Patients with major depressive disorder experienced the greatest improvement with placebo treatment in randomized clinical trials, while patients with schizophrenia benefited the least.

New research presented at the 2025 European Congress of Psychiatry reveals that the use of cannabidiol (CBD) cannabis extract ...

A 1994 study published in the Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology found that parents who were told their kids were given a sugary drink, even if they had a placebo without sugar, perceived their ...

The placebo effect is a mysterious phenomenon that happens when someone’s medical symptoms are lessened through the power of suggestion and expectation – for instance if someone’s illness ...

In some types of birth control pills, the last week of the pack usually consists of inactive or placebo pills. These pills do not contain any hormones. There are many different types of birth ...

A probiotic mixture reduced fever duration among young children with upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs), a placebo-controlled ... Of these kids, 26% were receiving antibiotics at enrollment.

A placebo is often thought of in terms of a sugar pill but it essentially refers to any treatment or intervention that in itself has no biological effect - e.g. a saline injection or even ...