Sentences with phrase «beneficial placebo effects»

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This shows a significant beneficial effect of compression socks on recovery compared with placebo.

«The greater the improvement in patients treated with placebo in clinical trials, the more difficult it can be to demonstrate the beneficial effects of pain - relieving medications,» said Robert H. Dworkin, Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurology, and Psychiatry at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.

In the debate among clinics and researchers on SSRIs, it has been argued that SSRIs may lack specific therapeutic properties and that their beneficial effects observed in clinical trials, could be explained by different expectancies in the drug and placebo groups.

The beneficial effect of SSRIs that has been shown in many studies should thus, according to this theory, not be due to the fact that these drugs exert a specific biochemical antidepressant action in the brain, but that the side effects of the drugs enhance a psychological placebo effect.

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.

A new placebo - controlled, blinded, crossover trial published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows that the phytonutrients in Montmorency tart cherries (Prunus cerasus) have a beneficial effect on early hypertension, or blood pressure slightly higher than the ideal 120/80 mmHg.

This study found a significant beneficial effect of supplementation with whey protein, essential amino acids, and vitamin D compared with placebo in elderly sarcopenic adults participating in controlled resistance training, with a gain of 1.7 kg in FFM.

The study was a double - blind, randomised - controlled crossover trial in which the Curcumin or placebo were taken two days before to three days after eccentric exercise and the results found that only the Curcumin had beneficial effects.

The Curcumin or placebo were taken 2 days before to 3 days after eccentric single - leg press exercise and only the Curcumin was found to have beneficial effects.

Good Expectations, Negative Beliefs, and Their Health Consequences The placebo effect is a phenomenon that occurs when a substance without known medical properties produces a beneficial result in subjects due to their positive expectations of its efficacy.