Placebo Effect

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The placebo effect of treatments could be a very powerful lever for the mediaid platform. Ted Kaptchuk has made some interesting discoveries outlined in the article The placebo phenomenon

Studies:

• Placebos without deception: a randomized controlled trial in irritable bowel syndrome.
• On placebos, placebo responses and placebo responders
• Greater response to placebo in children than in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis in drug-resistant partial epilepsy
• Deconstructing the placebo effect and finding the meaning response
• Is the placebo powerless? An analysis of clinical trials comparing placebo with no treatment
• Expectation enhances autonomic responses to stimulation of the human subthalamic limbic region