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Placebo Effect

The evidence for pill colour impacting placebo effects gets flimsier the more you examine it

Mike Hall -
The idea that the colour of a pill influences what placebo response you get is based on a succession of badly designed or badly interpreted trials
Health

The secret to a year-round tan – eating so many carrots you turn orange?

Alice Howarth -
Viral claims suggest a new way to give your skin that sun-kissed glow: eating so many carrots you turn orange from carotenosis.
Nutrition

The real-world harm of nutritional misinformation

Maeve Hanan -
Fad diets and dubious claims about nutrition have always been popular, but with social media, avoiding bad food advice seems harder than ever
Placebo Effect

Does the colour of a pill really influence what kind of placebo effect you’ll experience?

Mike Hall -
It's said that pill colour influences what placebo effect people experience, but the primary source for this claim is flimsy at best
Placebo Effect

Religion is simply a powerful placebo – offering priests a sense of ritual, but little else

Colin Brewer -
Theatrical but ultimately ineffective, religion may be the ultimate placebo effect - as 17th Century priest Jean Meslier realised 300 years ago
Health

Nobody undergoes egg donation for the money – it is about altruism, not exploitation

Emma McClure -
Egg donors will see a raise in compensation from next month, but campaign groups are wrong when they say this incentivises people to donate
Health

Beware of commercial microbiome tests: how at-home testing can mislead consumers

Cesar Baima -
Despite the marketing claims, research has found no evidence to suggest at-home microbiome tests offer reliable health insights
Conspiracy Theories

Med Beds: the futuristic health devices promising to cure you with undefined energy

Alice Howarth -
Beloved by conspiracy theorists, Med Beds are claimed to be able to cure all manner of ailments using unspecified energetic forces... and empty promises
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