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A fruit-flavoured sugar pill which parents can use to soothe childhood aches and pains attracts criticism.
The alternative therapy has been the subject of research since the 1970s.
Anti-depressants have little clinical benefit for the majority of depressed patients, research shows.
Research has concluded that new generation anti-depressants have little clinical effect on the majority of depressed patients
Researchers note the positive effects of a common drug on elderly people and exercise levels.
There is no evidence herbal medicines "tailored" to the individual work, according to a British study.
A drug has been found to slow a common cause of vision loss - and even improve sight in some patients.
Experts debate a call to block the use of unproven complementary medicine on the NHS.
A leading medical journal makes a damning attack on homoeopathy, saying it is no better than dummy drugs.
A new study shows the element of cannabis which can cause a "high" significantly eases rheumatoid arthritis pain.
Release of natural painkillers in the brain explains why some people get pain relief from dummy treatment, say researchers.
Swedish scientists say they have discovered that dummy drugs can relieve anxiety as well as pain.
Fake acupuncture works just as well as the real thing in relieving migraines, scientists have found.
Scientists say they have proof that acupuncture works in its own right.
How tablets could be used to beat the summer hay fever menace.
Magnetic bracelets are good for relieving the pain of arthritis, say researchers.
Dummy treatment can cause a positive change in brain activity in patients with Parkinson's disease, say researchers.
Scans have shown that the brain can respond to a dummy drug in the same way it reacts to a painkiller.
The herbal remedy echinacea is not effective in treating children's colds, researchers have found.
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