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Placebo Effect

Placebo surgery: why performing fake operations doesn’t actually help anyone

Mike Hall -
Placebo surgeries do not work – if a surgery performs no better than placebo, it means that operation doesn't work, not that placebos are powerful
Nutrition

Madmonq, or how not even video gamers are safe from the nutritional supplement industry

Alice Howarth -
As Esports becomes big business, wellness industry companies like Madmonq want in on the act, claiming to provide optimal nutrition for the pro video gamer
Placebo Effect

Does pill packet branding change the placebo response, or is this just another placebo myth?

Mike Hall -
How expensive a pill packet looks is said to influence the size of its placebo effect but, once again, the evidence is sorely lacking
Covid-19

Studying the promotion of health misinformation by the Bolsonaro government

Cesar Baima -
As Brazilian leader, Bolsonaro was prolific in pushing health misinformation, making him a perfect model for researching how those in power can distort truth
Health

It’s far to soon too tell patients platelet-rich plasma injections can treat infertility

Alice Howarth -
Platelet-rich plasma might one day be a viable treatment infertility, or it might be a plausible treatment that fails to pan out - right now, we simply don't know
Alternative Medicine

First do no harm? Treatments don’t need to be harmless, as long they do good

Edzard Ernst -
Rather than 'do no harm', doctors must do more good than harm – an ethical obligation that alternative medicine almost inevitably fails to meet
Placebo Effect

Pacemakers don’t work when they’re switched off – we should doubt studies that say otherwise

Mike Hall -
Among the many odd claims made about the placebo effect is that pacemakers work even before they're switched on - which obviously isn't true
Health

Moroccan Argan oil is an interesting traditional product, but it’s certainly no panacea

Alice Howarth -
Argan oil from Morocco is said to have all manner of health benefits, from preventing hair loss to boosting the immune system - all based on little to no evidence
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