Postpartum women are consuming their placentas encapsulated, cooked, and raw for the
prevention of postpartum depression (PPD), pain relief, and other health benefits …

Objective This study aimed to explore and evaluate the efficacy of non-invasive brain
stimulation (NIBS) as a standalone or coupled intervention and understand its mechanisms …

The mechanisms of action of tDCS for behavioral modification are not yet fully understood.
However, one common observation is that its behavioral effects are most pronounced and …

Placebo response can be defined as any therapeutic change on placebo, while the nocebo
response is any ill effect during placebo exposure. Several meta-analytic approaches have …

Innovations such as deep brain stimulation, virtual reality, and robotic devices are
transforming traditional therapeutic approaches (Kringelbach et al., 2007, Hidler et al., 2009 …

Randomised placebo-controlled trials (RCT) are implemented to determine whether a
particular therapy is superior to placebo and can thus be considered effective. However …

To assess short-term placebo response in 6-to 13-year-old children with ADHD, children
who were administered a double-blind placebo-methylphenidate trial, 1 week each, were …

The logic underpinning randomized controlled trials depends on the assumption that any
non-specific effects of treatment are equal and additive across trial arms. We label this the …

In this paper I explore different ways in which doctors can be dishonest in clinical
communications. As a case in point, I object to the idea that doctors can prescribe placebos …

The paper looks at the culture of silence as key to becoming and to the sharing of life.
Silence, easily imaginable and understandable, on the one hand, and unattainable, yet still …