PLACEBO & NOCEBO
RESEARCH & JOURNAL ARTICLES #
Prescribing "placebo treatments": results of US physician survey - British Medical Journal, 2008
Placebo effects on human {micro}-opioid activity during pain - Proc Natl Acad Sci, 2007
Role of pain in placebo analgesia - Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 1979
How the doctor's words affect the patient's brain - Eval Health Prof, 2002
EXPERIENCES #
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OFF-SITE RESOURCES
PRIMARY RESOURCES #
The Science of the Placebo, NIH Conference 2000
SECONDARY RESOURCES #
RESEARCH & JOURNAL ARTICLES #
So, what's in a placebo, anyway?, Oct 18 2010
The Mysterious Placebo Effect, Modern Drug Discovery, 1999
Listening to Prozac but Hearing Placebo..., Prevention & Treatment, Jun 26 1998
The Placebo Effect Is the Healing Force of Nature, Cancer Journal 1995
MEDIA COVERAGE #
Placebos work, even when patients are in the know, study finds, Dec 22 2010, LA Times
No Standard for the Placebo?, Oct 19 2010, ScienceDaily
Placebos are getting more effective - Wired, Aug 24 2009
First 'placebo gene' discovered - New Scientist, Dec 3 2008
Half of Doctors Routinely Prescribe Placebos - NYT, Oct 23 2008
Experts Question Placebo Pill for Children - NYT, May 27 2008
Expensive sugar pills work better than cheap ones - Reuters, Mar 4 2008
Many Chicago docs say they give out placebos - Chicago Sun Times, Jan 4 2008
Researchers Demonstrate How Placebo Effect Works in the Brain - PhysOrg.com, Jul 30 2007
Experts Look At How Our Perceptions Of Illness Are Shaped - U-Mich press release, Feb 23 2007
Study Verifies Power of Positive Thinking - AP, Nov 25 2005
The Nocebo Effect - Harvard Magazine, May/Jun 2005
Pursuing the Placebo Effect: What Exactly Is It? - AM News, Dec 20 2004
Why Sugar Pills Cure Some Ills - Wired News, Mar 12 2004
The Placebo Effect, The Guardian, Mar 1 2004
Power of the Placebo, CNN, Feb 19 2004
The Nocebo Effect: Placebo's Evil Twin - Washington Post, Apr 30, 2002
'Nocebo Effect' May Explain Some Drug Side Effects, Reuters Health, Feb 7 2002
Spontaneous Remission and the Placebo Effect, Quackwatch, Dec 18 2001