They say that laughter is the best medicine, but some people might endorse chocolate instead. The dark variety has been shown to reduce blood pressure better than a placebo. Scientists credit the ...

An ingredient of chocolate ... than the leading medicine codeine. The concentration of capsaicin required to produce a cough in those people given theobromine was around one third higher when compared ...

Dr. Kaptchuk is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. He directs the Harvard-wide program in placebo studies hosted at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. An advisory committee ...

It sounds like a great prescription, but a new study finds that many heart patients aren't all that sweet on using chocolate as medicine. Researchers in Australia ... than a pill of tomato extract or ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- It's called the Placebo Effect, when fake medicine works. It's being used for a number of different ailments. There are a couple of different explanations for this.