Microdosing might not work the way we think—but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t work. Here’s what science and the placebo effect ...

A recent study published in the British Medical Journal has shown that even when patients know they're taking a placebo, the ...

F1 drivers are known for their superstitions – but do they have any affect on performance? We find out. In Formula One, ...

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 ...

a professor of psychology at the University of Basel in Basel, Switzerland, who led the study. It included that “placebos are powerful, that placebo effects are prevalent in PMS, that placebo ...

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 ...