Results 31 to 40 of about 122,680 (303)

How often do general practitioners use placebos and non-specific interventions? Systematic review and meta-analysis of surveys. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
BACKGROUND:In a systematic review and meta-analysis we summarize the available evidence on how frequently general practitioners/family physicians (GPs) use pure placebos (e.g., placebo pills) and non-specific therapies (sometimes referred to as impure ...
Klaus Linde, Oxana Atmann, Karin Meissner, Antonius Schneider, Ramona Meister, Levente Kriston, Christoph Werner   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Attitudes to and Understanding of Placebo Use: A Cross- Sectional Exploratory Study in a Malaysian Hospital

International Journal of Medical Students, 2016
Background: This study explored doctors’ understanding of ‘placebo’, mechanisms of action, perceptions about effectiveness and concerns about use in a Malaysian teaching hospital. Methods: A survey questionnaire.
Amanda Villiers Tuthill, Tay Zhuo Han, Chang Xian Chai, Ai Wen Chai, Chun Yiing Wong, Karen Morgan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimation of Overall Survival with Subsequent Treatment Effect by Applying Inverse Probability of Censoring Weighting in the LATITUDE Study

European Urology Open Science, 2022
Background: In the LATITUDE study (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01715285), compared with placebos, abiraterone acetate plus prednisone (AAP) with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) provided significant overall survival (OS) benefit in high-risk metastatic ...
Yosuke Koroki, Masataka Taguri, Nobuaki Matsubara, Karim Fizazi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Placebo: Feeling Better, Getting Better, and the Problems of Mind and Body

McGill Journal of Medicine, 2020
Over its history, medicine has vacillated between acknowledging placebo effects as important and trying to overcome them. Placebos are controversial, in part, because they appear to challenge a biocentric view of the scientific basis of medical practice.
John F. Kihlstrom
doaj   +1 more source

Do pingers cause stress in fish? An experimental tank study with European sardine, Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) (Actinopterygii, Clupeidae), exposed to a 70 kHz dolphin pinger [PDF]

, 2014
Date of acceptance: 06/12/2014 Acknowledgments The study was funded by the Portuguese Ministry of Science (Fundac¸a˜o para a Cieˆncia e Tecnologia– FCT) through a PhD Grant of SG (SFRH/BD/47931/2008).
Begona Santos, M., Costas Costas, Damian, Goetz, Sabine, Gonzalez Villanueva, Antonio, Pierce, Graham John, Vingada, Jose   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Probiotic Biotherapy: Discussing its Influential Role in Oral Health [PDF]

, 2020
Introduction: Probiotics are widely known for their health promoting benefits, especially with its association to gastrointestinal health. For many years, most research has been focused on the prevention or treatment of gastrointestinal infections or ...
Florez, Karla, Sullano, Claudette
core   +1 more source

Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria provides substantial protection against malaria in children already protected by an insecticide-treated bednet in Burkina Faso: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in children (IPTc) is a promising new approach to the control of malaria in areas of seasonal malaria transmission but it is not known if IPTc adds to the protection provided by an insecticide ...
Chandramohan, Daniel, Cousens, Simon, Diallo, Diadier A, Diarra, Amidou, Gansané, Adama, Greenwood, Brian, Kaboré, Youssouf, Kangoyé, David T, Konaté, Amadou T, Milligan, Paul J, Ouédraogo, Alphonse, Ouédraogo, Amidou Z, Ouédraogo, Espérance, Ouédraogo, Issa N, Sirima, Sodiomon B, Soulama, Issiaka, Tiono, Alfred B, Yaro, Jean Baptiste   +17 more
core   +3 more sources

The health economic potential of harnessing placebos in treatment of ADHD

European Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction Placebo research investigated the underlying mechanisms of placebo effects, but they are rarely used to optimize treatments. Ethical and legal concerns have been raised, but research demonstrated that placebo mechanisms can be used without
J. Hamberger, K. Meissner, T. Hinterberger, T. Loew   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Change in Cognition Following Ischaemic Stroke

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Cognitive decline can occur following ischaemic stroke. How cognition changes over time and associations with cognitive change are poorly understood. This study aimed to explore these issues over 2 years following ischaemic stroke.
Wenci Yan, Terence Quinn, Alex McConnachie, Niall Broomfield, Yun Wong, David Dickie, Kirsten Forbes, Matthew Walters, Jesse Dawson   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigación utilizando placebos

Revista de la Asociación Colombiana de Dermatología y Cirugía Dermatológica, 2018
Este caso debemos analizarlo partiendo de dos principios éticos fundamentales: no hacer daño y beneficencia. El principio de no hacer daño tiene una gran cercanía con el principio hipocrático primun non noscere, que es el principio más básico de una ...
José María Maya
doaj   +3 more sources