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Re:A big, successful trial of probiotics by mattparlane on Thursday August 17, 2017 @11:59PM (#15043447)
Why the use of a placebo in a trial involving babies? Surely they would be immune to any placebo effect?
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Re:A big, successful trial of probiotics by Sophistifunk on Friday August 18, 2017 @12:10AM (#15043490)
The researchers and their parents won't be though.
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Re:A big, successful trial of probiotics by brianpan on Friday August 18, 2017 @02:55AM (#15044112)
It's a double-blind study. The people conducting the study should not know who is in which group. They should be randomly administering either a probiotic or an identical looking placebo.
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