Tag: Placebo
Meloni sues Placebo singers for defamation
On video clips from the concert, Molko can be heard shouting “Giorgia Meloni, piece of shit, fascist, racist” in Italian. Giorgia Meloni, who represents the nationalist right-wing party Brothers of…
Italy: Giorgia Meloni files a complaint against the singer of the group Placebo
The two Meloni sisters drive out their detractors, opposed to their far-right ideas. Arianna Meloni, tipped to be a candidate on the list of the Fratelli d’Italia party in the…
A placebo treatment allows a blind woman to regain her sight!
News Published on 05/31/2023 at 12:24 p.m. Updated 05/31/2023 at 12:24 p.m. Reading 2 mins. The placebo: a miracle treatment? For the New Zealand author, Lynley Hood, scientists even speak…
Depression: placebo or antidepressant, all the same?
News Published on 09/14/2022 at 11:26 am Updated 09/14/2022 at 11:26 am Reading 2 mins. A study by the Food and Drugs Administration in the United States announces that antidepressants…
Spasfon, a “placebo” against menstrual pain?
News Published on 08/02/2022 at 3:01 p.m. Updated 08/02/2022 at 3:01 p.m. Reading 2 mins. in collaboration with Dr Gérald Kierzek (Medical Director of Doctissimo) Medical validation: August 08, 2022…
Researcher Karin Jensen on placebo
If you expect it to hurt, it can hurt even more. If you expect to get well, you can get healthier. And if you think you have had surgery, you…
The nocebo effect behind 76% of adverse effects of Covid-19 vaccines
Some side effects of anti-Covid-19 vaccines are very real, others may be due to the nocebo effect, the negative counterpart of the placebo effect. Even before they are available on…
Why are we more afraid of vaccines than drugs?
Shots turn people off much more than pills, especially when it comes to preventing a disease you don’t yet have. The reasons are both historical and psychological. While most people…