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 #
The placebo effect even works for sleep - Salon.com, Feb 9 2014
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