High-Priced Placebos More Effective Than Cheap One
Placebos: is a sham or simulated medical intervention that can produce a (perceived or actual) improvement, called a placebo effect. (-Wikipedia)
Recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggest that sugar pills labeled as high priced pain reliever work better than those that are labeled cheap.
in three experiment, the study show that people who buy discounted drug would have less benefit than those who buy the drug at usual price.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/story?id=4386984&page=1
posted: 10 November 19
under: Things you might not know