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PLACEBOES. [PDF]

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1885
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The use of pure and impure placebo interventions in primary care - a qualitative approach

BMC Family Practice, 2011
Background Placebos play an important role in clinical trials and several surveys have shown that they are also common in daily practice. Previous research focused primarily on the frequency of placebo use in outpatient care.
Senn Oliver, Fässler Margrit, Rosemann Thomas, Fent Rahel, Huber Carola A   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Placebo Trends across the Border: US versus Canada. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Physicians around the world report to using placebos in a variety of situations and with varying degrees of frequency. Inconsistent methodologies, however, complicate interpretation and prevent direct comparisons across studies.
Cory S Harris, Natasha K J Campbell, Amir Raz   +2 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
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PLACEBOES [PDF]

Southern Medical Journal, 1916
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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

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

Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
wiley   +1 more source

Patients, pharmacists, and the placebo in France: From iatrogenic to ethical risks

Tidsskrift for Forskning i Sygdom og Samfund, 2016
Placebos have attracted widespread interest amongst anthropologists who have sought to explain the placebo dimension of medicines or healing rituals prescribed by health professionals or traditional healers by emphasizing aspects relating to symbolic ...
Sylvie Fainzang
doaj   +1 more source