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Placebos work — even without deception

By David Cameron, HMS Communications / December 22, 2010

Patients who were knowingly given placebos for irritable bowel syndrome experienced significant symptom relief when compared with controls.

Tags: Anthony Lembo/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Deception/Dummy Pills/Harvard Medical School/IBS/Irritable Bowel Syndrome/National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine/Osher Research Center/Placebo Effect/PLoS ONE/Ted Kaptchuk
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