Welcome to Exploring Pain Research, Practice, & Perspectives A monthly webinar series with Laura Wandner, PhD.  Episode 10:  The Science of Placebo, Nocebo, and Healing Placebo and nocebo effects are...

This narrative review synthesizes more than 75 years of evidence to evaluate lithium’s evolution from mood stabilizer to candidate neuroprotective intervention.

Expectations about medical treatment are important prognostic indicators of treatment success and play a key role in shaping individual pain experiences. Placebo interventions can modify these…

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npj Digital Medicine - Context-dependent placebo hypoalgesia through observational learning: the role of empathy in immersive and non-immersive environments

As of 2022, an estimated 18 million individuals in the United States were living as cancer survivors, a number projected to rise to approximately 26 million by 2040. Advances in treatment and early de...

It is with profound sadness that we share the news that Professor Andrea Evers passed away on August 4, 2025. Andrea was a visionary leader, a brilliant scientist, and a […]

npj Digital Medicine - Telehealth virtual reality intervention reduces chronic pain in a randomized crossover study

npj Digital Medicine - Telehealth virtual reality intervention reduces chronic pain in a randomized crossover study

The placebo effect is real for some people, and can be good medicine for pain relief and other issues.

Non-pharmacological interventions, such as psychological approaches, physical therapy, neuromodulation, placebo-induced hypoalgesia, expectation management, and XR therapeutics, offer potential for ma...