Distilling the highs of cannabis-based pain relief
Body in Mind,
Doctors still debate about treating chronic pain with cannabis. At present, the evidence of benefit does not clearly outweigh…
Doctors still debate about treating chronic pain with cannabis. At present, the evidence of benefit does not clearly outweigh…
According to a neat little new paper, the placebo effect relies on the brain's own marijuana-like chemicals, endocannabinoids.Or…
Placebos are inactive treatments that shouldn’t, in some sense, have a real effect. And yet they often do. But the chemical…
By Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars…
In clinical trials, new drugs are often compared to older treatments, but sometimes they're also compared to placebos—inert…