Finasteride as a model for personalized medicine [PDF]
, 2017 The side effects of Finasteride are currently a subject of controversy. Some studies report minor or acceptable adverse effects, which decrease after a variable period of time so that they do not necessitate terminating Finasteride administration ...
Banu, Petrişor +5 more
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Wearing colored glasses can influence the exercise performance and testosterone concentration [PDF]
, 2018 Perception of red color is associated with higher testosterone concentration and better human performance. Thus, we evaluated the acute effects of wearing colored-lens glasses on the YoYo intermittent endurance exercise test 2 (YoYoIE2) performance ...
Campos Souza, Markus Vinicius +6 more
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Impact of the Patient-Clinician Relationship on Medical and Psychological Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials [PDF]
, 2019 The role of the patient-provider relationship in delivery and effectiveness of medical treatments is an emerging research area that should benefit from a review and synthesis of its findings.
Ren-Sun, Joyce
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The placebo effect and its determinants in fibromyalgia: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials [PDF]
, 2017 The aims of this study were to determine whether placebo treatment in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) is effective for fibromyalgia and to identify possible determinants of the magnitude of any such placebo effect.
A Hrobjartsson +46 more
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Placebo in sports nutrition: a proof-of-principle study involving caffeine supplementation [PDF]
, 2016 We investigated the effects of supplement identification on exercise performance with caffeine supplementation. Forty-two trained cyclists (age 37 ± 8 years, body mass [BM] 74.3 ± 8.4 kg, height 1.76 ± 0.06 m, maximum oxygen uptake 50.0 ± 6.8 mL/kg/min ...
Batterham +20 more
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Learning Effects on Pain Generalize to Perceptually and Conceptually Similar Cues and Modify Pain Perception [PDF]
, 2016 Prior learning about pain can drive a placebo or nocebo effect in later settings and influence pain more broadly. This up- or down-modulation of pain is influenced by expectations and learning during conditioning.
Kusko, Daniel A
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Methylphenidate for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents: Cochrane systematic review with meta-analyses and trial sequential analyses of randomised clinical trials [PDF]
, 2015 Study question: Is methylphenidate beneficial or harmful for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents?
Forsbøl, B. +17 more
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Methodological issues of using placebos in interventions based on digital technology [PDF]
, 2017 Background/Aims: Use of placebo is the ideal for comparison in clinical trials to reduce biases. With digital technology being used more frequently in healthcare interventions, how do we determine the placebo effect where interventions exploit technology?
Bailey, Sarah +10 more
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Conspiracies and the nocebo effect during the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]
J Public Health (Oxf), 2022 Siguan AA.
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Wireless communication fields and non-specific symptoms of ill health: a literature review [PDF]
, 2018 Zusammenfassung: Dieser Artikel aktualisiert eine frühere systematische Literaturübersicht (1) zu den Auswirkungen hochfrequenter elektromagnetischer Felder (RF-EMF) auf die gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualität.
Hug, Kerstin, Röösli, Martin
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