Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Advertising Creates Better Placebos


This is an interesting read. Why are placebos getting better? Is there something else at stake or publicity is to blame? I guess too much Restless Legs Syndrome or any new cure all from Big Pharma may be causing this. However, it is mere speculation on my part since I have no data to prove it. Anyway here are the original articles.

http://www.wired.com/medtech/drugs/magazine/17-09/ff_placebo_effect?currentPage=all

From
http://kottke.org/09/09/the-mighty-placebo-effect

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