In 1998, shortly after arriving for work, a Tennessee high-school teacher reported a "gasoline-like smell" and feeling dizzy.

Social media is enabling health symptoms and mass psychogenic illnesses to spread quickly around the world. But by knowing ...

The following is a summary of “Individual differences in response to repeated painful stimulation: habituation, sensitization, and nocebo effects,” published in the March 2025 issue of Journal of Pain ...

For years, some people have claimed the sound of wind turbines is a problem. They’d say it disrupts sleep, it causes ...

Research reveals what science actually knows about EMF exposure health effects, separating evidence-based concerns from ...

I wonder whether the nocebo effect could affect life expectancy. If, for example, you believe your allotted span to be three score years and 10, will you tend to succumb by age 70(22 February ...

T HE PLACEBO effect is a well-known example of the brain’s power over the body, allowing people who are poorly or in pain to ...

When we accidentally touch something familiar, like a warm pan, our brains already know what feeling to expect and how much ...

Most people have heard of the placebo effect, where a fake treatment can improve someone’s health because they believe it will help them. The nocebo effect is the opposite. It occurs when ...