An investigational drug developed by Eolo Pharma is showing promise in animal experiments and an early human trial. It could eventually be an alternative or add-on to popular GLP-1 medications.

Women on birth control can safely skip the week of placebo pills – and the bleeding, headaches and mood changes that come with it – according to health officials in the United Kingdom.

The placebo effect is a powerful concept that has been proven over and over again in many different studies. For those who ...

Teva Canada Ltd. said it received a complaint that a package contained an extra row of the placebos when there should be only ...

"no significant difference" was found for symptoms of loose stool or diarrhea between groups who took the medication for prevention and those who took a placebo. Since 1939, bismuth subsalicylate ...

Participants who took vitamin D supplements showed significantly less telomere shortening over four years compared to those taking placebo pills. Specifically, vitamin D prevented about 140 base pairs ...

The following timeline of weight loss medications covers the historical progression of weight loss drugs throughout the ages. In the late 1800s, physicians began using thyroid hormones to treat ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share ROME (AP) — French scientist Etienne-Emile ...

Patient and GP groups expressed a diverse range of opinions about open-label placebo pills. Conclusions Attempts to harness placebo effects in UK primary care are more likely to be accepted and ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is considering a rule that sounds like commonsense rigor: require every new or updated vaccine to run a placebo-controlled trial. The mandate would ...

Alongside this, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued new regulations, first in late 1982 and then more comprehensively in 1989, mandating tamper-evident packaging for over-the-counter drugs ...