Placebos are an agent given to enhance a person’s expectation of health. Commonly known as ‘sugar pills,’ they’re made up, not of sugar, but of any number of other substances that have little true effect on someone’s body. However, in studying placebo impact, there was a 30% reduction in pain in the control arm of …
HOUSTON, Tx. – For nearly three decades, you invited Frank Davis and his wife Mary Clare into your home. Every Tuesday morning, they stood in the WWL studio kitchen whipping up great food in a way that made us all feel like we were part of his family. Now as Frank deals with a serious …
Aziz Shaibani, MD of the Nerve and Muscle center of Texas and Baylor College of Medicine has been elected by Best Doctors as Best Doctor in America for 2009-2010. Dr. Shaibani is the director of the Nerve and Muscle center of Texas and is a clinical associate Professor of Medicine at BCM. Best Doctors was …
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HOUSTON – Type 2 Diabetes causes many complications — one of them is a condition called neuropathy. It causes numbness, tingling, and pain in the lower legs and feet. A local researcher tells us every 30 seconds someone around the world gets their leg amputated, mostly from diabetic neuropathy. We followed several patients in Houston, …
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