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Rolofylline, an adenosine A1−receptor antagonist, in acute heart failure [PDF]

, 2010
Background: Worsening renal function, which is associated with adverse outcomes, often develops in patients with acute heart failure. Experimental and clinical studies suggest that counterregulatory responses mediated by adenosine may be involved. We
Bloomfield, Daniel M, Cleland, John G F, Cotter, Gad, DeLucca, Paul, Dittrich, Howard C, Fu, Michael,, Givertz, Michael M, Mansoor, George A, Massie, Barry M, Metra, Marco, O'Connor, Christopher M, Ponikowski, Piotr, Salerno, Christina M, Teerlink, John R, Voors, Adriaan, Weatherley, Beth Davison   +15 more
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CPAP or Placebo-effect? [PDF]

SLEEP, 2012
In this issue of SLEEP, Kushida and colleagues1 report neurocognitive performance results from a large, multi-site, double blind, controlled, randomized clinical trial on the effects of long-term continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy.1–3 In this trial, 1,098 patients with obstructive sleep apnea were randomized to active CPAP or sham ...
Schwartz, Skai W., Cimino, Cynthia R, Anderson, W. McDowell   +2 more
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Placebo effect in clinical practice

Ugeskrift for læger
The term placebo poses challenges in definition, language and use in research and clinical settings. Placebo extends beyond inactive substances, and modern exploration has revealed complex neurobiological, psychological, and social factors influencing ...
J. M. Bentin, Lars Arendt-Nielsen, A. R. Bihlet   +2 more
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The effect of placebo and neurophysiological involvements [PDF]

, 2004
Placebo and placebo effect are important issues related to the drug therapy for clinical and scientific meanings. The rates of placebo may get as many as 50% for analgesic drugs in headache. The high answer to placebo brings questions on pathophysiology
Galli, Federica, Guidetti, Vincenzo, Riccio, B.   +2 more
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Exposing the evidence gap for complementary and alternative medicine to be integrated into science-based medicine. [PDF]

, 2011
When people who advocate integrating conventional science-based medicine with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are confronted with the lack of evidence to support CAM they counter by calling for more research, diverting attention to the ...
Hopayian, K, Power, M.
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When a placebo is not a ‘placebo’: a placebo effect on postprandial glycaemia [PDF]

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2007
What is already known about this subject • Although placebo effects have been shown on subjective continuous variables such as pain, placebo effects on objective continuous variables remain uncertain.• The present, pilot, follow‐up investigation represents the first to assess a placebo effect on the objective continuous measurement of acute ...
Vladimir Vuksan, Anamaria Dascalu, Adish Ezatagha, John L. Sievenpiper   +3 more
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Intestinal antimicrobial gene expression: impact of micronutrients in malnourished adults during a randomized trial. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Because both micronutrients and antimicrobial peptides protect against diarrhea, we looked for an effect on intestinal antimicrobial peptide gene expression during a randomized controlled trial of multiple micronutrient (MM) supplementation ...
Bevins, Charles L, Dhaliwal, Winnie, Jagatiya, Poonam, Kelly, Paul, Khanam, Moriam, Ndulo, Namwiinga, Sanderson, Ian R, Shawa, Tamara, Simuyandi, Michelo   +8 more
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Critical appraisal and update on the clinical utility of agomelatine, a melatonergic agonist, for the treatment of major depressive disease in adults [PDF]

, 2009
This article describes the pharmacology of the novel atypical antidepressant drug agomelatine, critically reviews and evaluates its clinical use for the treatment of major depression, and suggests areas for further research.
Howland, RH
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Thyroxine treatment in patients with symptoms of hypothyroidism but thyroid function tests within the reference range: randomised double blind placebo controlled crossover trial [PDF]

, 2001
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether thyroxine treatment is effective in patients with symptoms of hypothyroidism but with thyroid function tests within the reference range, and to investigate the effect of thyroxine treatment on psychological and physical ...
Davidson, K.M., Kelly, C.J.G., Marshall, K., McLaren, E.H., McMahon, A.D., Pollock, M.A., Sturrock, A.   +6 more
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What Is the Role of the Placebo Effect for Pain Relief in Neurorehabilitation? Clinical Implications From the Italian Consensus Conference on Pain in Neurorehabilitation

Frontiers in Neurology, 2018
Background It is increasingly acknowledged that the outcomes of medical treatments are influenced by the context of the clinical encounter through the mechanisms of the placebo effect.
G. Castelnuovo, E. Giusti, G. Manzoni, D. Saviola, Samantha Gabrielli, M. Lacerenza, G. Pietrabissa, R. Cattivelli, Chiara A. M. Spatola, A. Rossi, Giorgia Varallo, Margherita Novelli, V. Villa, Francesca Luzzati, A. Cottini, Carlo Lai, E. Volpato, C. Cavalera, F. Pagnini, V. Tesio, L. Castelli, M. Tavola, R. Torta, M. Arreghini, L. Zanini, A. Brunani, Ionathan Seitanidis, Giuseppe Ventura, P. Capodaglio, G. E. D’Aniello, F. Scarpina, A. Brioschi, M. Bigoni, L. Priano, A. Mauro, G. Riva, Daniele Di Lernia, C. Repetto, C. Regalia, E. Molinari, P. Notaro, S. Paolucci, G. Sandrini, Susan G Simpson, B. Wiederhold, S. Gaudio, Jeffrey B. Jackson, Stefano Tamburin, F. Benedetti   +48 more
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