August 30, 2009

The Placebo effect is getting stronger. The effect of sugar pills is estimated to have doubled (in some instances) in 2 decades, the effect varies in strength from country to country and even the colour of the pills is being shown to have an impact. Fascinating stuff (and my first exposure to the term nocebo too).

See also the first entry in this article that we've seen before for some additional placebo weirdness.

posted by polychrome 14 years ago

I feel better now that I've read this post.
posted 14 years ago by BlueHorse
I knew that you would now (do ooh woo ooh woo ooh woo)...
posted 14 years ago by polychrome
sorry about that
posted 14 years ago by polychrome
Would color blind people get different effects? Or just lacking green, then would gray have the green effect? New line of research there, maybe.
posted 14 years ago by Dan Folkus
The placebo effect is unexplainable, currently anyway.
posted 14 years ago by Hank Mabuse
The Onion knows the future...
posted 14 years ago by EdArzakh
When I saw myruby's pillbox over at flickr, I felt better immediately!
posted 14 years ago by BlueHorse
Placebo effect caught in the act in spinal nerves
posted 14 years ago by homunculus
The Dark Side of the Placebo Effect: When Intense Belief Kills
posted 12 years ago by homunculus
Evolution could explain the placebo effect
posted 11 years ago by homunculus
The Placebo Effect May Be Genetic
posted 11 years ago by homunculus

Monkeyfilter

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August 30, 2009