Sentences with phrase «as a placebo for»

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I affirm my faith in the promise of Easter, of the resurrection, not only of the Lord Jesus Christ but of us all; the resurrection not as a panacea or placebo for those who can not cope without medication, or as the soporific of the masses (Simone Weil said that revolution, and not religion, is the soporific of the masses), but as the reality which lights the day.

Because your rationalization for your faith is exactly the same type as the Muslims and Hindus use, no god belief ever comes out on top — it's the belief that carries the placebo effect, not the specific religion or god..

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«I'm on the record as saying I absolutely do not believe in the explanations for homeopathy and how it quote unquote works,» she says, before adding: «But I do believe in the placebo effect and it's possible that if a placebo is the best treatment for a lower back pain, for example, then that's what the evidence shows and in a lot of these areas there hasn't been enough research done to really tell that.

The paper was hailed as further proof of the need for placebo controls in drug trials.

For as long as medicine has existed, the placebo effect has been quietly playing a role in treatment.

The researchers followed 60 people with Parkinson's disease at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN) as they used either a once - weekly injection of exenatide for 48 weeks, or a placebo, in addition to their regular medications.

For 24 weeks, 1,583 participants in the aptly named GAIT (Glucosamine / chondroitin Arthritis Intervention Trial) were given one of the following treatments: glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate, both in combination, a placebo, or the COX - 2 inhibitor Celebrex (celecoxib) as a control.

As social creatures, humans have a range of pain - related behaviors, such as complaining, which acts as a «placebo for getting satisfied,» Flaherty sayAs social creatures, humans have a range of pain - related behaviors, such as complaining, which acts as a «placebo for getting satisfied,» Flaherty sayas complaining, which acts as a «placebo for getting satisfied,» Flaherty sayas a «placebo for getting satisfied,» Flaherty says.

At one point volunteer canvassers who were not identified as affiliated with the surveys went door - to - door for a conversation with participants; some talked about transgender issues, the «placebo» group talked about recycling.

Widely hailed as a «breakthrough» in HIV prevention by public health officials, the studies — one of which dropped its placebo arm today because of the convincing effects of the intervention — add powerful new tools to derail transmission of the virus in the population that accounts for most of the 34 million infections in the world.

Dr Jones, said: «This new meta - analysis shows that baclofen is no more effective than placebo on a range of key outcome measures, suggesting that the current increasing use of baclofen as a treatment for alcohol use disorders is premature.»

For some medical complaints, open - label placebos work just as well as deceptive ones.

Subjects were randomised to receive either intravenous iron (n = 152), given as ferric carboxymaltose solution (FCM), or a normal saline placebo (n = 152), for 52 weeks.

Although the study began as a randomized trial that divided subjects into four treatment groups (placebo, deprenyl, α - tocopherol, and deprenyl / α - tocopherol), this was terminated early because positive effects of deprenyl were observed and all subjects then received deprenyl for approximately 18 months.

As for Kirsch's research, Kramer believes the conclusion antidepressants provide little benefit over placebo is «implausible».

Budimirovic says the current study updated the 2013 recommendations by using a more systematic approach that classified existing outcome measures as either being able to detect shorter - term changes (measures in FXS placebo - controlled trials lasting less than 12 months) or longer - term changes (lasting longer than 12 months) changes and by grading the measures» quantitative properties using the COnsensus - based Standards for the selection of health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) system, an initiative that aims to improve how health measurement tools are selected.

The findings demonstrated that the treatment reduced both the number of migraine days per month (the active treatment group experienced a reduction of 3.6 days compared to 0.9 days in the placebo group) as well as headache pain and the consequent need for migraine abortive prescription medications.

They also found some evidence supporting the use of techniques such as acupuncture and spinal manipulation for acute and chronic pain — although it should be noted that several researchers have questioned whether these treatments are superior to placebo or sham therapies.

Belviq has also shown promise for people with type 2 diabetes, who were twice as likely to keep their blood sugars under control than those on the placebo.

The other drugs and placebo act as so - called intermediate comparators for the indirect comparison.

«This study opens up a new avenue of studies for brain - based interventions,» he says, «such as targeting the dopamine system» to increase the placebo effect.

In these two trials, 117 cancer patients received methylnaltrexone (marketed as Relistor ®) for opioid - induced constipation, while 112 were given a placebo.

A new report on the ethics of Ebola, released today by the U.S. Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, takes a nuanced view of the questions about study design; the committee doesn't rule out placebo - controlled studies but allows room for other designs as well.

Tony Wyss - Coray of Alkahest has had to scrap the placebo group for the safety phase of a trial of young blood plasma as a treatment for Alzheimer's because of a lack of recruits.

Acetazolamide has been used for decades as a respiratory stimulant for patients with COPD and metabolic alkalosis (an increase in the alkalinity of body fluids due to an increase in alkali intake or a decrease in acid concentration), but no large randomized placebo - controlled trial has been available to confirm this approach.

Tofacitinib demonstrated superiority to placebo as early as week 2, and this was maintained for 12 months.

We also performed subgroup meta - analyses by type of prevention (primary v secondary: in this study, trials involving healthy populations or patients with any specific disease except for cardiovascular disease were classified as primary prevention trials, and trials involving patients with cardiovascular disease were classified as secondary prevention trials), type of supplement by quality and dose (each supplement, vitamins only, antioxidants only, or antioxidants excluding vitamins), type of outcome (cardiovascular death, angina, fatal or non-fatal myocardial infarction, stroke, or transient ischaemic attack), type of outcome in each supplement, type of study design (randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial v open label, randomised controlled trial), methodological quality (high v low), duration of treatment (< 5 years v ≥ 5 years), funding source (pharmaceutical industry v independent organisation), provider of supplements (pharmaceutical industry v not pharmaceutical industry), type of control (placebo v no placebo), number of participants (≥ 10000 v < 10000), and supplements given singly or in combination with other vitamin or antioxidant supplements by quality.

My go - to herbalist, author and American Herbalist Guild member David Winston of Broadway, New Jersey, says in his book, Herbal Therapy and Supplements: A Scientific and Traditional Approach, that animal and test - tube studies are convincing enough to recommend eating maitake regularly as part of a treatment plan for high cholesterol, high blood pressure, insulin resistance, and even hepatitis B. (Placebo - controlled studies in people have yet to be conducted.)

Some placebo - controlled experiments revealed that taking fish oil leads to lowered disease activity and less need for anti-inflammatory medicines which, as we learned earlier, can have some undesirable side effects.

A cosmetics industry representative interviewed for this story pointed out that the EWG report «lacks many of the rigors that you would normally associate with a real scientific report,» such as a large study population and control or placebo groups.

Few herbal products have been widely tested for safety and efficacy in randomized, placebo - controlled trials, as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires of prescriptions drugs.

The study looked at the effect of dietary supplementation using 2,000 international units of nonprescription vitamin E daily in a large group of elderly Alzheimer's patients and compared their results over an average of around two years to similar patients who received a placebo, a pharmaceutical marketed as a «treatment» for Alzheimer's disease (memantine), or a combination of memantine along with vitamin E.

Compared to the placebo group, the students who took acetaminophen rated the noise as being less unpleasant, and predicted that the noises would be less unpleasant for others as well.

Though two of these reassessments suggested the drugs were better than placebo for severe depression, the third one raised doubts about that as well.

But in the last five years or so, researchers have shown that dispensing pills that people know are placebos can still alleviate symptoms of IBS (as they did for Linda) and depression, as long as the researchers explain that dummy pills have worked for patients in the past.

In another example of placebos and meds interacting in curious ways, one study found that when patients took a migraine drug that was labeled «placebo,» it worked half as well as it did for patients who took the same drug, properly labeled.

«There's no research to show that this type of treatment works — several studies have shown that people taking long - term antibiotic for Lyme disease to treat lingering symptoms fare the same as those who take placebo,» states Chris Ohl, MD, an infectious disease expert at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

In the study, participants were randomly chosen to get a placebo or 4,000 IU / day of vitamin D supplements for 6 months as part of their normal treatment.

A Spanish study published in the British Journal of Nutrition found people who took soluble fibre for a 16 - week period lost over four kilograms more than those who took a placebo, as well as improving overall cholesterol levels.

Zoloft (sertraline) and Remeron (mirtazapine), which are both available as generics, also generated more — and more severe — side effects than placebo, leading the researchers to suggest that these and other antidepressants should be reserved for dementia patients whose depression fails to respond to more conservative treatments, such as psychotherapy.

As for the color's power as an appetite suppressant, it's possible it may have a placebo effect, says Health's contributing nutrition editor, Cynthia Sass, MPH, RD. «Some may see the color and think about candy, and pink frosted cupcakes, while others might see the color and feel a sense of calm and centeredness that helps them better tune into their hunger and fullness cues.&raquAs for the color's power as an appetite suppressant, it's possible it may have a placebo effect, says Health's contributing nutrition editor, Cynthia Sass, MPH, RD. «Some may see the color and think about candy, and pink frosted cupcakes, while others might see the color and feel a sense of calm and centeredness that helps them better tune into their hunger and fullness cues.&raquas an appetite suppressant, it's possible it may have a placebo effect, says Health's contributing nutrition editor, Cynthia Sass, MPH, RD. «Some may see the color and think about candy, and pink frosted cupcakes, while others might see the color and feel a sense of calm and centeredness that helps them better tune into their hunger and fullness cues.»

While the International Journal of Biomedical Science study found that it was «reasonable» to describe maca as having beneficial effects and allowing for a «substantial reduction of menopausal discomfort» on a small sample of early - postmenopausal women, the study also stated there was a definite placebo effect, so «further, more complex» research was needed.

The results of a review of twenty nine randomized, placebo controlled trials revealed that St. John's wort was more effective than placebo for depression and just as effective as standard antidepressants.

Brain activity reduction and the fact that no drop in behavioural performance was seen during the task indicates that the brain is more efficient under the 2 substances» combined effect, as fewer resources are needed for producing the same performance level compared to those individuals who had the placebo or who had only glucose or caffeine.

, A Double - Blind Placebo - Controlled Trial of Maca Root as Treatment for Antidepressant - Induced Sexual Dysfunction in Women, 2015

For the study, women who were taking classes of antidepressant medications known as SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) and SNRIs (serotonin - norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors) took either maca root or a placebo.

A double - blind placebo - controlled trial of maca root as treatment for antidepressant - induced sexual dysfunction in women.

This is extremely interesting since in this study, the people in the placebo group didn't eat for over 2 hours before the workout, then completed a 2 hour workout, then did not eat for another 9 hours, essentially meaning they were fasted for over 13 hours and they still had the same anabolic response to their workout as the people who drank a protein shake during their workout then had two more protein shakes once they were done their workout!

Although the researchers could therefore not attribute any clear and consistent toxicity to the sprouts, the fact that none of the three placebo subjects developed abnormal levels of liver enzymes suggested a causal relationship.19 Broccoli sprouts are ten to one hundred times as rich as broccoli in chemicals that can potentially release nitriles upon digestion.20 Prudent observers may wish to wait for the completion of long - term safety studies before offering themselves as guinea pigs for this newfangled food.