How can we tell if a depression treatment works beyond placebo? A new real-world method measuring placebo shows that ...

The mean percent change in LDL cholesterol levels at week 24 was −57.1 and 3.0% with enlicitide and placebo, respectively.

Would a placebo make cancer worse? Will I know if I am given a placebo in a clinical trial? Get answers to your pressing ...

Placebos are commonly known as the inert drugs — think sugar pills — that researchers use to measure the effects of real drugs. But research shows they can actually improve certain health conditions. ...

A multicenter research effort in China conducted clinical trial testing of oral berberine for six months in diabetes-free ...

A recent study published in the journal of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology found that nortriptyline did not ...

Placebo is composing the music for the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of the Bertolt Brecht play The Resistible Rise ...

It’s well-established that placebo treatments, such as sugar pills, can prompt real reductions in symptoms for patients. But scientists have long struggled to understand exactly how the placebo effect ...

The intake of oral semaglutides such as Wegovy or Rybelsus among adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) was associated with a reduced risk of heart failure (HF) compared to those who took a placebo, ...

Key messages • For people who are worried about their thinking or memory, it is uncertain whether ginkgo is better than placebo (dummy treatment) for improving their overall con ...