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placebo
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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placebo (liturg.) vespers for the dead. XIII. First word of the antiphon to the first psalm in the office: ‘
Placebo Domino in regione vivorum’ (Psalm 114: 9) I shall please the Lord in the land of the living.
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 "The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)")
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Placebos might hold promise in drug treatment.
Newspaper article from: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service); 6/8/2002; 700+ words
; ...reality of the placebo effect, most...They knew that placebos often work. If...big role in a placebo's effects. Placebos can make blood...other instances of placebo effectiveness...has shown that placebos for pain affect...
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 "USA Today (Magazine)")
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PLACEBOS: Fooling the Body to Heal Itself.
Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine); 7/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...patients. How did placebos come by their dubious...centuries-old term "placebo" comes with historical...procedures that have a placebo effect. Placebos most likely work...comes from the placebo effect. People most often receive placebos during double...
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Placebos might hold promise in drug treatment.(The Dallas Morning News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 6/10/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...reality of the placebo effect, most...They knew that placebos often work. If...big role in a placebo's effects. Placebos can make blood...other instances of placebo effectiveness...has shown that placebos for pain affect...
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Placebos: Fooling the body to heal itself
Magazine article from: USA Today; 7/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...benefit may come from the placebo effect. Placebos usually are mistakenly...procedures that have a placebo effect. Placebos most likely work as...benefit comes from the placebo effect. People most often receive placebos during double-blind...
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 "Skeptic (Altadena, CA)")
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The placebo effect.(Essay)
Magazine article from: Skeptic (Altadena, CA); 3/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...it work? The term "placebo effect" is unfortunate...misunderstandings. Placebos themselves don't have...inert: that's what placebo means. The word placebo...patients respond to placebos, but that's not really...wasn't measuring the placebo effect in isolation...
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If placebos work, should doctors use them?(FEATURES)(PLANET)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 4/7/2005; 700+ words
; ...some trials, the "placebo effect" proves to...the subjects given placebos will show some improvement...and understand the placebo effect. Some of the...biochemical effects of placebos at work. Among the placebo studies that have...
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Placebo, deceit and complementary/alternative medicine
Magazine article from: Climacteric; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...great deal about placebos. Most clinicians...simply not identify placebo or other non-specific...They may read about placebos and understand the...improvement to the placebo effect. Therefore...various types of placebos experienced some...notion, that the placebo response rate ...
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ALL PLACEBOS NOT CREATED ALIKE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...responses to placebos. A new study takes placebo investigations...those receiving placebos, 25 percent...31 percent of placebo pill patients...existence of a placebo effect in a clinical...recommend the use of placebos with patients...
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Psychotropic placebos create resistance to the misinformation effect
Magazine article from: Psychonomic Bulletin & Review; 2/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Ellis's (1999) placebo did not improve...the way in which placebos work. Kirsch and...effects they think placebos cause. In other...attribute it to the placebo. Thus, for a placebo...behavior to the placebo. A recall task...participants who had taken placebos to make ...
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The placebo effect quantified: how the placebo became a major player in mainstream and alternative medicine.
Magazine article from: Nutraceuticals World; 7/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Dictionary (1811), the word "placebo" was an epithet given to any...benefit the patient. Use of placebos was common to medical practice...century that the concept of a placebo-controlled clinical trial...randomized, double-blind, placebo-con trolled trial. [ILLUSTRATION...
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Placebo Effect
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
...clinical study using placebos was conducted in the...angina drug that used a placebo and blind assessment...beneficial effect. The placebo effect has been documented...especially responsive to placebos, as are some individuals...treatment is subject to the placebo effect. If a patient...
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Placebo
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
Placebo Punk rock band For the Record…...Sources The London-based trio known as Placebo takes pride in creating provocative music...coming pop-rock bands, figuring out Placebo did prove challenging at first. Based...
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Mind Over Matter with Placebos
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained
...Mind Over Matter with Placebos A placebo is a tablet or a liquid...four had been given a placebo. Volunteers in a pain...demonstrated that both placebos and powerful painkilling...drug and a salt water placebo activated the same two...
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placebo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
placebo , inert substance given instead of a potent drug . Placebo medications are sometimes prescribed...patients feel well taken care of. Placebos are also used as controls in...the experimental drug or the placebo, are often done to assure...
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Serotonin-Uptake Inhibitors in Treatment of Substance Abuse
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior
...serotonin-uptake inhibitor and placebo, were incorporated into two...and citalopram, each with a placebo control—to specifically...inhibitors than after taking placebos. In both of these studies...percent during the first week of placebo (n = 31), indicating a significant...
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