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Research Casts Doubt On Placebo Effect

Posted by timothy on from the take-139-of-these-and-call-me-in-the-a.m. dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "The NY Times reports the work of two Danish researchers who, after analysing 114 previous medical studies, claim that placebos appear to have no significant effect on people's objective symptoms, despite the prevailing view to the contrary." This is refreshing news -- nice to see conventional wisdom challenged and found lacking. (Hmmm. I wonder if I got the placebo at Pharmaco a few years ago ...)

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  1. Placebo effect * 2? by anon757 · · Score: 3

    So, they're saying the placebo effect is actually a placebo effect? That people didnt think they were getting better, they only thought that they thought they were getting better?

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