Sentences with phrase «effective as a placebo»

A 2005 study published in the medical journal The Lancet found the approach was roughly as effective as a placebo.

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«The placebo was almost twice as effective as the control,» says Kaptchuk.

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.»

The average improvement of patients getting a placebo was over 80 percent as effective.

Researchers noted that while pregabalin works in the same way as gabapentin — both are often used interchangeably in clinical care — this review found gabapentin was not more effective than placebo.

Overall, the studies suggested that the herb was more effective than a placebo and just as effective as antidepressants such as Prozac yet came with fewer side effects.

Scientist have discovered a way to make neurons respond to a placebo (a medically ineffective treatment), in the same way as they would to medically effective treatment, according to a study published

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.

According to the Jan 5 JAMA study, if your Hamilton score is less than 24, then placebo is just as effective as antidepressant drugs.

According to the Jan 5 JAMA study, if the Hamilton score is less than 24, then placebo is just as effective as SSRI antidepressant drugs.

A recovery placebo administered after an acute high - intensity interval training session is superior in the recovery of muscle strength over 48 h as compared with TWI and is as effective as CWI.

As for its health benefits, peppermint oil was more effective than placebo at treating irritable bowel syndrome, a meta - analysis of the clinical literature found, and it was equally effective as pharmaceutical treatmentAs for its health benefits, peppermint oil was more effective than placebo at treating irritable bowel syndrome, a meta - analysis of the clinical literature found, and it was equally effective as pharmaceutical treatmentas pharmaceutical treatments.

Keep in mind that when the FDA approves a drug, no one has to explain or demonstrate exactly how it works, only that it is statistically more effective than a placebo and that it doesn't come with significant health problems as a result of using it.

I was no less enthusiastic than those standing on the podium as this was for me an opportunity to evaluate for the first time a school voucher initiative by means of a randomized field trial, the gold standard for evaluating the effectiveness of a program, the same design as the pill - placebo design used in medical research to ascertain whether pills are effective.

In it Wampold, a former statistician studying primarily outcomes with depressed patients, reported that (1) psychotherapy can be more effective than placebo, (2) no single treatment modality has the edge in efficacy, and (3) factors common to different psychotherapies, such as whether or not the therapist has established a positive working alliance with the client / patient, account for much more of the variance in outcomes than specific techniques or modalities.