How can we tell if a depression treatment works beyond placebo? A new real-world method measuring placebo shows that ...

Over the past month or so, I have seen several advertisements for different modalities for pain relief. Seeing these advertisements, which featured devices such as TENS units and ultrasound machines, ...

A new study of psychedelic microdosing found that many of the beneficial effects of the practice may be due to the placebo effect. The research was based on a "citizen science" approach, recruiting ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience.View full ...

Catarina Craveiro, a biomedical research technician from Lisbon, had been hobbled by lower back pain from scoliosis since childhood, unable to do much physically and dependent on ibuprofen for relief.

Increasing activity in a deep-brain region can boost the immune system’s response to vaccines—and people can be trained to do it themselves using the power of brain scans and positive thinking, ...

Remember that epic moment from Space Jam (the first one, of course, with Michael Jordan) where Bugs Bunny gives his teammates that very Michael's 'Secret Stuff,' which makes them incredibly strong and ...

I love a massage. You won’t see me toeing the start line of a race without one on the calendar for the following week. On vacation, I always try to find a spa. At home, I’m religious about foam ...