Fatigue, palpitations, shortness of breath ... and on it goes. The list of possible side effects in a medication package insert can be unsettling. So can a preoperative consultation, when the surgeon ...

Have you ever walked out of a jam-packed concert or restaurant with a scratchy throat, worried that you just caught a virus? Or swallowed a medication and felt immediately unwell? If yes, you’re ...

Patient satisfaction efforts may have a “nocebo effect” on some patients, since many enter hospitals expecting a negative experience and can actually feel worse after treatment, according to a ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience.View full ...

Half of patients exposed to placebo in clinical trials experienced adverse events (AEs), which may be partially explainable by nocebo effects, according to a recent review and meta-analysis. Half of ...

Side effects experienced when taking oral contraception may be affected by women's expectations and beliefs about the pill, according to an exploratory study by psychologists. Researchers at the ...