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The decongestant phenylephrine, found in some versions of Sudafed, is no better than a placebo. What if that’s still better than nothing?

PODCAST: Sloppy by today’s standards, and maybe even back when it was published in 1955, Henry Beecher’s paper paved the way for sounder drug trials and pushed scientists to better understand how we process pain (Season 3, Episode 3)

Ancient cultures developed a variety of bizarre healing methods and concoctions. But was their infrequent success due to their power, or placebo effect?

The earliest use of the term “placebo” in medicine comes from the 17th century, but the idea of the placebo effect is much older.

The Tilda study shows negative stereotypes of ageing threaten the health of older people