Article: Brain mechanisms underlying the placebo effect in neurological disorders

Article: Intrinsic remedies for pain: placebo effect may ...
Science News;  January 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... applying heat to the forearm. "There may be multiple brain mechanisms underlying placebo [pain relief]," Kong says. He and his colleagues ... pulses were delivered to their right or left arms. A placebo effect emerged. Individuals reported feeling substantially less ...

Article: Placebo effect no myth, some scientists and doctors ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  September 24, 2001 ;     700+ words ...A study suggesting that the placebo effect is the Loch Ness monster of ... statistical evidence that the placebo effect is anything more than a myth ... much against any kind of useful placebo effect, with the possible exception ...

Article: The Placebo Effect and Alternative Therapies.
Alternative Medicine Alert;  June 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...The Placebo Effect and Alternative Therapies By Donal ... the benefits are explained by the placebo effect. Alternative medicine includes therapies ... have learned to make the most of the placebo effect..sup.1 Such interest led the ...

Article: Reassessing Our Investment In the Placebo Effect
The Washington Post;  June 12, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Help! I've lost my placebo effect. In Latin, placebo means "will please." In medicine, the placebo effect means if you believe a treatment ... medical practice for decades, the placebo effect was thought to harness the power ...

Article: The placebo effect.(Essay)
Skeptic (Altadena, CA);  March 22, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... What's going on here? What is the placebo effect and how does it work? The term "placebo effect" is unfortunate; it leads to misunderstandings ... benefit." What we really mean by "the placebo effect" is not some mysterious effect from ...

Article: The Placebo Effect
Skeptic;  April 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... What's going on here? What is the placebo effect and how does it work? The term "placebo effect" is unfortunate; it leads to misunderstandings ... benefit." What we really mean by "the placebo effect" is not some mysterious effect from ...

Article: Pondering the Placebo Effect: Why do sham ...
Newsweek;  December 2, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... until recently, experts have paid the placebo effect only grudging respect, some insisting ... scientists, however, believe the placebo effect exists. And though its dynamics are ... deny. Recent studies suggest that the placebo effect not only exists but may be caused by ...