Pharyngitis
Inflammation of the pharynx. Pharyngitis is a common cause of sore throat.
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Having to do with the pharynx (throat).
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- Placebo
A “sugar pill” or any dummy medication or treatment. For example, in a controlled clinical trial, one group may be given a real medication while another group is given a placebo that looks just like it in order to learn if the differences observed are due to the medication or to the power of suggestion. […]
- Placebo effect
“Where there is hope, there is life.” And hope is positive expectation, by another name. The scientific study of the placebo effect is usually dated to the pioneering paper published in 1955 on “The Powerful Placebo” by the anesthesiologist Henry K. Beecher (1904-1976). Beecher concluded that, across the 26 studies he analyzed, an average of […]
- Placebo response
A positive medical response to taking a placebo, as if it were an active medication.