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placebo

Any harmless substance, often called a ‘sugar pill’, that has no active ingredient, but may nevertheless bring about improvement in the patient's condition.

The use of placebos in medicine is limited to drug trials, where a placebo is given alongside the substance being tested,to compare effects. The ‘placebo effect’, first named in 1945, demonstrates the control mind exerts over matter, bringing changes in blood pressure, perceived pain, and rates of healing. Recent research points to the release of certain neurotransmitters and endorphins in the production of the placebo effect.
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It's the placebo effect -- the ability of a dummy pill or a faked treatment to make people feel better, just because they expect that it will.
Experts: Placebo power behind many natural cures by Daily News Egypt (Egypt)
But how can we design a dummy pill or treatment that's better than others?
When "nothing" works better than "something" by Women's Health Letter
In trials on 450 people who went to bed five hours earlier than normal to replicate crossing into a different time zone, those who took the drug enjoyed between 30 minutes and nearly two hours more sleep than volunteers who received a dummy pill.
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