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Placebo effect: For some, belief can be a powerful treatment

People looking for natural cures will be happy to know there is one. Two words explain how it works: "I believe." say. This dates to a landmark report in 1955 called The Powerful Placebo. Viewed as groundbreaking, the analysis of dozens of studies by H. ...

From MARILYNN MARCHIONE, Monterey County Herald,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: University of Virginia,  Northwestern University,  Federal Trade Commission,  University of Pennsylvania

Study: CT scans rule out heart attacks faster

ORLANDO, Fla. — A CT scan — a kind of super X-ray — provides a faster, cheaper way to diagnose a heart attack when someone goes to the emergency room with chest pains, a new study suggests. About 6 million people each year go to hospitals with chest ...

From MARILYNN MARCHIONE, Denver Post,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sidney Smith,  American Heart Association,  University of North Carolina

Study: New device boosts heart failure survival

ORLANDO, Fla. — For the first time, a miniature heart pump shows the potential to become a widely used, permanent treatment for many older people with severe heart failure. But can we afford it? In a study of 200 patients, the new device increased by ...

From MARILYNN MARCHIONE, NevadaAppeal.com,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Cleveland Clinic,  Duke University,  American Heart Association,  New England Journal of Medicine,  American College of Cardiology

New heart device improves survival

ORLANDO, Fla. — Doctors say that a new type of heart pump greatly improves survival of people with severe heart failure. It could become the first one of these devices to be widely used as a permanent treatment. Two-thirds got the new device; the rest ...

From MARILYNN MARCHIONE, Monterey County Herald,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Cleveland Clinic

Don't blame fast food: Mummies had heart disease

ORLANDO, Fla. You can't blame this one on McDonald's: Researchers have found signs of heart disease in 3,500-year-old mummies. "We think of it as being caused by modern risk factors," such as fast food, smoking and a lack of exercise, but the findings ...

From MARILYNN MARCHIONE, San Diego Union-Tribune,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: McDonald's,  Randall Thompson,  Siemens AG

Study raises new questions about Merck pill Zetia

trying is Niaspan, a slow-release version of niacin, a kind of B vitamin that raises HDL, or good cholesterol. Another is Zetia, which lowers bad cholesterol in a different way than statins do, by blocking its absorption in the gut. ORLANDO, Fla. — A ...

From MARILYNN MARCHIONE ASSOCIATED PRESS, The San Jose Mercury News,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Merck & Company, Inc.,  Johns Hopkins University,  American Heart Association,  New England Journal of Medicine,  Abbott Laboratories

Low cholesterol may prevent some prostate cancers

Eric Jacobs and Susan Gapstur, epidemiologists with the American Cancer Society, wrote in an accompanying editorial. Men may protect more than their hearts if they keep cholesterol in line: Their chances of getting aggressive prostate cancer may be ...

From MARILYNN MARCHIONE ASSOCIATED PRESS, The San Jose Mercury News,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: National Cancer Institute,  American Cancer Society,  Johns Hopkins University

Alternative medicine works on placebo power: scientists say

There could be something to that old wives' tale that garlic helps ward off a cold. People looking for natural cures will be happy to know there is one. Two words explain how it works: "I believe." It's the placebo effect – the ability of a dummy ...

From MARILYNN MARCHIONE, Toronto Star,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: University of Virginia,  Northwestern University,  Federal Trade Commission,  University of Pennsylvania

Experts: Placebo power behind many natural cures

People looking for natural cures will be happy to know there is one. Two words explain how it works: "I believe." It's the placebo effect — the ability of a dummy pill or a faked treatment to make people feel better, just because they expect that it ...

From MARILYNN MARCHIONE, San Francisco Chronicle,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: University of Virginia,  Northwestern University,  Federal Trade Commission,  University of Pennsylvania

11/10/2009 -- Experts: Placebo power behind many natural cures

EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is one in an occasional Associated Press ...

From MARILYNN MARCHIONE, Mother Earth News,  10 Nov 2009

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