...
People who trust their doctor tend to feel better, new study finds
Trust can make you feel better.
Study finds how to predict which brains respond to placebo treatments
One sugar pill can take away your pain -- if you've got the brain for it.
Expensive Placebos Work Better Than Cheap Placebos
Although generic drugs are often identical to their brand-name counterparts, the effect is often not the same. It's not because ...
Leukemia drug found to dramatically boost immune system
A class of drugs currently used to treat leukemia has been found to have some severe side effects - positive ...
There probably is no such thing as gluten intolerance, study shows
This is one of those science stories where it gives to show that even scientists can be biased and, most ...
Wind Turbines are quieter than a heartbeat, study finds
Among the criticism that wind energy gets, one main idea some people complain about is that wind turbines are noisy; ...
Half of all German doctors have prescribed placebo’s
A new study conducted by the German Medical Association reported that about half of the doctors in Germany have prescribed ...
