Problems with Double Blind in Medicine

Antidepressant Effect of Asperugo procumbens L. in Comparison with Fluoxetine: a Randomized Double Blind Clinical Trial

Background and objectives: Aseprugo procumbens is used as antianxety and depression in Iranian traditional medicine; however no clinical trial has been performed about these properties. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antidepressant efficacy and safety of hydroalcoholic extract of A. procumbens. Methods: In this double blind study, 3...

Double-blind peer review.

Since Nature Nanotechnology launched in October 2006, our approach to peer review has been the same. We, like most science journals, use ‘single-blind’ peer review: that is, the referees of a paper know who the authors are but the authors don’t know who the referees are. We are now making a change to this process and will offer ‘doubleblind’ peer review — in which referees review a paper withou...

Double Blind Experiment

Low Dose Celecoxib Combined with Clozapine for Treatment of Schizophrenia: A Double Blind Randomized Clinical Trial

Introduction: Higher levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines in schizophrenia have suggested that dysfunctions of the immune system may play a role in this disabling condition. The current study was performed to discover if low dose celecoxib combined with clozapine may improve symptoms of schizophrenia or not. Methods:<span...

Problems in Respiratory Medicine

THE increasing importance of geriatric medicine in the medical curriculum is shown by the fact that, whereas ten years ago there were no short soft-cover textbooks on the subject, in 1981 second editions of three of these books appeared. The second edition of this book has the same basic format as the first and is a product of the author's wide knowledge and experience of the subject. Revisions...