Rrhain writes:
They performed a deeper study and found the same thing: There is no placebo effect.
Excellent.
So every scientist has abandoned all research into placebos and, in fact, the word placebo is no longer used.
To be honest, the odds of the mind having any effect on the body was pretty unbelievable.
I will await the deletion of the 'placebo' Wiki page.
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This view was notably challenged when in 2001 a systematic review of clinical trials concluded that there was no evidence of clinically important effects,
except perhaps in the treatment of pain and continuous subjective outcomes.
Oh wait...