Placebo pills can have real effects through the power of suggestion SeventyFour Images / Alamy Women with premenstrual syndrome seem to benefit from the placebo effect even when they know they are taking sham pills, suggesting this could provide a cheap and easy treatment. Premenstrual syndrome (PMS), which involves symptoms such as anxiety, mood swings … Read more
Actor Gene Hackman was likely dead for nine days before he and his wife’s body were discovered at their Santa Fe, N.M., home earlier this week. The Oscar winner and wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead with one of the family’s three dogs by maintenance workers on Wednesday. Authorities said there were no obvious signs … Read more
During sleep, the brain flushes out toxins that accumulate throughout the day Robert Reader/Getty Images Sleeping pills might help you doze off, but the sleep you get may not be as restorative. When mice were given zolpidem, a medication commonly found in sleeping pills such as Ambien, it prevented their brains from effectively clearing waste … Read more
