[HN Gopher] All Placebos are not created equal ___________________________________________________________________ All Placebos are not created equal Author : hirundo Score : 10 points Date : 2021-12-05 22:10 UTC (50 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (atis.substack.com) (TXT) w3m dump (atis.substack.com) | aradox66 wrote: | This is what drives me crazy about people who dismiss alternative | therapies as placebo and therefore worthless. There's something | mich more interesting going on, and studies on the placebo effect | have barely scratched the surface regarding the range of placebo | effects and what can modulate the strength of those effects. | Spooky23 wrote: | My mom was an advocate of therapeutic touch, which was taught | in nursing schools and was reportedly effective in hospital | settings. | | Is there something to it? I don't know, but nobody really does | as real trials aren't financially practical. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-12-05 23:00 UTC)