Beginning with a review of the role of placebos in the history of medicine, this book investigates the current surge of interest in placebos, and probes the methodological difficulties of saying scientifically just what placebos can and ...

In Drug Dealer, MD, Dr. Anna Lembke uncovers the unseen forces driving opioid addiction nationwide.

The 6th Edition of this easy-to-use text is now fully up to date with: - NEW chapter devoted entirely to pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine.

Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs: The International Encyclopedia of Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions, Sixteenth Edition, Seven Volume Set builds on the success of the 15 previous editions, providing an extensively reorganized and ...

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"The Powerful Placebo" discusses the placebo effect over the centuries, reminding the reader how complex the issue is, from the very definition of a placebo and the success of dubious or fraudulent remedies to the modern worship of placebos ...

The new edition includes greater coverage of good clinical practice, a completely revised statistics chapter, and more on safety.

This book draws all this information into a single, comprehensive and authoritative resource.

This is a second edition to the original published by Springer in 2006.

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