Re:Leeches and the Legitimizing of Folk-Medicine
by freilanzer on Monday August 18, 2025 @05:05AM
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Yes, it is. People have gotten better after having been told by someone in a labcoat that what they're taking is a placebo.
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Re:Leeches and the Legitimizing of Folk-Medicine
by agos on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @09:02AM
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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...