Covidence is the primary screening and data extraction tool for Cochrane authors conducting standard intervention reviews. Covidence is designed to perform the following functions to make review production more efficient:

The use and prescription of placebo interventions seemed to be very common among Polish primary care physicians studied and they generally had positive attitudes towards their use and effectiveness.

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A placebo is a substance or intervention believed to be inactive, but is administered by the healthcare professional as if it was an active medication. Unlike standard treatments, clinical use of placebo usually involves deception and is therefore ethically problematic. Our attitudes toward the clin …

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In ecclesiastic tradition the term ''Placebo'' indicated the promise to please the Lord in medieval prayer. The expression ''Placebo Domino'' (''I shall please the Lord'') constituted the beginning of a famous passage of a V century A.D. translation of the Bible. It was in the second half of the XVI …

We tested the hypothesis that a suggestive placebo intervention can reduce the subjective and neurobiological stress response to psychosocial stress. Fifty-four healthy male subjects with elevated levels of trait anxiety were randomly assigned in a 4:4:1 fashion to receive either no treatment (n = 2 …

The organophosphorus compound 0,0-dimethyl-(1-hydroxy-2,2,2-trichloroethyl)-phosphonate was introduced as an insecticide, trichlorfon, in 1952 (Lorenz et al., 1955) and as a drug, metrifonate, in the treatment of schistosomiasis in 1960 (Lebrun and Cerf, 1960). This organophosphorus compound is uniq …

Pairing placebos with stimulant medication elicits a placebo response that allows children with ADHD to be effectively treated on 50% of their optimal stimulant dose.

The anesthesiologist Henry K. Beecher is commonly associated with his crusade for informed consent for research. Less recognized is his contribution to the development of principles of randomized controlled trials through his emphasis on surgery as placebo to minimize bias. This article reviews Beec …

Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia) is a priority for NIAID. It is caused by parasitic flatworms. At least 220 million people are infected worldwide.

A brief history of NIAID-supported genomics research on Schistosomiasis and resultant advancements.

Information about existing treatment options for schistosomiasis and current related research from NIAID.