"Somebody tells you 'God, you look terrible, are you going to be sick?' and then suddenly you are," said Charlotte Blease, recalling a recent bus trip in Ireland, from Belfast to Dublin.

What is the nocebo effect? Most people have heard of the placebo effect, where a fake treatment can improve someone's health because they believe it will help them.

Finasteride, which is used in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), has been associated with a range of sexual adverse effects. The reported incidences of such effects have been ...

Ben Colagiuri receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Cosette Saunders does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...