For many years, placebos have been defined by their inert content and their use as controls
in clinical trials and treatments in clinical practice. Recent research shows that placebo …

OBJECTIVE—To conduct a systematic review of the published literature on the efficacy and
safety of herbal therapies and vitamin/mineral supplements for glucose control in patients …

Traditionally, acupuncture is embedded in naturalistic theories that are compatible with
Confucianism and Taoism. Such ideas as yin-yang, qi, dampness, and wind represent East …

Objective To investigate whether placebo effects can experimentally be separated into the
response to three components—assessment and observation, a therapeutic ritual (placebo …

Background Placebo treatment can significantly influence subjective symptoms. However, it
is widely believed that response to placebo requires concealment or deception. We tested …

Background: Although recent research has shown that many people in the United States use
complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies, little is known about time trends in …

Background: Little is known about perceptions of complementary and alternative medical
(CAM) therapy relative to conventional therapy among patients who use both. Objective: To …

Background Because the value of popular forms of alternative care for chronic back pain
remains uncertain, we compared the effectiveness of acupuncture, therapeutic massage …

In alternative medicine, the main question regarding placebo has been whether a given
therapy has more than a placebo effect. Just as mainstream medicine ignores the clinical …

Governments, international agencies and corporations are increasingly investing in
traditional herbal medicine research. Yet little literature addresses ethical challenges in this …