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  1. Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine (via eNotes.com): Placebo Definition enotes.com - Placebo Definition
  2. U.S. Food and Drug Administration: The Healing Power Of Placebos fda.gov - The Healing Power Of Placebos
  3. New York Times: Experts Question Placebo Pill for Children (May 27, 2008)nytimes.com - Experts Question Placebo Pill for Children
  4. WrongDiagnosis: Placebo Effect wrongdiagnosis.com - Placebo Effect
  5. The Chedd-Angier Production Company (via PBS.org): Medicine Men And The Puzzling Placebo - Medicine's Humble Humbug pbs.org - Medicine Men And The Puzzling Placebo - Medicine's Humble Humbug
  6. The Healthier Life: Drug Trials: The Hidden Truth About Placebo Testing (Sept. 02, 2005)thehealthierlife.co.uk - Drug Trials: The Hidden Truth About Placebo Testing
  7. HealthMad: Is Your Doctor Giving You Placebo Pills? (Aug. 09, 2008)healthmad.com - Is Your Doctor Giving You Placebo Pills?
  8. Google Scholar: Placebo Articles scholar.google.com - Placebo Articles
  9. JAMA: Placebo Medical Articles jama.ama-assn.org - Placebo Medical Articles
  10. ClinicalTrials.gov: Placebo Clinical Trials clinicaltrials.gov - Placebo Clinical Trials


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Research Notes on Placebo


Placebo is a substance or procedure a patient accepts as medicine or therapy, but which has no specific therapeutic activity. Any therapeutic effect is thought to be based on the power of suggestion. The placebo effect or placebo response is a therapeutic or healing effect of an inert medicine or ineffective therapy, or more generally is the psychosocial aspect of every medical treatment. ... read more at Wikipedia

Fast Facts:

  • A placebo control group is not required by the FDA in drug studies.1
  • Placebo is from the Latin "I shall please."2
  • Only 30% of the population seems susceptible to placebo effects.3

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Research Notes References

  1. ↑ U.S. Food and Drug Administration: The Healing Power Of Placebos
  2. ↑ Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine (via eNotes.com): Placebo Definition
  3. ↑ Wikipedia: Placebo - Doctor-Patient Relationship

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