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PLoS ONEBackgroundPlacebo and nocebo effects significantly influence health outcomes, yet healthcare professionals receive limited training and guidance on their mechanisms and clinical application, creating a gap in education and practical understanding ...
Mary O'Keeffe +14 more
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Visual placebo and nocebo effects
The Journal of PhysiologyAbstractPlacebo and nocebo effects modulate symptom perception through expectations and learning processes in various domains. Predominantly, their impact has been investigated on pain and physical performance. However, the influence of placebos and nocebos on visual system functionality has yet to be explored.
Piedimonte, Alessandro +6 more
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Novel Technologies for Exploring the Skin–Brain Axis
Advanced Sensor Research, Volume 5, Issue 2, February 2026.The skin–brain axis mediates bidirectional communication between cutaneous physiology and the nervous system, influencing sensation, inflammation, and disease. This review surveys emerging microsensor, nanosensor, and bioelectronic technologies integrated with advanced skin and neural models, highlighting multimodal, real‐time strategies to decode ...
Dahiana Mojena Medina, Francesca Santoro
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Neural Plasticity, 2020 It is generally believed that the placebo response can elicit an analgesic effect, whilst the nocebo response can elicit a hyperalgesia effect in pain. Placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia effects are increasing concerns for researchers.
Yu Shi +7 more
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Preventing Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Young Male Androgen Abusers
Clinical Cardiology, Volume 49, Issue 2, February 2026.Androgen abuse is an underrecognized ASCVD risk enhancer in young men. Improved risk assessment—integrating androgen exposure, imaging, and individualized prevention—may help in the management of long‐term cardiovascular risk in this population. ABSTRACT Background Androgen abuse among young men is a prevalent yet under recognized risk factor for ...
Peter Bond +3 more
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Positive messages may reduce patient pain: A meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2017 Introduction Current treatments for pain have limited benefits and worrying side effects. Some studies suggest that pain is reduced when clinicians deliver positive messages.
Howick, Jeremy, Mebius, Alexander
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2019 Background: Previous research has indicated that the sex, status, and nonverbal behaviors of experimenters or clinicians can contribute to reported pain, and placebo and nocebo effects in patients or research participants.
Hojjat Daniali, Magne Arve Flaten
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The Nocebo Effect in Childbirth Classes [PDF]
The Journal of Perinatal Education, 2013 Patients are well-known to experience a placebo response to medications or treatments. It is less well-known that they can also experience a nocebo response where they have negative effects from something that should be ineffective. In recent literature, the words of medical providers have been demonstrated to create illness responses without physical ...
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Development and Validation of the Brief Inventory of Treatment Expectations in Chronic Pain (BITEC)
European Journal of Pain, Volume 30, Issue 2, February 2026.ABSTRACT Background Expectations shape therapeutic outcomes, yet their systematic assessment remains limited in clinical and research settings. To address this gap, we developed and validated the Brief Instrument for the Assessment of Treatment Expectations in Chronic Pain (BITEC) using Item Response Theory. Methods The study comprised four phases. (I)
Wolnei Caumo +8 more
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Placebo and nocebo effects in the neurological practice
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2015 Knowledge of placebo and nocebo effects is essential to identify their influence on the results in clinical practice and clinical trials, and thereby properly interpret their results.
Caroline Bittar, Osvaldo J.M. Nascimento
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