In this chapter, I reconceptualize elements of the “placebo effect” as the meaning response. The meaning response is defined as the physiological or psychological effects of meaning in the treatment of illness. Much of what is called the placebo effect – meaning responses elicited with inert medications – is a special case of the meaning response, as is the “nocebo effect”. Several implications...

M frameworks (MOFs) represent a new class of porous crystals, which has attracted physicists and material scientists worldwide due to their extraordinary physicochemical and mechanical properties and potential applications in energy and biomedicine fields. Recent discovery of structural transformations between large-pore (lp) and narrow-pore (np) conformations in MOFs of MIL-53 type and others ...

Background: This study aimed to evaluate whether the high frequency of reported statin adverse effects (AEs) may be associated with nocebo effect. We compared nocebo-related subjective AEs objective and investigated factors potentially Methods: A retrospective cohort was conducted using Food Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System between January 2010 December 2019 for statins, inclu...

To describe the role of internet and cognitive biases in controversy surrounding chronic Lyme disease. The attribution but aspecific symptoms to borreliosis is a source worldwide controversy. Some patients attribute their even though, fact, they have functional somatic syndrome. These patients’ diagnostic therapeutic wandering contributes above suffering. Internet has deregulated information ma...

It is well-known that placebo is a substance without medical effects, which benefits the health status because of the patient's belief that the substance is effective and that the nocebo is defined as a substance without medical effects but which worsenes the health status of the person taking it by the negative beliefs and expectations of the patient. Starting with the history of the placebo e...