[HN Gopher] All Placebos are not created equal
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       All Placebos are not created equal
        
       Author : hirundo
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2021-12-05 22:10 UTC (50 minutes ago)
        
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       | aradox66 wrote:
       | This is what drives me crazy about people who dismiss alternative
       | therapies as placebo and therefore worthless. There's something
       | mich more interesting going on, and studies on the placebo effect
       | have barely scratched the surface regarding the range of placebo
       | effects and what can modulate the strength of those effects.
        
         | Spooky23 wrote:
         | My mom was an advocate of therapeutic touch, which was taught
         | in nursing schools and was reportedly effective in hospital
         | settings.
         | 
         | Is there something to it? I don't know, but nobody really does
         | as real trials aren't financially practical.
        
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