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The Nocebo Effect: The Flip Side of Medicine’s Placebos
If any pill has been shown undeniably to work in clinical trials, it is the sugar pill, along with its close cousin, the sham treatment.
Denosumab: Experimental Drug Helps Ward Off Osteoporosis
An experimental drug has successfully reduced hip and spine fractures in the two largest patient populations at risk for osteoporosis — postmenopausal women and men being treated for prostate cancer — according to two major studies published online on Aug. 11 by the New England Journal of Medicine