3 stories tagged ‘Ted Kaptchuk’

Doctors can feel their patients’ pain

By Bonnie Prescott, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Communications / January 29, 2013

A novel experiment illuminates the importance of the doctor-patient relationship, providing the first data into the underlying neurobiology of the caregiver.

Tags: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/brain scans/Doctor/patient relationships/Empathy/Harvard Medical School/Karin Jensen/Martinos Center for Biological Imaging at MGH/Massachusetts General Hospital/Medicine/Pain/PiPS/Program in Placebo Studies and Therapeutic Encounter/rACC/right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex/rostral anterior cingulate cortex/Ted Kaptchuk/VLPFC
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Placebos work — even without deception

By David Cameron, HMS Communications / December 22, 2010

Patients who were knowingly given placebos for irritable bowel syndrome experienced significant symptom relief when compared with controls.

Tags: Anthony Lembo/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Deception/Dummy Pills/Harvard Medical School/IBS/Irritable Bowel Syndrome/National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine/Osher Research Center/Placebo Effect/PLoS ONE/Ted Kaptchuk
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine

All placebos not created equal

February 1, 2006

While researchers usually use placebos in clinical trials to test the effectiveness of a new treatment, a trial reported in the Feb. 1, 2006 British Medical Journal pitted one placebo against another.

Tags: diseases and treatments/Division for Research and Education and Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies/Harvard Medical School/Pain/psychology and psychiatry/Ted Kaptchuk
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine