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Placebo Defined
Any intentionally ineffective medical treatment, such as a sugar pill, used to replace medication. In clinical trials, placebos are given to control groups to compare the results of people who receive the placebo with the results of those who receive the experimental drug. The experimental treatment must produce better results than the placebo in order to be considered effective.
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Newer Blood Pressure Drug No Better Than Placebo in Preventing Stroke
Published August 28, 2008, 12:30 pm, MedicineNet.com
Title: Newer Blood Pressure Drug No Better Than Placebo in Preventing Stroke Category: Health News Created: 8/28/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 8/28/2008
Judge: Give experimental drug to terminally ill teen in Gonvick
Published August 28, 2008, 8:16 am, Crookston Daily Times
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a research company to supply an experimental drug to a 16-year-old Minnesota boy who is terminally ill with a rare form of muscular dystrophy.
My Pharmiweb.com
Published August 28, 2008, 7:54 am, PharmiWeb
Results further support the clinical profile of this novel anti-cancer agent under development to improve the survival of patients with hormone refractory prostate cancer (HRPC) Oslo, Norway, 28 August 2008 - Algeta ASA (OSE: ALGETA), the Norwegian cancer therapeutics company, today announced that the primary objective of its BC1-03 Phase II pain palliation study was met.
Hormone Therapy Improves Your Sex Life, But ...
Published August 28, 2008, 7:50 am, ThirdAge
Hormone replacement therapy significantly improves the sex lives of the women who take it, a scientific study has found. Studies have already shown how HRT could improve general quality of life.
What Is Ephedra Used for Today?
Published August 28, 2008, 7:50 am, ThirdAge
Although it can still be found in a few over-the-counter drugs for asthma and sinus congestion (in a safer form than the banned dietary supplements), physicians seldom prescribe ephedrine anymore.
Bristol-Myers Squibb And Pfizer Provide Update On Apixaban Clinical Development Program
Published August 28, 2008, 6:16 am, Medical News Today
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) and Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) provided an update on the apixaban clinical development program today. The companies announced that new Phase II data in acute coronary syndrome patients (ACS) will be presented at the upcoming meeting of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
Possible Association Between High Levels Of Uric Acid And Hypertension
Published August 28, 2008, 6:13 am, Medical News Today
Reducing levels of uric acid in blood lowered blood pressure to normal in most teens in a study designed to investigate a possible link between blood pressure and the chemical, a waste product of the body's normal metabolism, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Intercell Announces Initiation of Further Phase II Clinical Trial of V710 an Investigational Vaccine to Prevent S. ...
Published August 28, 2008, 5:01 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Intercell AG today announced that its collaborator Merck & Co., Inc. has initiated a Phase II clinical trial of V710, an investigational vaccine for the prevention of Staphylococcus aureus infections.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals and GlaxoSmithKline Announce Worldwide Collaboration Agreement for Retigabine
Published August 28, 2008, 5:00 am, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. & LONDON----Valeant Pharmaceuticals International and GlaxoSmithKline today announced that they have entered into an exclusive worldwide collaboration agreement for the investigational drug retigabine, a first in class neuronal potassium channel opener for treatment of adult epilepsy patients with refractory partial onset seizures.
Bristol-Myers Squibb And Pfizer Provide Update On Apixaban Clinical Development Program
Published August 28, 2008, 4:07 am, PharmaceuticalOnline
Bristol-Myers Squibb provided an update on the apixaban clinical development program today.
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Tue Aug 26
- The power of the placebo effect - being-human - 20 August 2008 - New Scientist
- Believing is seeing: expectations alter visual awareness: Current Biology -- Sterzer et al.
- Placebo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mon Aug 25
Sun Aug 24
- EFT Provides Impressive Health and Emotional Freedom--New Discovery Often Works Where Nothing Else: Where emotional relief brings physical health. Is this a giant placebo?
- Mind Hacks: Placebo - interactive ingredients
Sat Aug 23
- Bad Science " My Placebo programme on BBC Radio 4: Placebo Our beliefs and expectations about treatments can have a dramatic effect on our health ? the so-called ?placebo effect?. Doctor and writer Ben Goldacre presents a two part series.
Fri Aug 22
- Bad Science " Think yourself thin...: Maybe mindset alone can influence metabolism and the benefits of exercise: perhaps this experiment shows, essentially, the placebo benefits of exercise.
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