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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-07-11 10:34 PM Original message |
Placebos work, even when patients are in the know, study finds |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-07-11 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. I will believe in the power of placebos when they start using them |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 01:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. And you would be even more of a dick than homeopaths. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 05:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Well...I mean...the placebo effect has been pretty reliably demonstrated.... |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-07-11 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. a placebo can only "do" what the body already had the ability to do |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-07-11 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. The headline is misleading |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-07-11 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. Flawed study. |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. Sounds like people got so used to popping pills that they now associate the pop with the cure |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-08-11 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
7. Not a new, or controversial, finding |
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