Yet another study by Harald Walach et al on the placebo effect has been retracted. The objective of the paper was to determine what contributes to the size of the placebo effect in clinical drug ...

This study used a cluster-randomised design in which each ward (cluster) was assigned to implement IPTsc or serve as a control. All schoolchildren in primary schools under the intervention arm ...

aDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China bJilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology & Therapy, The First Hospital of Jilin ...

It’s tempting to buy libido supplements or vitamins for sex instead of discussing intimate issues with your doctor. But ...

Background: The Qi-deficiency constitution (QDC) is a body constitution type characterized by weakened immune function and increased susceptibility to infectious diseases. Emerging evidence indicates ...

1 Department of Nephropathy, Seventh People’s Hospital of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China 2 Department of Nephrology, Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional ...

Objective: To address this gap, we conducted a pre-registered meta-analysis to synthesize findings from rigorously designed randomized controlled trials (i.e., low attrition, comparable baseline ...

Introduction Hospitalisation represents an opportunity to identify and treat e-cigarette use among adolescents and young adults (AYAs). Knowledge on how to provide this care is lacking. We aim to fill ...

Introduction Bronchoscopic thermal vapour ablation (BTVA) is a bronchoscopic lung volume reduction technique, also recommended by the global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease (GOLD) ...

Background: There is no evidence from randomized trials to support a standard strategy of lowering systolic blood pressure below 140 mm Hg in persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus. We investigated ...