No standard for the placebo?

Monday, October 18, 2010 - 18:31 in Psychology & Sociology

Much of medicine is based on what is considered the strongest possible evidence: The placebo-controlled trial. A new study calls into question this foundation upon which much of medicine rests, by showing that there is no standard behind the standard -- no standard for the placebo.

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