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Study examines placebo effect in asthma cases
Nurse.com Now a study of asthma patients examining the impact of two different placebo treatments versus standard medical treatment with an albuterol bronchodilator has reached two important conclusions: While placebos had no effect on lung function, … Asthma Placebo "As Effective As Active Drug" Study Unveils |
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Asthma Placebo "As Effective As Active Drug" Study Unveils
South Asia Mail Asthma and many ailments can be partially just in your head research released this week claims. A new study finds that the power of the placebo effect versus albuterol inhalers left asthma patients thinking that real and fake drugs were doing the same … |
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Study: In Asthma Patients, Placebo Treatments Feel Just as Good as the Drug
TIME A new Harvard Medical School investigation in asthma patients shows that the "placebo effect" — in which patients experience real benefits from sham treatments — can be as effective as standard medical therapy. The researchers recruited 39 patients … The Placebo Effect, This Time in Asthma Powerful Placebo Effect Revealed by Asthma Study Asthma symptom changes reflect placebo effect |
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The Placebo Effect, This Time in Asthma
Wall Street Journal (blog) A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine took 39 asthma patients and had them make 12 visits each to a medical facility, each time after having been off long-acting asthma medications for 24 hours. On each visit, a patient was randomly … Asthma symptom changes reflect placebo effect More evidence of placebo effect's power, this time from an asthma study Asthma study reveals the power of the placebo effect |
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More evidence of placebo effect's power, this time from an asthma study
MinnPost.com (blog) Asthma patients reported that placebo treatments were as effective as real medicine in relieving their wheezing and coughing, even though an objective breathing test showed that only the medicine … Asthma symptom changes reflect placebo effect Asthma study reveals the power of the placebo effect Asthma Study Shows Placebo Can Help Symptoms |
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Asthma symptom changes reflect placebo effect
CBC.ca Beginning of Story Content The study compared lung function tests in people with asthma to the patients' self-reported symptoms.The study compared lung function tests in people with asthma to the patients' self-reported symptoms. … Placebo Effect Powerful in Asthma Asthma study reveals the power of the placebo effect Asthma Study Shows Placebo Can Help Symptoms |
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Placebo relieves asthma symptoms as well as medication
Boston Globe Asthma patients treated with a placebo inhaler or sham acupuncture treatment get as much relief from those “fake” therapies as they do from an inhaler containing the asthma drug albuterol. That surprising finding, published … |
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Asthma study reveals the power of the placebo effect
Los Angeles Times Researchers from Harvard Medical School and colleagues decided to test the placebo effect in asthma patients because it's easy to assess their physical improvement (as measured by lung function tests) in a short period of time. … Asthma Study Shows Placebo Can Help Symptoms Placebo Effect Powerful in Asthma Placebo relieves asthma symptoms as well as medication |
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Asthma Study Shows Placebo Can Help Symptoms
WebMD Now a study suggests that placebos can be effective in reducing symptoms in patients with asthma. The caring that comes with treatment — even fake treatment — is just as important, find Ted J. Kaptchuk, associate professor of medicine at Harvard … Placebo Effect Powerful in Asthma Placebo relieves asthma symptoms as well as medication Asthma Test Patients Report Sham Drug Benefits Where Doctors See None |
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Placebo Effect Powerful in Asthma
MedPage Today Asthma inhalers have a real impact on airways, but the symptom relief isn't any greater than that achieved with placebos, researchers found. Stable asthma patients reported the same degree of symptom … Placebo relieves asthma symptoms as well as medication Asthma Test Patients Report Improvement Where Doctors See None Placebo and Active Treatment in Asthma Subjectively Similar |
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