Fatigue, palpitations, shortness of breath . and on it goes. The list of possible side effects in a medication package insert can be unsettling. So can a preoperative consultation, when the surgeon informs you of all the risks. The problem is that many patients become fixated on potential complications or adverse reactions - which then may occur for no physiological reason, but because of negative expectations. Doctors call this the nocebo effect, the reverse of the placebo effect whereby expe
Three esteemed University of Sydney professors have earned peer recognition for their significant global contributions to history and psychology.The Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) brings together over 700 of Australia's leading resear
Three University of Sydney researchers have been appointed Fellows of the Royal Society of NSW, one of Australia’s oldest scientific and cultural institutions, founded in 1821.Professor Ben Colagiuri (Science), Professor Ainsley Newson (Medicine and