The Power of Placebos
In The Power of Placebos, Jeremy Howick draws on over two decades of research and data from 300,000+ patients to explore how placebos and nocebos impact health. He offers practical advice for applying this knowledge in clinical and policy settings.
The book explains how belief and context trigger real physiological effects and argues for using placebos more often in practice—while avoiding them in trials where effective treatments already exist.
Howick also emphasizes the healing power of doctor-patient interactions. The Power of Placebos clarifies common misconceptions and shows how to harness placebo benefits while minimizing nocebo risks.
“Dr. Howick presents compelling evidence for harnessing the mind’s healing potential as a clear, actionable, and proactive agent of change. This concise and insightful book challenges conventional views of medicine and offers a compelling argument for embracing the power of the mind in healing.”
Luana Colloca
“Dr. Howick tackles the crucial issues surrounding the use of placebos and nocebos in clinical practice and trials. This book is an essential read for anyone seeking to understand the nature and the potential of utilizing the placebo effect for healing. Highly recommended for those with a thirst for knowledge and a desire to push the boundaries of conventional medicine.”
Amy Price
“Jeremy Howick is a rare thing in healthcare—a genuinely interdisciplinary thinker. In this book exploring the placebo and nocebo effects, he demonstrates why that breadth of knowledge is crucially important to advance discussion.”
Charlotte Blease
Doctor You
Throw away your statins, painkillers and antidepressants and pick up this book to find out how you can harness the body’s natural powers to heal itself.
Doctor You contains the first hard scientific evidence to show that some so-called alternative or natural treatments are not only cheaper than industrially produced drugs and lacking the harmful side effects, they are also equally effective.
Written using the latest, high quality, conventional evidence Doctor You arms you with knowledge that will empower you to make the right choices about what drugs to take, what drugs to give your children, and when you should let your body do its thing.
“Perfect if you are looking to intelligently navigate the maze of modern health care.”
Ty Tashiro
“Jeremy Howick reveals the hard science behind self-healing. Read this breakthrough book!”
Deepak Chopra
“This is a must read for all who wish to take responsibility for their health.”
Raoul Goldberg
The Philosophy of Evidence-Based Medicine
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) has become a required element of clinical practice, but it is critical for the healthcare community to understand the ongoing controversy surrounding EBM.
Seeking to address questions raised by critics, The Philosophy of Evidence-based Medicine challenges the over dependency of EBM on randomized controlled trials. This book also explores EBM methodology and its relationship with other approaches used in medicine.
“Jeremy Howick has written the most comprehensive and fair philosophical treatment of EBM to date. Howick understands that EBM is not, first and foremost, a philosophical position, and that its various components are not primarily philosophical theses.”
Philosophy of Science
“Well-written, concise, engaging. The Evidence-based medicine (from now on ‘EBM’) movement continues to go from strength to strength.”
The Guardian
“Jeremy Howick, PhD offers by far the most fully formed defence to date of the epistemology of EBM. Well-written and as approachable as any work in the philosophy of science might hope to be.”
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
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