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Placebo Effect [PDF]

open access: yesThe Scientific World Journal, 2000
Nature and Science ran completely different news line-ups this week. But their lead stories agreed on one thing: patients matter. Nature led with a story about a group of patients who will share in a patent after giving blood and tissue samples to scientists.
openaire   +3 more sources

Regulation with Placebo Effects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
A growing scientific literature supports the existence of placebo effects from a wide range of health interventions and for a range of medical conditions.
Malani, Anup
core   +1 more source

From substance to process: A meta-ethnographic review of how healthcare professionals and patients understand placebos and their effects in primary care

open access: yesHealth, 2018
Research suggests that a ‘placebo’ can improve conditions common in primary care including pain, depression and irritable bowel syndrome. However, disagreement persists over the definition and clinical relevance of placebo treatments. We conducted a meta-
Doug I Hardman   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Will Memantine Exacerbate Seizures in People With Epilepsy? A Prospective Cohort Study

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate whether add‐on memantine would exacerbate seizures in people with epilepsy. Methods This was a prospective cohort study. People with epilepsy diagnosed with cognitive impairment were consecutively invited. Those who agreed were followed up for at least 24 weeks.
Peiyu Wang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impure placebo as an unsound concept and other problems in the paper by Howick et al. : [Comment] [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Howick et al. have reported the findings of a survey that addressed the use of placebos among primary care practitioners in the United Kingdom. They adopted methodology similar to that used in previous studies performed in other countries; however, the ...
Hemilä, Harri   +2 more
core  

Rush to Judgment: The STI-Treatment Trials and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa

open access: yes, 2015
Introduction: The extraordinarily high incidence of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa led to the search for cofactor infections that could explain the high rates of transmission in the region.
Akobeng   +76 more
core   +2 more sources

Lessons Learned From a Delayed‐Start Trial of Modafinil for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Freezing of gait (FOG) in people with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) is debilitating and has limited treatments. Modafinil modulates beta/gamma band activity in the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN), like PPN deep brain stimulation. We therefore tested the hypothesis that Modafinil would improve FOG in PwPD.
Tuhin Virmani   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psychological determinants of whole-body endurance performance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: No literature reviews have systematically identified and evaluated research on the psychological determinants of endurance performance, and sport psychology performance-enhancement guidelines for endurance sports are not founded on a ...
A Bandura   +106 more
core   +4 more sources

Applying an Ethical Lens to the Treatment of People With Multiple Sclerosis

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The practice of neurology requires an understanding of clinical ethics for decision‐making. In multiple sclerosis (MS) care, there are a wide range of ethical considerations that may arise. These involve shared decision‐making around selection of a disease‐modifying therapy (DMT), risks and benefits of well‐studied medications in comparison to
Methma Udawatta, Farrah J. Mateen
wiley   +1 more source

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