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		freilanzer 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Leeches and the legitimizing of folk-medicine Yes, it is. People have gotten better after having been told by someone in a labcoat that what they're taking is a placebo.

agos 7 months ago [–]

if you referring to Kaptchuk TJ, Friedlander E, Kelley JM, et al. 2010, that study still involved some deception[1]. See also Locher C, Frey Nascimento A, Kirsch I, et al. 2017

[1]: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/placebo-effects-without-dec...

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