Placebos are commonly known as the inert drugs — think sugar pills — that researchers use to measure the effects of real drugs. But research shows they can actually improve certain health conditions. ...

The placebo effect is wild. Taking a sugar pill with no active medical ingredients can somehow trigger a psychedelic reaction in some people, if that's what they're expecting. Even more incredibly, ...

When you were a child and fell playing outside, a single bandage — a placebo of sorts — could take away the pain. The placebo effect has long been somewhat of a medical mystery. While researchers ...

Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Better newsletter for information and tools designed to improve your well-being. The placebo tablets used in ...

As the temperatures cool, the season of colds, flu, and now Covid-19 is heating up. If you’re like many people, you’ve probably stocked up on over-the-counter cold medicine to help thwart the cough ...

You might like to think you can make yourself smarter, and that's the basis of the $1 billion brain training industry. It's looking like it's all nonsense, though. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

Stanford University researchers found that depressed people given ketamine before undergoing anesthesia improved just as much as those given saline. Reading time: Reading time 3 minutes New research ...

Seeking kids for a fascinating YouTube Science experiment on the Placebo Effect. This is a fun and safe project that will include: three in-person visits (filmed) over the course of a 30-day trial; at ...

A new study by researchers at Imperial College London has found that the anecdotal benefits of microdosing could be explained by the placebo effect. Conducted by a team of researchers at the Centre ...